Questions / instructions:

In this activity you will be designing shapes for packaging 4 soaps together for presents.

We could draw 2 soaps in a box like this:

It would look like this from the side view:

1. Sketch 3 different shaped packages that would hold the 4 soaps.

Draw the packages here with the 4 soaps in them like the first picture.

The 4 soaps should be touching each other and the sides of the box so they don't move around.

Number of packages drawn

3 or more
2
1
none

Appropriateness of designs

strong
moderate
weak

65 13 20
1

13
42
45

79
9
8
4

37
41
22

We could draw the shape we will cut out of the cardboard to make our box like this:

2. Draw the shapes here that you would cut out of the cardboard to make your 3 packages.
You don't need to draw a lid or a top for your package.

Appropriateness of nets

strong
moderate
weak

5
39
56

3. Now make up one of the shapes you drew in question 2 with the cardboard.
Make it big enough to hold the 4 soaps.

Appropriateness of model

strong
moderate
weak