Key ideas

Overarching idea: Creating preferred futures The Technologies curriculum provides students with opportunities to consider how solutions that are created now will be used in the future. Students will identify the possible benefits and risks of creating …

Key ideas | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACTDEP039

organising time, evaluating decisions and managing resources to ensure successful project completion and protection of the work space and local environment

Elaboration (1) | ACTDEP039 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACTDIP013

organising and creating different types of information for sharing and collaborating online, for example planning the sequence and appearance of an animation, and sharing it online with students from another school

Elaboration (2) | ACTDIP013 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACTDIP032

organising the instructions and files in readiness for implementation of a solution, for example applying a file naming convention to all data files that are going to be used to create solutions

Elaboration (3) | ACTDIP032 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACTDIP032

documenting and sequencing the tasks that need to be done, and the resources that are needed to collaboratively create solutions including organising the timeline, devising file naming conventions and planning backup measures

Elaboration (4) | ACTDIP032 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Structure

The Australian Curriculum: Technologies Foundation – Year 10 comprises two subjects: Design and Technologies Digital Technologies. The Australian Curriculum: Technologies is written on the basis that all students will study the two subjects from Foundation …

Structure | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Introduction

The Australian Curriculum: Technologies describes two distinct but related subjects: Design and Technologies, in which students use design thinking and technologies to generate and produce designed solutions for authentic needs and opportunities Digital …

Introduction | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Structure Design and Technologies

The Australian Curriculum: Design and Technologies (F–10) comprises two related strands: Design and Technologies knowledge and understanding – the use, development and impact of technologies and design ideas across a range of technologies contexts Design …

Structure | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Years 3 and 4 Design and Technologies

Learning in Design and Technologies builds on concepts, skills and processes developed in earlier years, and teachers will revisit, strengthen and extend these as needed. By the end of Year 4 students will have had the opportunity to create designed …

Years 3 and 4 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Foundation to Year 2 Design and Technologies

Learning in Design and Technologies builds on concepts, skills and processes developed in the Early Years Learning Framework, revisiting, strengthening and extending these as needed. By the end of Year 2 students will have had the opportunity to create …

Foundation to Year 2 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACTDEP025

developing alternative design ideas and considering implications for the future to broaden the appeal and acceptance of design ideas

Elaboration (1) | ACTDEP025 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Years 5 and 6 Design and Technologies

Learning in Design and Technologies builds on concepts, skills and processes developed in earlier years, and teachers will revisit, strengthen and extend these as needed. By the end of Year 6, students will have had the opportunity to create designed …

Years 5 and 6 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Years 7 and 8 Design and Technologies

Learning in Design and Technologies builds on concepts, skills and processes developed in earlier years, and teachers will revisit, strengthen and extend these as needed. By the end of Year 8 students will have had the opportunity to create designed …

Years 7 and 8 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

ACTDEP006

Generate, develop and record design ideas through describing, drawing and modelling

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACTDEP006 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

ACTDEP027

Negotiate criteria for success that include sustainability to evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACTDEP027 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

ACTDEP038

Independently develop criteria for success to evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions and their sustainability

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACTDEP038 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Rationale Design and Technologies

This rationale complements and extends the rationale for the Technologies learning area. In an increasingly technological and complex world, it is important to develop knowledge and confidence to critically analyse and creatively respond to design challenges. …

Rationale | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Aims Design and Technologies

In addition to the overarching aims for the Australian Curriculum: Technologies, Design and Technologies more specifically aims to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills to ensure that, individually and collaboratively, students: develop confidence …

Aims | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Aims Digital Technologies

In addition to the overarching aims for the Australian Curriculum: Technologies, Digital Technologies more specifically aims to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills to ensure that, individually and collaboratively, students: design, create, …

Aims | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum

Years 3 and 4 Digital Technologies

Learning in Digital Technologies focuses on further developing understanding and skills in computational thinking, such as categorising and outlining procedures; and developing an increasing awareness of how digital systems are used and could be used …

Years 3 and 4 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum