Design and Technologies - Above satisfactory - Years 3 and 4
Portfolio summary
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can explain how products, services and environments are designed to best meet needs of communities and their environments (WS1, WS2, WS3). The student describes contributions of people in design and technologies occupations (WS3) and describes how the features of technologies can be used to produce designed solutions for each of the prescribed technologies contexts (WS1, WS2, WS3).
The student creates designed solutions for each of the prescribed technologies contexts (WS1, WS2, WS3). The student explains needs or opportunities and evaluates ideas and designed solutions against identified criteria for success, including environmental sustainability considerations (WS1, WS2, WS3). The student develops and expands design ideas and communicates these using models and drawings including annotations and symbols (WS1, WS2, WS3). The student plans and sequences major steps in design and production (WS1, WS3). The student identifies appropriate technologies and techniques and demonstrates safe work practices when producing designed solutions (WS1, WS2, WS3, WS4).
