{"id":184,"date":"2022-10-05T01:10:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T14:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=184"},"modified":"2026-07-22T11:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T01:56:17","slug":"year-10-cad-cam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=184","title":{"rendered":"Year 10 &#8211; Engineering and Drafting (CAD)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Length:<\/strong> Single Semester<br><strong>Contact:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=500\">Technologies Leader<\/a><br><br><strong>Recommended Background<\/strong><br>No prerequisites.<br><br><strong>Course Description<\/strong><br>By the end of Year 10, students will be able to create a design solution based on a student design brief\/challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This course provides the opportunity to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Create a design solution based on a student design brief \/ challenge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop understanding of technical drawing practices used in the construction and manufacturing sectors such as drafting, modelling and 3D prototyping.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop understanding of techniques and methods that reflect the Australian Standards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn about 2 and 3 dimensional drawing systems and gain experience in the use of CAD software E.g. Autodesk Inventor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students will learn to use the design process to develop a solution to a given problem, producing a work plan and sketch prior to modelling. They will develop skills in evaluating final products against the given design brief and identification of possible modifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Assessment<\/strong><br>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Student achievement is assessed according to the Design &amp; Technology Achievement Standards outlined in the Australian Curriculum, with A-E Grades used for reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Leads To<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=301\">Stage 1 Engineering &amp; Drafting (CAD)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Length: Single SemesterContact: Technologies Leader Recommended BackgroundNo prerequisites. Course DescriptionBy the end of Year 10, students will be able to create a design solution based on a student design brief\/challenge. This course provides the opportunity to: Students will learn to use the design process to develop a solution to a given problem, producing a work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":42,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-184","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1580,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184\/revisions\/1580"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}