This site is designed to promote the teaching and learning of sustainable living whilst providing teachers with support to engage year 3 children in design technologies and authentic rich experiences. It is space for teachers to acess a range of material that will support classroom teaching and a stimulous for engaging children in a design challenge that involves ethical understanding and critical and creative thinking. Teachers are provided with appropriate scaffolding for their students to both monitor their learning and understand the thinking processes involved in design technologies. They will do this through project based learning. Below is listed the Australian Curriculum Content descriptions that will be covered throughout and the overarching technologies.
Year 3 Design Technology
Links to overarching aims of Technology:
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engage in problems and find solutions in conjunction with systems and design thinking
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critical and creative thinking
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planning and descion making as part of project management
Processes and Production Skills:
Generate, develop, and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate technical terms and graphical representation techniques(ACTDEP015)
Numeracy Links:
The particular elements of Numeracy addressed by this content description
Using spatial reasoning
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Visualise 2D shapes and 3D objects
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Interpret maps and diagrams
Critical and Creative Thinking
The particular elements of Critical and Creative Thinking addressed by this content description
Inquiring – identifying, exploring and organising information and ideas
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Identify and clarify information and ideas
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Organise and process information
Generating ideas, possibilities and actions
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Imagine possibilities and connect ideas
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Seek solutions and put ideas into action
Knowledge and Understanding:
Recognise the role of people in design and technologies occupations and explore factors, including sustainability that impact on the design of products, services and environments to meet community needs(ACTDEK010)
Literacy Links:
The particular elements of Literacy addressed by this content description
Comprehending texts through listening, reading and viewing
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Comprehend texts
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Navigate, read and view learning area texts
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Interpret and analyse learning area texts
Understanding ethical concepts and issues
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Explore ethical concepts in context
Cross Curricular Priorities: Sustainability