Design and Technologies / Year 9 and 10 / Knowledge and understanding / Technologies and society

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analyse the impact of innovation, enterprise and emerging technologies on designed solutions for global preferred futures (AC9TDE10K02)

Elaborations
  • investigating how the knowledges of First Nations Australians have led to the discovery of potential innovative solutions, for example biodegradable polymers using spinifex grass to reduce landfill and strengthen latex, plastics and concrete
  • exploring the ways commercial enterprises respond to the challenges and opportunities of technological change, for example e-commerce, and considering their carbon footprint
  • investigating scenarios of how the future may unfold and what opportunities and impacts there may be for society and particular groups in a preferred future, for example by using forecasting and backcasting techniques
  • examining real-world problems and understanding basic needs when considering designed solutions, for example students collaborating to design solutions to challenges in the Asia region; or artists from a country in South-East Asia creating posters for the world to take action in a pandemic
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms

Design,  Future,  Innovation,  Technologies,  Enterprise (Behaviour)

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