Length: Single Semester
Contact: Technologies Leader

Course Description
In this course students investigate and make judgments on how the characteristics and properties of materials are combined with force, motion and energy to create engineered solutions.

Students use the design process (Investigating, Planning, Producing and Evaluating) to develop solutions to a design challenge or problem. Students learn and develop safe, workshop skills and work both individually and collaboratively to develop design solutions. They will learn to select and use appropriate technologies, communicate graphically, document plans, and manage sequenced workshop processes. Students establish criteria for success, including sustainability considerations and use these to evaluate their ideas, processes and final designed solutions.

Assessment
Assessment types include a sequence of practical Skills Tasks, written research Tasks, a Practical Test, and a Major Design Project that is documented through a multimodal Design Folio.

Student achievement is assessed according to the Design & Technology Achievement Standards outlined in the Australian Curriculum, with A-E Grades used for reporting.

Leads To
Year 10 – Electronic Engineering