Elaboration ACTDEK040
evaluating design and technology professions and their contributions to society locally, nationally, regionally and globally, for example Aboriginal designers collaborating with international craftspeople for local enterprises
Elaboration | ACTDEK040 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
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recognising the impact of past designed solutions and possible decisions when creating preferred futures, for example the design of public transport systems that use renewable energy and the design of rural communities to reduce fire risk
Elaboration (1) | ACTDEK040 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
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considering the factors that influence design and professional designers and technologists, including time, access to skills, knowledge, finance, expertise, for example Australian designers working with rapid prototyping manufacturers in China
Elaboration (2) | ACTDEK040 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
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explaining how product life cycle thinking can influence decision-making related to design and technologies, for example rethinking products to provide for re-use, selecting a material for a product that has a lower carbon footprint
Elaboration (3) | ACTDEK040 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
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critiquing mass production systems taking into account ethics and sustainability considerations, for example the mass production of food, clothing and shoes and why manufacturers produce different versions of the same product
Elaboration (4) | ACTDEK040 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACTDEK041
considering how creativity, innovation and enterprise contribute to how products, services and environments evolve, for example how designers use biomimicry, the ways plant and animal adaptations can be copied to solve human challenges, such as the Japanese …
Elaboration | ACTDEK041 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACTDEK041
exploring the ways commercial enterprises respond to the challenges and opportunities of technological change, for example e-commerce, and carbon footprint
Elaboration (1) | ACTDEK041 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
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explaining the consequences of social, ethical and sustainability decisions for products, services and environments, for example a managed public environment such as a theme park
Elaboration (2) | ACTDEK041 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
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predicting the impact of emerging technologies for preferred futures
Elaboration (3) | ACTDEK041 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
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constructing scenarios of how the future may unfold (forecasting) and what impacts there may be for society and particular groups, and back casting from preferred futures
Elaboration (4) | ACTDEK041 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
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recognising real-world problems and understanding basic needs when considering designed solutions, for example Engineers Without Borders High School Outreach Program allows students to design solutions to problems in a country in Asia
Elaboration (5) | ACTDEK041 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACTDEK043
explaining the way common machines combine properties of materials and force, motion and energy in, for example, cranes on building sites
Elaboration | ACTDEK043 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACTDEK043
examining and explaining the interaction between material properties and function of a common system, such as car brakes
Elaboration (1) | ACTDEK043 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
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analysing the relationship between materials of properties, forces and safety in engineered systems such as bridges
Elaboration (2) | ACTDEK043 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
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critiquing the effectiveness of the combinations of materials, forces, energy and motion in an engineered system such as a 3D printer
Elaboration (3) | ACTDEK043 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
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calculating forces, reactions and loads in structures
Elaboration (4) | ACTDEK043 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACTDEK044
examining emerging production technologies and methods in terms of productivity, profitability and sustainability, for example vertical farming, recirculation technologies in aquaculture
Elaboration | ACTDEK044 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACTDEK044
investigating how digital technologies could be used to enhance food production systems, for example global positioning system (GPS) for managing animals, crop sensors or automated animal feeding or milking
Elaboration (1) | ACTDEK044 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACTDEK044
comparing the environmental impacts of intensive and extensive production systems and their contribution to food and fibre production
Elaboration (2) | ACTDEK044 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACTDEK044
investigating the interdependence of plants and animals in food and fibre production
Elaboration (3) | ACTDEK044 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum