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 Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
  • Ethical understanding Ethical understanding
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms

Human impact,  Sustainable development,  Design,  Criteria for success

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Invictus Games Sydney 2018 – Design and Technology – Stage 5

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How can we make our contemporary world more inclusive? This Stage 5 Design and Technology module, Build a better world - investigating inclusive and accessible technologies and spaces, explores inventions and architectural designs that seek to improve access for those with disabilities throughout their everyday routines. ...

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Thermal comfort – sustainability action process (Years 7–10)

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This thermal comfort learning resource will guide students through an extended school based investigation. Students will develop and implement a chosen sustainability action and then evaluate and reflect on their success and their learning.

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Salmon Growing in Tasmania

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This is a unit of work on aquaculture with a particular focus on the Tasmanian salmon farming industry. The unit provides a series of structured investigations leading to a design challenge which asks students to create an improved salmon pen. Activities include: an introduction to aquaculture and sustainable farming methods; ...

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Keep your cool | Questacon

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In this activity, students design an insulation system for keeping ice cold. They investigate factors that effect how quickly an ice block melts when in sunshine, then design and test insulating mechanisms using different materials and structures. They consider the different ways heat energy is transferred (conduction, ...

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Kitchen gardens – sustainability action process (Years 7–10)

  • TLF-IDM020970

This resource guides students through an extended school-based or local investigation focussed on kitchen gardens using the five-step sustainability action process. The resource supports the investigation of a real-world issue or problem. Students develop and implement a chosen sustainability action and then evaluate and ...

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Waste and materials – sustainability action process (Years 7–10)

  • TLF-IDM020971

This resource guides students through an extended school-based or local investigation focussed on waste and materials using the five-step sustainability action process. The resource supports the investigation of a real-world issue or problem. Students develop and implement a chosen sustainability action and then evaluate ...

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PRIMED Technologies - Year 9

  • TLF-IDA005663

This set of two units of work challenge students to consider waste in timber production and use, and explore the design and operation of an agritourism business. The resource includes a teacher guide, supporting videos, slide shows and student worksheets and is part of the PRIMED series of resources.

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PRIMED Technologies - Year 10

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This set of two units of work challenge students to consider waste in timber production and use, and explore emerging technologies in food and fibre production. The resource includes a teacher guide, supporting videos, slide shows and student worksheets and is part of the PRIMED series of resources.

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This set of learning activities challenges students to students consider the role that STEM plays in healthcare. They explore how biomedical engineers and doctors work together to improve and invent devices that enable people with disabilities to complete daily life tasks efficiently and effectively. Students consider ethics, ...

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