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Design and technologies / Year 9 and 10 / Design and Technologies Processes and Production Skills

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Curriculum content descriptions

Evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions against comprehensive criteria for success recognising the need for sustainability (ACTDEP051)

Elaborations

establishing specific criteria for success for evaluating designed solutions
evaluating and justifying the use and best combination of traditional, contemporary and emerging technologies during project development, including consideration of sustainability, for example farming methods in South-East Asia
evaluating choices made at various stages of a design process and modifying plans when needed with consideration of criteria for success
evaluating projects for their long-term application, functionality and impact
reflecting on learning, evaluating processes and transferring new knowledge and skills to future design projects

General capabilities

Literacy
Critical and creative thinking
Personal and social capability
Ethical understanding

Cross-curriculum priorities

Sustainability

ScOT terms

Human impact, Sustainable development, Design, Criteria for success

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