This document outlines activities to investigate food packaging materials. The activities include: 1) Investigating microwave popcorn packaging materials; 2) Analyzing how food type influences packaging choice; 3) Evaluating the environmental impact of packaging weight; 4) Researching recycling rates of common materials; 5) Researching packaging materials; and 6) Designing a protective food package and testing its insulating properties over time.

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AL_BAIRAQ
I am Discovering Materials
FOOD PACKAGING
1. SUNYAN AL-MALKI 2.SAOUD ABDULAZIZ
3.FAHAD AL-EMADI 4.Faisal obaid
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3. • Introduction
• Activity 1: investigating food packaging
• Activity 2: analyzing food packing materials
• Activity 3:evaluating the impact of food packaging on the
environment
• Activity 4: reserching food packaging materials
• Activity 5: desiging a protective package
• Activity6: comparing the insulating properties of
packaging materials
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OUTLINE

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Introduction
Food packaging :

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Introduction
Activity 4: evaluating
the impact of food
packaging on the
environment
Activity 5:reserching
food packiging
materials
Activity 6: desiging a
protective package
Activity 1:
comparing
packing materials
Activity 2:
investigating
food packaging
Activity 3:
analyzing food
packing materials

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Activity 1
Activity 1: investigating
food packaging
We will find what microwave popcorn made
of & how it works

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Activity 1
How it works & made of what
The outer bag made of carton to print information on it, & a
bag from selofa to be transparent.
The popping bag from wax-paper to prevent oil from spiling
out and the ink not get inside the food
We found a suseptor patch to focus the microwaves to
pop the popcorn

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Activity 2 FOOD PACKAGING
Activity2: analyzing food
packing materials
We will know how dose food type packaged
affect the choice of materials

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Activity 2
TYPE OF
PACKING
MATERIALS ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
DRINKING
PLASTIC
POTEL
PLASTIC ITS SAFTY FOR
BABYS
MELTS IN HIGH
TEMPERATURE
CHIPS
COVER
TIN PRESERVES FOOD
FROM MOISTURE
INTERACTS WITH THE
MATERIAL
Data table

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Activity 3
Activity 3: evaluating the
impact of food packing on
environment
We have to reduce the weight of its
packaging

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Activity 3
product Descriptio
n of
packaging
Reason
of
predicti
on
Mass of
packa ging
alone
Mass of
product
alone
Packaging
product
ratio
Actual
ranking
Aen water Plastic
With
Aluminum
paper
The
lightest
bottel
5kg 100ml 0.04 1
Alrayan
water
Plastic
bottle
plastic
paper
14.5kg 330ml 0.043 2
Revel
water
Glass bottle
metal cover
The
heaviest
16kg 0,78ml 0.079 3
Data table

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Activity 4: researching
food packaging
Activity 4

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materel Recycling
rate
aluminum 55%
glass 33%
hdpe 27%
paper 48%
pet 23%
steel 69%
Activity 4: evaluating the
impact of food packaging on
the environment
Activity 4
pet
hdpe
glass
paper
aluminum
steel

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Activity 5
Activity 5
reserching food packiging
materials

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Activity 5
Activity 5
reserching food packiging
materials

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Activity 6
Activity 6:
desiging a protective
package

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Activity 6
Activity 6:
desiging a protective
package
insulated control
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19. Many thanks to my teachers, school and AL-Bairaq
team from Center for Advanced Materials (CAM), Qatar
University for supporting us during our journey with a
AL-Bairaq.
Also, I would like to thank the sponsors UNESCO,
Qatar National Commission, Ras Gas, Maersk and
Shell.
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21. White
peanut
Green
peanut
expectati
on
Will not
degrade
Will
degrade
time 00:00:4
6 1:56:00
results Will
degrade
Didn’t
degrade