AC9TDE10P02
Years 9 to 10
Technologies
AC9TDE10P02 | Years 9 to 10 Design and Technologies: Generating and designing
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor apply innovation and enterprise skills to generate, test, iterate and communicate design ideas, processes and solutions, including using digital tools
Strand
Processes and production skills
Substrand
Generating and designing
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 9 to 10 Design and Technologies. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration using techniques including combining and modifying ideas and exploring functionality to generate solution concepts and reimagining designs to feature emerging technologies, for example designing wearable technology that could help or give independence to elderly people, such as wearable blood glucose monitors
- • Elaboration undertaking functional, structural and aesthetic analysis of benefits and constraints of design ideas, for example assessing how a design is suitable for different communities and environments including a country in Asia, for example the design of skyscrapers in Japan to withstand earthquakes
- • Elaboration considering competing variables that may hinder or enhance project development, for example weight, strength and price of materials; laws; sustainability; accessibility; social protocols, user needs and community consultation processes
- • Elaboration producing drawings, models and prototypes to explore design ideas, for example using technical drawing techniques (for example perspective and orthogonal drawings), digital imaging programs, 3D printers or augmented reality (AR) modelling software; producing multiple prototypes that show an understanding of key aesthetic considerations in competing designs
- • Elaboration communicating using appropriate technical terms and recording the generation and development of design ideas and processes for an intended audience including justification of decisions, for example developing a digital portfolio with images and text which clearly communicate each step of a design process
- • Elaboration using design thinking and enterprise skills to create innovative approaches to processes and solutions, for example brainstorming novel ideas inspired by nature or transforming a solution into an enterprise for a target market
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Start freeAchievement standard statements this supports
- Students create, adapt and refine design ideas, processes and solutions and justify their decisions against developed design criteria that include sustainability.See it on the standard page →
- They communicate design ideas, processes and solutions to a range of audiences, including using digital tools.See it on the standard page →
Read the full Years 9 to 10 Design and Technologies achievement standard