AC9TDI8P04
Years 7 to 8
Technologies
AC9TDI8P04 | Years 7 to 8 Digital Technologies: Investigating and defining
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor define and decompose real-world problems with design criteria and by creating user stories
Strand
Processes and production skills
Substrand
Investigating and defining
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 7 to 8 Digital Technologies. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration framing a problem in terms of what we know, why it is important and the outcome we want, for example matching the items in your fridge to possible recipes to reduce food waste
- • Elaboration asking a series of questions and sub-questions to understand the problem and breaking it down into manageable parts, for example “How do we keep track of what items are in the pantry? Are there any dietary requirements that need to be considered?”
- • Elaboration using a template such as "As a <type of user>, I want <some goal> so that <some reason>", for example "As a user with a visual impairment I want to be able to get the news on my smartphone so that I can keep up with my world"
- • Elaboration making predictions about future population distribution of First Nations Australians based on identified trends, for example analysing and visualising data using spreadsheets and databases on their population growth in metropolitan areas
Plan a lesson from this content description.
Start freeAchievement standard statements this supports
- By the end of Year 8 students develop and modify creative digital solutions, decompose real-world problems, and evaluate alternative solutions against user stories and design criteria.See it on the standard page →
- Students create and adapt design ideas, processes and solutions, and justify their decisions against developed design criteria that include sustainability.See it on the standard page →
Read the full Years 7 to 8 Digital Technologies achievement standard
Read the full Years 7 to 8 Technologies (all subjects) achievement standard