07 Design and Technology

Year 7: 1 Semester / Advanced Technologies

Australian Curriculum Website:  https://v9.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/learning-areas/design-and-technologies/year-7

Pre-Requisite:  Nil

SUBJECT OVERVIEW

Design & Technology students will extend their knowledge, Understanding and Skills developed in the primary years through a variety of technologies, using a design thinking mindset to complete a range of theory and practical tasks.


Students will use the design process to design products, navigate systems and think critically, innovatively, and creatively to solve problems and design solutions. Students will develop confidence as critical users of technologies through designing products and producing designed solutions that meet the needs and wants that they develop through critical analysis.

Topics may include

  • 2D technical hand sketching
  • 2D vector drawing
  • Computer Aided Design (Autodesk Tinker CAD)
  • 3D printing
  • Laser engraving and cutting
  • Multimedia presentation
  • Robotics
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ASSESSMENT

Students are assessed through formative and summative assessments in the form of design folio's and individual assessment tasks that cover the Design & Technology Australian Curriculum achievement standards within the following content descriptors:

  • Knowledge & understanding - materials and technologies specialisations
  • Processes & production skills including the following:

    • investigating and defining
    • generating and designing
    • producing and implementing
    • evaluating
    • collaborating and managing

Additional Information

No additional costs

Last updated: June 2023