Year 9 Technologies ASTECTDEY910

This Achievement Standard describes what students are expected to know and do in Year 9 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 10 students explain how people consider factors that impact on design decisions and the technologies used to design and produce products, services and environments for sustainable living. They explain the contribution of innovation, enterprise skills and emerging technologies to global preferred futures. For one or more of the technologies contexts, students explain the features of technologies and their appropriateness for purpose, and create designed solutions based on an analysis of needs or opportunities. Students create, adapt and refine design ideas, processes and solutions and justify their decisions against developed design criteria that include sustainability. They communicate design ideas, processes and solutions to a range of audiences, including using digital tools. Students independently and collaboratively develop and apply production and project management plans, adjusting processes when necessary. They select and use technologies skilfully and safely to produce designed solutions.

Content Descriptors by Strand

This standard is supported by 11 Content Descriptors:

Knowledge and understanding

Technologies and society

AC9TDE10K01 analyse how people in design and technologies occupations consider ethical, security and sustainability factors to innovate and improve products, services and environments AC9TDE10K02 analyse the impact of innovation, enterprise and emerging technologies on designed solutions for global preferred futures

Technologies context: Engineering principles and systems

AC9TDE10K03 analyse and make judgements on how the characteristics and properties of materials are combined with force, motion and energy to control engineered systems

Technologies context: Food and fibre production

AC9TDE10K04 analyse and make judgements on the ethical, secure and sustainable production and marketing of food and fibre enterprises

Technologies context: Food specialisations

AC9TDE10K05 analyse and make judgements on how the sensory and functional properties of food influence the design and preparation of sustainable food solutions for healthy eating

Technologies context: Materials and technologies specialisations

AC9TDE10K06 analyse and make judgements on 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

AC9TDE10P01 analyse needs or opportunities for designing; develop design briefs; and investigate, analyse and select materials, systems, components, tools and equipment to create designed solutions

Generating and designing

AC9TDE10P02 apply innovation and enterprise skills to generate, test, iterate and communicate design ideas, processes and solutions, including using digital tools

Producing and implementing

AC9TDE10P03 select, justify, test and use suitable technologies, skills and processes, and apply safety procedures to safely make designed solutions

Evaluating

AC9TDE10P04 develop design criteria independently including sustainability to evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions

Collaborating and managing

AC9TDE10P05 develop project plans for intended purposes and audiences to individually and collaboratively manage projects, taking into consideration time, cost, risk, processes and production of designed solutions

At a Glance

Strand	Substrand	CDs	Elaborations
Knowledge and understanding	Technologies and society	2	11
Knowledge and understanding	Technologies context: Engineering principles and systems	1	6
Knowledge and understanding	Technologies context: Food and fibre production	1	6
Knowledge and understanding	Technologies context: Food specialisations	1	7
Knowledge and understanding	Technologies context: Materials and technologies specialisations	1	7
Processes and production skills	Investigating and defining	1	6
Processes and production skills	Generating and designing	1	6
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	61

Frequently Asked Questions

What should students know by the end of Year 9 Design Technologies?

By the end of Year 10 students explain how people consider factors that impact on design decisions and the technologies used to design and produce products, services and environments for sustainable living. They explain the contribution of innovation, enterprise skills and emerging technologies to global preferred futures. For one or more of the technologies contexts, students explain the features of technologies and their appropriateness for purpose, and create designed solutions based on an analysis of needs or opportunities. Students create, adapt and refine design ideas, processes and solutions and justify their decisions against developed design criteria that include sustainability. They communicate design ideas, processes and solutions to a range of audiences, including using digital tools. Students independently and collaboratively develop and apply production and project management plans, adjusting processes when necessary. They select and use technologies skilfully and safely to 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 7?

The Year 7 Design Technologies standard (ASTECTDEY78) covers the preceding year level. Standards build progressively, with Year 9 expectations extending what was introduced in Year 7.

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.