PDF documents
Resources and support materials for the Australian Curriculum: Technologies are available as PDF documents. Design and Technologies: Sequence of content Digital Technologies: Sequence of content Technologies: Sequence of achievement
PDF documents | 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
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
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 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
PDF documents Digital Technologies
Resources and support materials for the Australian Curriculum: Technologies are available as PDF documents. Digital Technologies: Sequence of content Technologies: Sequence of achievement
PDF documents | Digital 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
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
Foundation to Year 2 Digital Technologies
Learning in Digital Technologies builds on concepts, skills and processes developed in the Early Years Learning Framework. It focuses on developing foundational skills in computational thinking and an awareness of personal experiences using digital systems. By …
Foundation to Year 2 | 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
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 7 and 8 Digital Technologies
Learning in Digital Technologies focuses on further developing understanding and skills in computational thinking such as decomposing problems and prototyping; and engaging students with a wider range of information systems as they broaden their experiences …
Years 7 and 8 | 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 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
Achievement Standard Digital Technologies Years 5 and 6
By the end of Year 6, students explain the fundamentals of digital system components (hardware, software and networks) and how digital systems are connected to form networks. They explain how digital systems use whole numbers as a basis for representing …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 5 and 6 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Digital Technologies Years 3 and 4
By the end of Year 4, students describe how a range of digital systems (hardware and software) and their peripheral devices can be used for different purposes. They explain how the same data sets can be represented in different ways. Students define …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 3 and 4 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Digital Technologies Years 7 and 8
By the end of Year 8, students distinguish between different types of networks and defined purposes. They explain how text, image and audio data can be represented, secured and presented in digital systems. Students plan and manage digital projects to …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 7 and 8 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Digital Technologies Foundation to Year 2
By the end of Year 2, students identify how common digital systems (hardware and software) are used to meet specific purposes. They use digital systems to represent simple patterns in data in different ways. Students design solutions to simple problems …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Foundation to Year 2 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Digital Technologies Years 9 and 10
By the end of Year 10, students explain the control and management of networked digital systems and the security implications of the interaction between hardware, software and users. They explain simple data compression, and why content data are separated …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 9 and 10 | Digital 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