packaging

Shows students all of the factors that a company considers when designing packaging for its products and uses nets to calculate the surface area and volume of rectangular prisms and cylinders.

"The push is on for students to embrace STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) disciplines, first in school and then in the workplace. This series highlights the career possibilities within each subject area under the STEM umbrella. The focus of this title lands squarely on career fields such as computing, engineering technology, medicine, environmental sustainability, packaging science, and automotive service. Jobs that make use of advanced technologies in the course of the workday, such as nursing and land surveying, are included as well. Completing the coverage are chapters on landing a first tech job and advancing one's career" -- Provided by publisher.

A little girl wraps herself up in a package.

Describes how the size and shape of a product relates to its packaging size, why the display, advertisement, and marketing is important, and introduces the concepts of surface and volume.

Surveys packaging throughout the history and explores the meanings hidden in the most familiar boxes, bottles, cans, and tubes that are found in every home.