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 …
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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
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
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
Years 9 and 10 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 10 students will have had the opportunity to design and produce …
Years 9 and 10 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Years 5 and 6 Digital Technologies
Learning in Digital Technologies focuses on further developing understanding and skills in computational thinking such as identifying similarities in different problems and describing smaller components of complex systems. It also focuses on the sustainability …
Years 5 and 6 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Years 9 and 10 Digital Technologies
Learning in Digital Technologies focuses on further developing understanding and skills in computational thinking such as precisely and accurately describing problems and the use of modular approaches to solutions. It also focuses on engaging students …
Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Rationale Digital Technologies
This rationale complements and extends the rationale for the Technologies learning area. In a world that is increasingly digitised and automated, it is critical to the wellbeing and sustainability of the economy, the environment and society, that the …
Rationale | Digital Technologies | 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
Structure Digital Technologies
The Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies (F–10) comprises two related strands: Digital Technologies knowledge and understanding – the information system components of data, and digital systems (hardware, software and networks) Digital Technologies …
Structure | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Learning Area Achievement Standard Design and Technologies Years 3 and 4
By the end of Year 4, students describe how social, technical and sustainability factors influence the design of solutions to meet present and future needs. They describe features of technologies that influence design decisions and how a range of digital …
Learning Area Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 3 and 4 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Design and Technologies Years 3 and 4
By the end of Year 4, students explain how products, services and environments are designed to best meet needs of communities and their environments. They describe contributions of people in design and technologies occupations. Students describe how the …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 3 and 4 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Learning Area Achievement Standard Design and Technologies Years 5 and 6
By the end of Year 6, students explain how social, ethical, technical and sustainability considerations influence the design of solutions to meet a range of present and future needs. They explain how the features of technologies influence design decisions …
Learning Area Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 5 and 6 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Design and Technologies Years 5 and 6
By the end of Year 6, students describe competing considerations in the design of products, services and environments, taking into account sustainability. They describe how design and technologies contribute to meeting present and future needs. Students …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 5 and 6 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Learning Area Achievement Standard Design and Technologies Years 7 and 8
By the end of Year 8, students explain how social, ethical, technical and sustainability considerations influence the design of innovative and enterprising solutions to meet a range of present and future needs. They explain how the features of technologies …
Learning Area Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 7 and 8 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Design and Technologies Years 7 and 8
By the end of Year 8, students explain factors that influence the design of products, services and environments to meet present and future needs. They explain the contribution of design and technology innovations and enterprise to society. Students explain …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 7 and 8 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Design and Technologies Years 9 and 10
By the end of Year 10, students explain how people working in design and technologies occupations consider factors that impact on design decisions and the technologies used to produce products, services and environments. They identify the changes necessary …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 9 and 10 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Learning Area Achievement Standard Digital Technologies Years 3 and 4
By the end of Year 4, students describe how social, technical and sustainability factors influence the design of solutions to meet present and future needs. They describe features of technologies that influence design decisions and how a range of digital …
Learning Area Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 3 and 4 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Learning Area Achievement Standard Digital Technologies Years 5 and 6
By the end of Year 6, students explain how social, ethical, technical and sustainability considerations influence the design of solutions to meet a range of present and future needs. They explain how the features of technologies influence design decisions …
Learning Area Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 5 and 6 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum