Victorian Curriculum / Learning Areas / Technologies / Design and Technologies / Creating Designed Solutions

Select and use materials, components, tools and equipment using safe work practices to produce designed solutions (VCDSCD030)

Into the Unknown Change Preview Unit

The Science Of Navigation: Making A Sextant · Learning Opportunities
Your students will make a sextant and practise using it in the classroom.

Forces and Functions Discovery Preview Unit

Balloon-powered Car: Building the Frame · Learning Opportunities
Your students will work in pairs to build the frame of their balloon-powered car.
Balloon-powered Car: Adding the Balloon · Learning Opportunities
Your students will attach a balloon to their car frame.
Immersion · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will be learning how designers and engineers are inspired by existing designs.

Frame by Frame Creativity Preview Unit

Building My Set · Learning Opportunities
Your students will build a cardboard box set for their stop motion animation.
Building My Prop · Learning Opportunities
Your students will build a prop for their stop motion animation.
Pretest · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will complete a pretest about skills that they will practise during this unit.

First Contact Community Preview Unit

Building Our Artefacts · Learning Opportunities
Your students will build models of artefacts to display at the First Contact Exhibition.

Edible Gardens Question-Based Investigations Preview Unit

Assessment · Synthesis Phase
You will conduct a conference with each student to assess their understanding of the content they have learnt during their research.

Properties and Uses of Materials Subject Based Preview Unit

Egg Drop Challenge: Building Our Device · Learning Opportunities
Your students will use their Egg Drop Device Design to build their Egg Drop Device.