Design and Technologies Resource

This resource was designed for teachers to use in their grade 5-6 classrooms. The resource aims to address the following curriculum descriptors;

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Knowledge and Understanding:

Examine how people in design and technologies occupations address competing considerations, including sustainability in the design of products, services, and environments for current and future use (ACTDEK019).

• evaluating the sustainability implications of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment, for example materials can be recycled or re-used to reduce waste; systems may benefit some, but disadvantage others

• identifying the impact of the designed features of an environment, for example a modification to a home to reduce environmental impact; restoring a natural environment and retaining access for the public

Processes and Production Skills:

Critique needs or opportunities for designing, and investigate materials, components, tools, equipment and processes to achieve intended designed solutions (ACTDEP024).

• exploring the steps involved in the process to satisfy a design brief, need or opportunity

• investigating designed solutions from around the world to make suitable, quality decisions that meet the design brief, challenge or scenario

• investigating how to minimise material use and manage waste by critiquing the environmental and social impacts of materials, components, tools and equipment

(Australian Curriculum and Reporting Authority [ACARA], 2015).

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The resource is intended to be used as an assessment after a unit addressing the content decriptors has been completed. Students will complete the task in pairs, as assigned by the classroom teacher.