How could a carrier make the job easier?

To design and make a carrier that meets the needs of a person (who may be the child) who has to carry particular items.

These are reports on activities taken by schools around the country. You can download the activities as acrobat files from the resources section

It's in the bag! (April 10, 2006)

A class of Year 5's spent three full days completing this Design and Technology project. They spent a lot of time looking at a range of carrier bags and also took them apart to see how they were made. They also tested a range of bags to evaluate their effectiveness.

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Whole school project on Bags (May 13, 2003)

We are a small multi-cultural school due for closure in August and we therefore decided that a whole school project based around the same theme would be the best option for us.

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Carriers in Australia (September 11, 2001)

Children in Australia have been piloting a Nuffield trial unit and helping the Project develop the final version.