AC9TDE10K04 Year 9 Technologies

AC9TDE10K04 – Year 9 Technologies: Technologies context: Food and fibre production

Strand

Knowledge and understanding

Substrand

Technologies context: Food and fibre production

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 Technologies provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Content Descriptor

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

Elaborations

• analysing grain sources used by First Nations Australians, such as acacia, for their nutrient content, including energy, fat and protein and suitability as a sustainable food source in drought or famine-prone, semi-arid, and tropical regions, as compared with cereal crops such as wheat and rice
• examining emerging production technologies and methods in terms of productivity, profitability and sustainability, for example taking account of animal welfare considerations in food and fibre production enterprises, protected cropping, hydroponics or aquaculture
• investigating how digital tools could be used to enhance food production systems, for example global positioning systems (GPS) for managing animals, crop sensors, automated animal-feeding or milking systems, or drones for locating and managing weeds
• investigating the interdependence of plants and animals and comparing the environmental impacts of intensive and extensive production systems and their contribution to food and fibre production, for example the impact of pesticide use on bee populations or comparing caged and free-range chicken production
• considering the meaning of food and water security and how they may influence design decisions for creating preferred futures, for example using water-efficient irrigation, protected cropping where crops are grown under cover to increase production over a longer period or choosing drought-resistant varieties of plants and animals
• examining the marketing chain of a range of agricultural products and outlining the effect of product processing and advertising on demand and price including the impact of cash crops on communities

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASTECTDEY910

Year 9 Technologies Achievement Standard

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.