Manipulating and combining materials

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Manipulating and combining materials

• Lesson objective to understand that materials
  can be combined and processed to create more
  useful, or desirable materials

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Questions

1. Can you name several products that you buy that
   have been made by combining processes and
   materials?
2. Think about the meal you may have for lunch, do
   you know how the ingredients were combined?

Lesson objective to understand that materials
can be combined and processed to create more
useful, or desirable materials
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Paper- and boards-based products

• Paper and board are very versatile materials and
  , combined with other materials, can be found in
  many everyday products.

Lesson objective to understand that materials
can be combined and processed to create more
useful, or desirable materials
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Economical, collapsible, printable and can be
shaped easily
Lesson objective to understand that materials
can be combined and processed to create more
useful, or desirable materials
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Lesson objective to understand that materials
can be combined and processed to create more
useful, or desirable materials
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Best printing processes and most common for
packaging

1. Lithography
2. Flexography

Lesson objective to understand that materials
can be combined and processed to create more
useful, or desirable materials
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The popular aseptic package is the Brik Pak
Tetra Pak's first product was a paper carton used
for storing and transporting milk. The first
product was a package in the shape of a
triangular pyramid
Brik- Pak is made from 70 cardboard and 24
polythene and 6 aluminium. It is heat resistant
and waterproof it is know as aseptic packaging
and is used for milk, soups, fruit juices.
Lesson objective to understand that materials
can be combined and processed to create more
useful, or desirable materials
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Timber based products

• Natural wood is also a very versatile, and
  popular, but its use is often limited by cost.
• Therefore manufactures can create a range of
  laminates, composites and other man-made boards
• chip board - block board - MDF - hardboard
• plywood -

Lesson objective to understand that materials
can be combined and processed to create more
useful, or desirable materials
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Woods

• There are two types of wood
• Hardwoods
• Softwoods
• Hard woods are deciduous, while softwoods are
  generally coniferous (often called evergreen).
  The size of the tree determines the size of the
  timber. All woods are seasoned

Lesson objective to understand that materials
can be combined and processed to create more
useful, or desirable materials
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Build - Task 1

• Find out what seasoned mean?
• What does deciduous mean?
• What does coniferous mean?
• Did you know?
• That word again is this sustainable?
• That 80 of all wood used in the UK comes from
  abroad?

Lesson objective to understand that materials
can be combined and processed to create more
useful, or desirable materials
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Answers

• Wood Seasoning is the process of removal of
  moisture from Timber.
• Coniferous forests are made up mainly of
  cone-bearing or coniferous trees, such as
  spruces, hemlocks, pines and firs. These trees
  have small needle-like leaves that stay green all
  year around, shallow root systems, and soft wood.
  
• Deciduous trees are many hardwood trees the list
  of which comes next

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Sustainable woods

• Softwoods, which grows quickly, is often managed
  as a sustainable resource. There are a smaller
  number of useable softwoods than useable
  hardwoods.
• Larch Spruce Scots Pine
  

Lesson objective to understand that materials
can be combined and processed to create more
useful, or desirable materials
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Hardwoods

• Oaks
• Mahogany
• Maple
• Chestnut
• Rosewoods
• Sycamore

Lesson objective - To understand the properties
and uses of timber-based materials in commercial
production
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Facts

• 90 of softwoods used in the UK come from Norway
  or Sweden.
• Why is wood a good choice for a product, look at
  the images

Lesson objective to understand that materials
can be combined and processed to create more
useful, or desirable materials
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Task 2 and 3

• A designer of childrens toys would like to make
  a new product from a sustainable natural wood.
  Name a suitable timber, giving the reasons for
  your choice.
• Now design a small toy from this wood.

Lesson objective to understand that materials
can be combined and processed to create more
useful, or desirable materials
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The FSC symbol used on wood from sustainable
sources
Lesson objective to understand that materials
can be combined and processed to create more
useful, or desirable materials
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Apply task 4-5

• Timber is often referred to as a sustainable
  material. What does this mean?
• Manufactured boards are often used in place where
  there are variations in temperatures. Explain why
  this is the case, giving examples

Lesson objective to understand that materials
can be combined and processed to create more
useful, or desirable materials
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AfL key terms

• Hardwoods are ?
• Softwoods are?
• Manmade boards are?
• What is the difference between hardwoods and
  softwoods?
• Which grow the quickest?

Lesson objective to understand that materials
can be combined and processed to create more
useful, or desirable materials