AC9TDE8K02 Year 7 Technologies

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.

analyse the impact of innovation and the development of technologies on designed solutions for global preferred futures

Elaborations

• 1 analysing competing factors, including social and ethical factors, that influence the design of services for First Nations Australian communities in areas classified as remote, for example a natural disaster warning system for the Koeybuway and Moegibuway Peoples of Saibai Island, who are vulnerable to flooding and rising sea levels
• 2 investigating techniques used by land managers for managing and reducing bushfires in forests, for example techniques used by local First Nations Australians or smart technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, artificial intelligence, cameras and drones
• 3 investigating traditional, contemporary and emerging design and technologies, including from a country in Asia, and the need for more sustainable patterns of living, and predicting how they might change in the future in response to social, technological, environmental or economic change, for example the diversity of house design or waste management practices
• 4 investigating influences impacting on manufactured products and processes such as historical developments, societal change, new materials, accessibility guidelines, control systems or biomimicry, for example researching the development of Velcro, which was inspired by burrs, or researching contemporary designers who use new materials to design and produce innovative products
• 5 considering factors that impact on innovation, for example developing novel ideas, responding quickly to change, creating a point of differentiation, adding value for society, reducing costs and improving efficiency

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