Aimed at KS3 Design and Technology students this lesson introduces a range of plastic moulding processes to pupils, who then match a process to a range of products. Pupils must think about each product’s design features and user requirements and identify the process that will deliver the required features. The lesson introduces pupils to a key decision product designers make in order to design for manufacturing and deliver the right user experience. Included are Techers Notes, Students Notes and a PowerPoint Presentation linked to animations about the key processes

Tied to the national curriculum and designed to educate Key Stage 2 students on the recycling process, how to identify different plastics in the home and recycle, what happens to them once collected, and a sink/float experiment teaching them about the different physical properties of polymers. In collaboration with PlasticsEurope and RECOUP, these resources help to identify whether packaging is recyclable. The sink/float test educates the pupils about different polymers and their properties, teaching them how different polymer types can look the same but ultimately have different physical properties (density). The presentation will teach pupils about sustainability, showcasing the journey that polymers make once they reach their end of life, as well as how to identify and sort waste for recycling. This presentation also includes interactive videos that highlight the recycling process and why it is good to recycle. With curriculum links and teacher’s notes, the resource will leave pupils as ‘Recycling Champions’ who understand the benefit of recycling, as well as the different physical properties of polymers, in line with Key Stage 2 learning outcomes.