Length: 10-week rotation

Recommended background: None

Content:

This course is aimed at introducing the students to activities within the Technologies learning area through hands-on skills in design and construction using wood and metal materials. The course provides a solid foundation for further studies in Design & Technologies with a strong focus on the design cycle and design thinking.

During this course students will have the opportunity to:

• Develop an understanding of requirements and skills in workshop safety, protective equipment and teamwork
• Use hand tools, basic jointing methods, and are introduction to some portable power tools and workshop machinery to create products
• Measure, cut and fabricate sheet-metal and timber to create design solutions
• Use and apply surface finish materials in a safe and competent manner
• Collect and analyse data and create algorithms to represent processes
• Use the design cycle to develop, document and produce a chosen design meeting defined criterion in both Design Technologies

Assessment:

Students’ performance will be determined according to the subject’s Achievement Standards as outlined in the framework of the Australian Curriculum. Grades A to E will be used for reporting purposes.

• Safety in the workshop
• Metal product tasks
• Timber product tasks
• Design tasks (free choice within defined specifications) in both curriculum areas