Refine by resource type
Refine by year level
Refine by learning area
Refine by topic
Related topic
Design and technologies / Year 7 and 8 / Design and Technologies Knowledge and Understanding
Curriculum content descriptions
Investigate the ways in which products, services and environments evolve locally, regionally and globally and how competing factors including social, ethical and sustainability considerations are prioritised in the development of technologies and designed solutions for preferred futures (ACTDEK029)
Elaborations
- considering factors that influence the selection of appropriate materials, components, tools and equipment, for example Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ sustainable practices, custodianship and connection to Country
- investigating how ethics, social values, profitability and sustainability considerations impact on design and technologies, for example animal welfare, intellectual property, off-shore manufacturing in Asia
- critiquing competing factors that influence the design of services, for example a natural disaster warning system for a community
- considering the rights and responsibilities of those working in design and technologies occupations, for example consideration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander protocols
- investigating traditional and contemporary design and technologies, including from Asia, and predicting how they might change in the future in response to factors such as social change and the need for more sustainable patterns of living
- identifying needs and new opportunities for design and enterprise, for example promotion and marketing of designed solutions
General capabilities
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms
Human impact, Ethics, Designers, Futures education, Energy efficient design