Year 7 Technologies ASTECTDEY78

This Achievement Standard describes what students are expected to know and do in Year 7 Technologies by the end of the year. Teachers can use it to guide assessment design, collect evidence of learning, and ensure planning stays aligned with the Australian Curriculum v9.

By the end of Year 8 students explain how people design, innovate and produce products, services and environments for preferred futures. For each of the 4 prescribed technologies contexts they explain how the features of technologies impact on design decisions, and create designed solutions based on analysis of needs or opportunities. Students create and adapt design ideas, processes and solutions, and justify their decisions against developed design criteria that include sustainability. They communicate design ideas and solutions to audiences using technical terms and graphical representation techniques, including using digital tools. They independently and collaboratively document and manage production processes to safely produce designed solutions.

Content Descriptors by Strand

This standard is supported by 11 Content Descriptors:

Knowledge and understanding

Technologies and society

AC9TDE8K01 analyse how people in design and technologies occupations consider ethical and sustainability factors to design and produce products, services and environments AC9TDE8K02 analyse the impact of innovation and the development of technologies on designed solutions for global preferred futures

Technologies context: Engineering principles and systems

AC9TDE8K03 analyse how force, motion and energy are used to manipulate and control engineered systems

Technologies context: Food and fibre production

AC9TDE8K04 analyse how food and fibre are produced in managed environments and how these can become sustainable

Technologies context: Food specialisations

AC9TDE8K05 analyse how properties of foods determine preparation and presentation techniques when designing solutions for healthy eating

Technologies context: Materials and technologies specialisations

AC9TDE8K06 analyse how characteristics and properties of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment can be combined to create designed solutions

Processes and production skills

Investigating and defining

AC9TDE8P01 analyse needs or opportunities for designing, and investigate and select materials, components, tools, equipment and processes to create designed solutions

Generating and designing

AC9TDE8P02 generate, test, iterate and communicate design ideas, processes and solutions using technical terms and graphical representation techniques, including using digital tools

Producing and implementing

AC9TDE8P03 select, justify and use suitable materials, components, tools, equipment, skills and processes to safely make designed solutions

Evaluating

AC9TDE8P04 develop design criteria collaboratively including sustainability to evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions

Collaborating and managing

AC9TDE8P05 develop project plans to individually and collaboratively manage time, cost and production of designed solutions

At a Glance

Strand	Substrand	CDs	Elaborations
Knowledge and understanding	Technologies and society	2	10
Knowledge and understanding	Technologies context: Engineering principles and systems	1	7
Knowledge and understanding	Technologies context: Food and fibre production	1	6
Knowledge and understanding	Technologies context: Food specialisations	1	4
Knowledge and understanding	Technologies context: Materials and technologies specialisations	1	7
Processes and production skills	Investigating and defining	1	7
Processes and production skills	Generating and designing	1	5
Processes and production skills	Producing and implementing	1	5
Processes and production skills	Evaluating	1	4
Processes and production skills	Collaborating and managing	1	3
Total		11	58

Frequently Asked Questions

What should students know by the end of Year 7 Design Technologies?

By the end of Year 8 students explain how people design, innovate and produce products, services and environments for preferred futures. For each of the 4 prescribed technologies contexts they explain how the features of technologies impact on design decisions, and create designed solutions based on analysis of needs or opportunities. Students create and adapt design ideas, processes and solutions, and justify their decisions against developed design criteria that include sustainability. They communicate design ideas and solutions to audiences using technical terms and graphical representation techniques, including using digital tools. They independently and collaboratively document and manage production processes to safely produce designed solutions.

How many Content Descriptors support this standard?

11 Content Descriptors support this Achievement Standard (Knowledge and understanding: 2, Knowledge and understanding: 1, Knowledge and understanding: 1, Knowledge and understanding: 1, Knowledge and understanding: 1, Processes and production skills: 1, Processes and production skills: 1, Processes and production skills: 1, Processes and production skills: 1, Processes and production skills: 1).

How does this compare to Year 5?

The Year 5 Design Technologies standard (ASTECTDEY56) covers the preceding year level. Standards build progressively, with Year 7 expectations extending what was introduced in Year 5.

Is this from the latest Australian Curriculum?

Yes, this Achievement Standard is from the Australian Curriculum version 9.0 (AC v9), the most current version published by ACARA.