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AC9TDE8P01: Year 7 Technologies Content Descriptor – Investigating and defining
AC9TDE8P01 Year 7 Technologies

AC9TDE8P01 – Year 7 Technologies: Investigating and defining

Strand
Processes and production skills
Substrand
Investigating and defining

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.

Content Descriptor

analyse needs or opportunities for designing, and investigate and select materials, components, tools, equipment and processes to create designed solutions

Elaborations

  • • considering First Nations Australian community needs when identifying opportunities for designing, for example considering the needs of local groups when designing energy supply or community housing solutions in areas classified as remote
  • • considering community needs when identifying opportunities for designing, for example gardens for a community centre, cost-effective food service for a sport club
  • • experimenting with traditional and contemporary technologies when developing designs, and discovering the advantages and disadvantages of each approach, for example comparing a hand-sewn product with one produced using a sewing machine
  • • investigating emerging technologies and their potential impact on design decisions, for example flame-retardant fabrics, self-healing materials, virtual reality or aquaponics
  • • examining, testing and selecting a variety of suitable materials, components, tools and equipment for each design project, for example the durability differences between natural hardwood and plantation softwood timbers, which determine their suitability for interior or exterior use
  • • analysing the viability of using different techniques and materials in areas considered remote, isolated areas or less developed countries and selecting appropriate materials to acknowledge sustainability needs by using life cycle thinking
  • • creating a survey to determine students’ food choices and developing a range of healthy food items such as snacks, juices, breakfast or nourish bowls such as a Buddha bowl which could be sold at the school canteen

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASTECTDEY78
Year 7 Technologies Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 8 students explain how people design, innovate and produce products, services and environments for preferred futures. For each of the 4 prescribed technologies contexts they explain how the features of technologies impact on design decisions, and create designed solutions based on analysis of needs or opportunities. Students create and adapt design ideas, processes and solutions, and justify their decisions against developed design criteria that include sustainability. They communicate design ideas and solutions to audiences using technical terms and graphical representation techniques, including using digital tools. They independently and collaboratively document and manage production processes to safely produce designed solutions.