Victorian Curriculum / Learning Areas / Technologies / Design and Technologies / Technologies Contexts
Explore the characteristics and properties of materials and components that are used to create designed solutions (VCDSTC017)
The Bridge and Beyond Discovery Preview Unit |
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Building with Aluminium Foil
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will discover the properties of aluminium foil as they build a boat for their billy goats. |
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Pretest
· Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will share what they already know about the materials that they will learn about during this learning sequence. |
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Introducing the Unit
· Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will find out what they will be doing during this learning sequence. |
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Glossary of Discovery
· Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will consider the properties of a range of materials. |
Topsy Turvy Tales Creativity Preview Unit |
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Exploring Materials
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will consider what everyday objects are made of. |
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Designing a Puppet Theatre
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will work in groups to design a puppet theatre. |
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Building a Puppet Theatre
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will work in groups to build a puppet theatre. |
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Making My Puppet
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will design and construct a puppet of their fairy tale character. |
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Introducing the Unit
· Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will learn about this unit as they make a puppet depicting themselves. |
A Place to Call Home Question-Based Investigations Preview Unit |
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Assessment
· Synthesis Phase
You will conduct a conference with each student to assess their understanding of the content they have learnt during their research. |