Planning for a design technology focus in a Primary Connections unit Design and F – 2 Year 3 – 4 Year 5 – 6 Technologies How people (designers, producers, etc.) balance How people design and produce with an The design and technologies occupations, competing considerations including focus emphasis on familiar products, personal and factors that impact on design (including sustainability, design for current and future local community needs sustainability) and broader community needs use/need Technologies Examples across F - 6 Contexts Engineering principles Investigate how forces and materials affect how Investigate how forces or energy control Explore forces to create movement and systems a system or product works movement, light or sound Food and fibre Explore how plants and animals are grown for Investigate food and fibre production in modern Investigate how/why food and fibre are production food, clothing and shelter and traditional societies produced in managed environments Investigate the role of food preparation in Explore how food is selected and prepared for Investigate food preparation in modern and Food specialisation promoting healthy lifestyles and the importance healthy eating traditional societies of food safety and hygiene Materials and Explore the properties and characteristics of Investigate a range of materials, systems, Investigate characteristics and properties of technologies materials, how materials are used to make components etc. and their suitability for a range materials, systems, components and equipment specialisations designed solutions of purposes and evaluate their impact Creating Designed F – 2 (as in Push Pull) Year level descriptions Solutions Explore needs or opportunities for designing and Investigating the technologies needed to realise designed solutions Visualise, generate, and communicate ideas Generating through describing, drawing, and modelling Use materials, components, tools, equipment Producing and techniques to produce designed solutions safely Use personal preferences to evaluate the Evaluating success of design ideas, processes and solutions including their care for the environment Planning and managing Sequence steps for making designed solutions Adapted from the Design and Technologies: Foundation – Level 6, VCAA, retrieved online
Planning for a design technology focus in a Primary Connections unit Design and Technologies focus F – 2 Year 3 – 4 Year 5 – 6 How people design and produce with an emphasis on familiar products, personal and local community needs The design and technologies occupations, factors that impact on design (including sustainability) and broader community needs How people (designers, producers, etc.) balance competing considerations including sustainability, design for current and future use/need Technologies Contexts Examples across F - 6 Engineering principles and systems Explore forces to create movement Investigate how forces and materials affect how a system or product works Investigate how forces or energy control movement, light or sound Food and fibre production Explore how plants and animals are grown for food, clothing and shelter Investigate food and fibre production in modern and traditional societies Investigate how/why food and fibre are produced in managed environments Food specialisation Explore how food is selected and prepared for healthy eating Investigate food preparation in modern and traditional societies Investigate the role of food preparation in promoting healthy lifestyles and the importance of food safety and hygiene Materials and technologies specialisations Explore the properties and characteristics of materials, how materials are used to make designed solutions Investigate a range of materials, systems, components etc. and their suitability for a range of purposes Investigate characteristics and properties of materials, systems, components and equipment and evaluate their impact Creating Designed Solutions F – 2 (as in Push Pull) Year level descriptions Investigating Explore needs or opportunities for designing and the technologies needed to realise designed solutions Generating Visualise, generate, and communicate ideas through describing, drawing, and modelling Producing Use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to produce designed solutions safely Evaluating Use personal preferences to evaluate the success of design ideas, processes and solutions including their care for the environment Planning and managing Sequence steps for making designed solutions Adapted from the Design and Technologies: Foundation – Level 6, VCAA, retrieved online
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