Students investigate and select from a range of components, tools and equipment to design and produce sustainable solutions to problems for individuals and the community, taking into consideration society and ethics, environmental and social sustainability factors. Students investigate materials and how they can be used to provide a solution for a design challenge. They develop skills to represent ideas They develop plans to manage tasks, including safe and responsible use of materials and tools, applying management plans too successfully complete design tasks. Students establish safety procedures that minimise risk and manage a project with safety and efficiency.
Digital Technologies focuses on computational thinking such as decomposing problems and prototyping and engaging students with a wider range of information systems as they broaden their experiences and involvement in national, regional and global activities. Students will have opportunities to create a range of digital solutions. As they complete each of the units, they will work individually and in terms and learn to plan tasks based on project requirements.
Students will undertake an introduction into food preparation. They will learn the skills and concepts in preparing food in a safe and hygienic context.
Completing practical experiences students will effectively and safely use a broad range of materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to prepare a range of recipes.
Students take part in the design process and are required to analyse and evaluate their processes and the production skills in a folio to be handed in at the end of the term. Students also undertake a research report.
Learning in Digital Technologies focuses on further developing understanding and skills in computational thinking such as precisely and accurately describing problems and the use of modular approaches to solutions. By the end of Year 10, students will have had opportunities to analyse problems and design, implement and evaluate a range of digital solutions.
Engineering Principles and systems elective offers students the opportunity to learn through project based learning. Students investigate and design projects based on engineering principles and systems. Students also undertake research report to extend
knowledge.
Year 9 Food Specialisation
This course of study is based on nutrition. Students will design a solution to a defined problem. They will investigate the characteristics and properties of food and how tools and equipment can be used to create the solutions. Students also evaluate their solution against determined criteria for success.
The Materials specialisation elective offers students the opportunity to undertake a range of tasks within the context of various materials. The delivery of this strand is ideally suited to project-based activities, and key elements will be linked together in the context of projects which reflect manufacturing practice.