Design and technologies / Year 5 and 6 / Design and Technologies Processes and Production Skills

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Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority

Curriculum content descriptions

Critique needs or opportunities for designing, and investigate materials, components, tools, equipment and processes to achieve intended designed solutions (ACTDEP024)

Elaborations

exploring the steps involved in the process to satisfy a design brief, need or opportunity
investigating designed solutions from around the world to make suitable, quality decisions that meet the design brief, challenge or scenario
identifying the importance of complementary parts of working, everyday systems by deconstructing the components, structure and purpose of products, services or environments
testing a range of materials, components, tools and equipment to determine the appropriate technologies needed to make products, services or environments, for example a moving vehicle
investigating how to minimise material use and manage waste by critiquing the environmental and social impacts of materials, components, tools and equipment

General capabilities

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

ScOT terms

Scientific inquiry, Materials, Design, Fibres (Materials), Tools, Deductive reasoning

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