F-10 Curriculum (V8)
F-10 Curriculum (V9)
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In this resource, students learn about the uses of technology in agriculture, with a focus on safety and sustainability. This lesson is part of a sequence of lessons that can be used with this age-group of students. Topics include All about adaptations; From paddock to plate; Safety, sustainability and technology; The farming ...
In this resource, students learn about the benefits of food technologies in providing safe and healthy food for consumption and the labels associated with buying red meat through hands-on activities. This lesson is part of a sequence of lessons that can be used with this age-group of students. Topics include Living things ...
Discover how nanotechnology is contributing to the creation of new, improved batteries that may soon be used in all our mobile phones and portable music devices - even in cars and trams. Catalyst's Tanya Ha looks at how traditional batteries produce electricity and how their efficiency may be increased by tiny devices known ...
It's cool to program robots to play football, but there are many more useful applications for programming robots to react to what they are seeing. What are some of the examples David McKinnon gives? Can you think of some more examples?
Imagine our world if nuclear power generation could be made safer. Discover how Chinese scientists have developed a new nuclear reactor that reduces the chances of the reactor overheating to the point of meltdown. To do this the pebble bed reactor uses advances in technology to replace the traditional water-cooled system. ...
In this resource, students learn about emerging technologies in red meat production that are significant to productivity, profitability and sustainability. This lesson is part of a sequence of lessons that can be used with this age-group of students. Topics include Intensive and extensive production systems; Animal welfare ...
How can we make our contemporary world more inclusive? This Stage 5 Design and Technology module, Build a better world - investigating inclusive and accessible technologies and spaces, explores inventions and architectural designs that seek to improve access for those with disabilities throughout their everyday routines. ...
See how genes and genetic engineering work. Build models of DNA, and work out how it is copied as cells divide. Discover how the codes carried in the genes are copied and used to build proteins. See how gene splicing can be used to benefit human lives. For example, model the transfer of a human gene into bacteria, so they ...
Digital technology provides a range of different ways to communicate cultural knowledge and practices, explore a range of digital tools that bring the stars closer to the world of your students. In these classroom activities students will use digital programs like Stellarium to investigate Indigenous astronomical knowledge ...
Rocket aerodynamics is the study of how air flows over a rocket and how this affects design, drag and stability. This article looks at the design of a rocket and the purpose of the features of it.
Once the design plan for a satellite is approved, it's important to identify the appropriate materials, tools and equipment needed to construct the new product. Watch this clip to find out what an engineer might do to select and test the components and techniques needed to build a satellite like NASA's MAVEN spacecraft. ...
This black-and-white photograph, taken on Ruth Pook's first day of teaching, shows the unlined classroom of Mount Beppo State School in Queensland, including two teachers and 35 students. The teachers are each supervising students in half of the room. Students sit at six long desks. Younger students at the front use slates ...
In this unit students investigate how technology impacts their health, safety and wellbeing. Using this information students will be empowered to make personal choices about how they use technology in their daily lives. They will reflect on their use of technology and develop strategies to seek help when needed.
This resource is a 32 page pdf integrated inquiry unit, for junior primary students, exploring how Australian farmers produce food and fibre, for food, clothing and shelter. It includes activities that examine the variety of places where foods and fibres are produced in Australia, and what makes these spaces unique. All ...
This is an edited sound recording of Ian Ritchie recalling the first launch of a Europa Blue Streak rocket from the Woomera rocket range in South Australia on 5 June 1964. Ritchie, an engine technician at the range, tells of the noise at lift-off and how the first flight of the rocket was cut short. The recording was made ...
This is an edited sound recording of Bob Brown recalling the excitement in Woomera in South Australia at the intended first launch of a Europa Blue Streak rocket from the nearby rocket range in June 1964. He tells how hundreds of families gathered to watch, only to be let down when the launch was cancelled with just seconds ...
Imagine the enthusiasm of Australian paleontologists when they heard about the discovery of three caves in the middle of the Nullarbor Plain. Watch this clip to find out just what was discovered in the caves and why it is so significant.
Designers and engineers improve upon existing products all the time. How important do you think it is to update and enhance something like a weather satellite? Can you think of some other objects that could be improved upon?
In this sequence of two lessons, students explore Australia’s apple industry, current innovations and technology, the features of Australian apples and value-added products and their function in addressing food security challenges. Students explore the stages of the value supply chain for Australian apples and the occupations ...
This is a teacher resource about investigating how foods and fibres are produced. It contains material to assist planning and implementing a study of the foods and fibres we use and how they are obtained, the technologies and processes involved in their production, and cultural connections to food and fibre. As well as ...