AC9TDE8K01 – Year 7 Technologies: Technologies and society

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 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.

Elaborations

• • researching current information on animal welfare when designing an animal shelter or researching intellectual property or the significance of offshore manufacturing in a country in Asia when designing a 3D printed product
• • investigating traditional and contemporary design and technologies, including from countries across Asia, and predicting how they might change or be sustained in the future in response to technological, environmental or economic change, for example the production of contemporary textile designs using traditional batik techniques and modern dyes in Indonesia
• • comparing the design and production of products, services and environments in Australia and a country in Asia by identifying needs and new opportunities for design and enterprise, for example design, promotion and marketing of a Western Australian wheat variety especially bred and grown for the making of udon noodles in Japan
• • researching the rights and responsibilities of those working in design and technologies occupations, for example taking into account First Nations Australian protocols and Indigenous cultural and intellectual property rights
• • analysing the ethical and social requirements when designing solutions for cultural groups including their involvement and consultation, for example designing a solution with community members from other cultural backgrounds or those who usually communicate in a language other than English

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard: