Investigate food preparation techniques used in modern or traditional societies Design Technologies Level 2 Achievement Standard Example of Indicative Progress toward Level 4 Achievement Standard Design Technologies Level 4 Achievement Standard By the end of Level 2: Students describe the purpose of familiar designed solutions and how they meet the needs of users and affect others and environments. They identify the features and uses of some technologies for each of the prescribed technologies contexts. With guidance, students create designed solutions for each of the prescribed technologies contexts. They describe given needs or opportunities. Students create and evaluate their ideas and designed solutions based on personal preferences. They communicate design ideas for their designed solutions, using modelling and simple drawings. Following sequenced steps, students demonstrate safe use of tools and equipment when producing designed solutions. In Design Technologies, indicative progression towards the Level 4 achievement standard may be when students: List occupations and people involved at the different stages of the food system. With teacher assistance, identify three methods used to package vegetables and explain the reason why these methods are used. Contribute to an explanation of why eating vegetables is important for health and list ways to include vegetables in a healthy diet. * The Achievement Standards are expanded from 7 at Level 2, to 8 at Level 4. That is, the first two Level 4 Achievement Standards align with the first Level 2 Achievement Standards. By the end of Level 4: Students explain how solutions are designed to best meet needs of the communities and their environments. They describe contributions of people in design and technologies occupations. Students describe how the features of technologies can be used to create designed solutions for each of the prescribed technologies contexts. Students create designed solutions for each of the prescribed technologies contexts. They explain needs or opportunities and evaluate ideas and designed solutions against identified criteria for success, including sustainability considerations. They develop and expand design ideas and communicate these using models and drawings including annotations and symbols. Students plan and sequence major steps in design and production. They identify appropriate technologies and techniques and demonstrate safe work practices when creating designed solutions. CURRICULUM AREA – Technologies/Design Technologies Context: Students follow a design brief to make a healthy meal that includes at least three vegetables. One healthy meal is chosen for the class to produce together. The technologies context in the teaching and learning plan is Food specialisations.
Content Descriptions Investigate how people in design and technologies occupations address competing considerations, including sustainability, in the design of solutions for current and future use Generate, develop, communicate and document design ideas and processes for audiences using appropriate technical terms and graphical representation techniques Design Technologies Level 4 Achievement Standard Example of Indicative Progress toward Level 6 Achievement Standard Design Technologies Level 6 Achievement Standard By the end of Level 4: Students explain how solutions are designed to best meet needs of the communities and their environments. They describe contributions of people in design and technologies occupations. Students describe how the features of technologies can be used to create designed solutions for each of the prescribed technologies contexts. Students create designed solutions for each of the prescribed technologies contexts. They explain needs or opportunities and evaluate ideas and designed solutions against identified criteria for success, including sustainability considerations. They develop and expand design ideas and communicate these using models and drawings including annotations and symbols. Students plan and sequence major steps in design and production. They identify appropriate technologies and techniques and demonstrate safe work practices when creating designed solutions. In Design Technologies, indicative progression towards the Level 6 achievement standard may be when students: Explain the different types of irrigation and identify environmental sustainability issues. Contribute to group research on what types of irrigation will best met future needs. In groups, refer to a design brief related to irrigating a school garden to identify possible materials and processes using models and drawings. By the end of Level 6: Students describe some competing considerations in the design of solutions taking into account sustainability. They describe how design and technologies contribute to meeting present and future needs. Students explain how the features of technologies impact on designed solutions for each of the prescribed technologies contexts. Students create designed solutions for each of the prescribed technologies contexts, suitable for identified needs or opportunities. They suggest criteria for success, including sustainability considerations and use these to evaluate their ideas and designed solutions. They combine design ideas and communicate these to audiences using graphical representation techniques and technical terms. Students record project plans including production processes. They select and use appropriate technologies and techniques correctly and safely to produce designed solutions. CURRICULUM AREA – Technologies/Design Technologies Context: Students modify an existing recipe to make it healthier based on the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating. In groups they produce their modified recipe. The technologies context in the teaching and learning plan is Food specialisations.