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

Use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to produce designed solutions safely (VCDSCD020)

Light and Sound Discovery Preview Unit

Building Instruments: Woodwind · Learning Opportunities
Your students will learn how sounds are made as air move around objects as they use straws to make a pan flute.
Building Instruments: Making a New Instrument · Learning Opportunities
Your students will discover how to make sounds by experimenting with different materials.
Puppet Production: Building a Theatre · Learning Opportunities
Your students will work in group to build a cardboard box puppet theatre.
Puppet Production: Shadows of a Story · Learning Opportunities
Your students will create shadow puppets for their production.
Building Instruments: Percussion · Learning Opportunities
Your students will learn how different objects move and make sounds depending on their size and shape as they build maracas.

Celebrating Differences Social Justice Preview Unit

Italy: Making Pasta · Learning Opportunities
Your students will be immersed into the Italian culture as they make pasta.
China: Making a Lantern · Learning Opportunities
Your students will learn about the Chinese culture as they make a paper lantern.
Nigeria: Playing Ayo · Learning Opportunities
Your students will be immersed in Nigerian culture as they play a traditional game.
Nigeria: Making a Drum · Learning Opportunities
Your students will learn about Nigerian culture as they make paper cup drums.

Robot Buddies Creativity Preview Unit

Analysing Materials · Learning Opportunities
Your students will analyse a craft material and consider how it could be used to make something.
Pretest · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will complete a pretest by using craft materials to build a model of a piece of food.

Tip Toe Through Our World Sustainability Preview Unit

Making A Gift: Reusing Resources · Learning Opportunities
Your students will reuse objects from home to make a gift.

Places and Spaces Community Preview Unit

Our Craft Community: Building Our Models · Learning Opportunities
Your students will work in groups to construct models of three buildings that they have designed for their precinct.
Introducing the Unit · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will learn what they will be doing during this learning sequence.

Together Through Toys 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.