AC9TDE2P03 Years 1 to 2 Technologies

Content descriptor evaluate the success of design ideas and solutions based on personal preferences and including sustainability

Elaborations

• • Elaboration reflecting on and recording a judgement about design ideas, for example describing how design ideas meet the needs of those who will use the solution using audio-recording or video-recording software
• • Elaboration sharing design strengths and weaknesses, for example explaining how the equipment in a playground might be unsuitable for some children to use and suggesting areas for design improvement
• • Elaboration reflecting on the environmental impacts of the production of a solution and considering alternative approaches that would minimise future negative impacts, for example identifying the negative environmental impacts of different food packaging and how these could be minimised
• • Elaboration reflecting on the challenges of designing and producing a solution and recording these reflections, for example when growing a food product, designing a structure to take a load or making a nutritious snack