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Design and technologies / Foundation to Year 2 / Design and Technologies Processes and Production Skills

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Curriculum content descriptions

Explore needs or opportunities for designing, and the technologies needed to realise designed solutions (ACTDEP005)

Elaborations

identifying, gathering and playing with materials, components, tools and equipment to generate personal design ideas, for example designing a greeting card for a friend
exploring opportunities around the school for designing solutions, for example how school play areas could be improved; how the school removes classroom waste and identifying opportunities to reduce, recycle and re-use materials; reviewing the school canteen menu to identify healthy food options and suggesting changes to promote future good health
discussing possible designed solutions based on experience and some research, for example asking adults for advice
considering the importance of sustainability in designed solutions, for example comparing the durability of materials for a selected solution
exploring which tools, equipment and techniques to use with selected materials

General capabilities

Literacy
Critical and creative thinking
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capability

ScOT terms

Problem solving, Design

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