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• VCDSCD018

  Explore needs or opportunities for designing, and the technologies needed to realise designed solutions

  Elaborations

  • identifying, gathering and playing with materials, components, tools and equipment to generate personal design ideas, for example designing a greeting card for a friend
  • exploring opportunities around the school for designing solutions, for example how school play areas could be improved; how the school removes classroom waste and identifying opportunities to reduce, recycle and re-use materials; reviewing the school canteen menu to identify healthy food options and suggesting changes to promote good health
  • discussing possible designed solutions based on experience and some research, for example asking adults for advice
  • considering the importance of sustainability in designed solutions, for example comparing the durability of materials for a selected solution
  • exploring which tools, equipment and techniques to use with selected materials

  VCDSCD018 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Foundation to Level 2 | Creating Designed Solutions | Investigating

• VCDSCD064

  Develop project plans to plan and manage projects individually and collaboratively taking into consideration time, cost, risk and production processes

  Elaborations

  • producing, explaining and interpreting drawings; and planning production timelines using digital technologies
  • creating production flow charts using digital technologies to ensure efficient, safe and sustainable sequences
  • establishing materials and equipment needs using digital technologies such as spreadsheets
  • collaborating to develop production plans for equitable distribution of work
  • investigating manufacturing processes to identify strategies to enhance production

  VCDSCD064 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 9 and 10 | Creating Designed Solutions | Planning and managing

• VCDSCD003

  React to a designed solution that has been created and produced safely to meet their needs

  Elaborations

  • communicating simple choices through accept or reject actions as they experience making, doing and drawing
  • learning to indicate what they like when prompted
  • experiencing the production of a designed solution, for example, tasting fruit salad
  • experiencing being part of a group design process

  VCDSCD003 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Level A | Creating Designed Solutions

• VCDSCD006

  Experience and explore how designed solutions are created and produced safely to meet personal needs

  Elaborations

  • communicating a design idea by selecting and indicating materials, for example, identifying what ingredients to put in a sandwich
  • collecting, giving and sharing materials when prompted
  • working with others by helping hold, wait, stick, join and put materials together

  VCDSCD006 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Level B | Creating Designed Solutions

• VCDSCD009

  Examine and indicate how designed solutions are created and produced safely to meet needs

  Elaborations

  • describing opportunities for creating designed solutions, for example, ways to re-use materials
  • communicating why a material was selected or rejected, for example, it was too big and would not fit
  • sharing ideas, with teacher guidance, about a designed solution, for example, expressing likes and dislikes about a design idea
  • using images and objects to indicate tools and equipment, materials and key steps of a process, for example, growing a food product or designing a birthday card

  VCDSCD009 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Level C | Creating Designed Solutions

• VCDSCD012

  Explore and communicate how designed solutions are generated and produced to meet needs

  Elaborations

  • using a common testing method and recording results, for example, taste-testing comparison of food products and recording results as a happy or sad face
  • identifying the jobs or roles of each member of the groups when completing a task
  • gathering and using materials, tools and equipment to make a designed solution, for example, watering and mulching garden
  • following steps to assemble a system and checking that it functions as planned, for example, following instructions to build a spaceship using building blocks

  VCDSCD012 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Level D | Creating Designed Solutions

• VCDSCD022

  Sequence steps for making designed solutions

  Elaborations

  • checking that key features have been included in design plans and drawings by referring to identified criteria for success
  • using lists or storyboarding when planning and making, for example, using an electronic planting calendar
  • recording the procedure for making a product, for example, writing a list of key steps for making a recipe or writing instructions for making a container

  VCDSCD022 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Foundation to Level 2 | Creating Designed Solutions | Planning and managing

• VCDSCD021

  Use personal preferences to evaluate the success of design ideas, processes and solutions including their care for environment

  Elaborations

  • developing criteria for success with teacher guidance including consideration of impact on environment
  • recording a judgment about design ideas with teacher guidance, for example expressing own likes and dislikes about a design idea
  • reflecting on the processes and challenges of creating a designed solution and sharing these reflections using digital technologies, for example when growing a food product, designing a structure to take a load or making a nutritious snack
  • suggesting areas for design improvement

  VCDSCD021 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Foundation to Level 2 | Creating Designed Solutions | Evaluating

• VCDSCD031

  Evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions based on criteria for success developed with guidance and including care for the environment and communities

  Elaborations

  • evaluating designed solution against negotiated criteria for success with class or group members
  • evaluating, revising and selecting design ideas, based on criteria for success and including consideration of ethics, social values and sustainability
  • evaluating the functional and aesthetic qualities of a designed solution
  • reflecting on the sustainability implications of selected designed solutions
  • comparing the amount of waste that would be produced from different design options and the potential for recycling waste
  • reflecting on designed solutions to critique and assess suitability, sustainability and enterprise opportunities and determine how well they meet success criteria

  VCDSCD031 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 3 and 4 | Creating Designed Solutions | Evaluating

• VCDSCD032

  Plan a sequence of production steps when making designed solutions

  Elaborations

  • determining planning processes as a class, for example, recording a procedure, writing a production plan or creating time plans
  • managing time and resource allocation throughout production, for example materials, tools, equipment and people
  • identifying the steps in a mass production process
  • sequencing steps to collaboratively produce a designed solution

  VCDSCD032 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 3 and 4 | Creating Designed Solutions | Planning and managing

• VCDSCD038

  Critique needs or opportunities for designing, and investigate materials, components, tools, equipment and processes to achieve intended designed solutions

  Elaborations

  • exploring the steps involved in the process to satisfy a design brief, need or opportunity
  • investigating designed solutions from around the world to make suitable, quality decisions that meet the design brief, challenge or scenario
  • identifying the importance of complementary parts of working, everyday systems by deconstructing the components, structure and purpose of products, services or environments
  • testing a range of materials, components, tools and equipment to determine the appropriate technologies needed to make designed solutions, for example, a moving vehicle
  • investigating how to minimise material use and manage waste by critiquing the environmental and social impacts of materials, components, tools and equipment

  VCDSCD038 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 5 and 6 | Creating Designed Solutions | Investigating

• VCDSCD030

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

  Elaborations

  • using appropriate technologies terms to confidently describe and share with others procedures and techniques for making, for example cutting and joining materials
  • exploring ways of joining, connecting and assembling components that ensure success, and the impact digital technologies have had on these processes
  • using tools and equipment accurately when measuring, marking and cutting; and explaining the importance of accuracy when creating designed solutions, for example, creating a template, measuring ingredients in a recipe, sowing seeds
  • selecting and using materials, components, tools, equipment and processes with consideration of the environmental impact at each stage of the production process
  • demonstrating safe, responsible and cooperative work practices when making designed solutions

  VCDSCD030 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 3 and 4 | Creating Designed Solutions | Producing

• VCDSCD020

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

  Elaborations

  • using and playing with everyday materials in new ways or re-using discarded materials, for example, using discarded materials to make a constructed environment
  • learning and safely practising a range of technical skills using tools and equipment, for example joining techniques when making products, watering and mulching gardens, preparing food, using software to design an environment
  • assembling components of systems and checking they function as planned, for example when making a musical instrument

  VCDSCD020 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Foundation to Level 2 | Creating Designed Solutions | Producing

• VCDSCD063

  Evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions against comprehensive criteria for success recognising the need for sustainability

  Elaborations

  • using specific criteria for success for evaluating designed solutions
  • evaluating and justifying the use and best combination of traditional, contemporary and emerging technologies during project development, including consideration of sustainability, for example farming methods in South-East Asia
  • evaluating choices made at various stages of a design process and modifying plans when needed with consideration of criteria for success
  • evaluating projects for their long-term application, functionality and impact
  • reflecting on learning, evaluating processes and transferring new knowledge and skills to future design projects

  VCDSCD063 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 9 and 10 | Creating Designed Solutions | Evaluating

• VCDSCD042

  Develop project plans that include consideration of resources when making designed solutions

  Elaborations

  • examining the essential features of existing processes to inform project planning including safe work practices that minimise risk
  • setting milestones for production processes and allocating roles to team members
  • identifying when materials, tools and equipment are required for making the solution
  • outlining the planning and production steps needed to produce a product, service or environment using digital technologies

  VCDSCD042 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 5 and 6 | Creating Designed Solutions | Planning and managing

• VCDSCD029

  Generate, develop, and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate technical terms and graphical representation techniques

  Elaborations

  • exploring ways of joining, connecting and assembling components that ensure success
  • generating a range of design ideas for intended products, services, environments
  • identifying the properties of materials needed for the designed solution
  • visualising and exploring innovative design ideas by producing thumbnail drawings, models and labelled drawings to explain features and modifications
  • planning, sharing and documenting creative ideas and processes using digital tools such as a class blog or collaborative document

  VCDSCD029 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 3 and 4 | Creating Designed Solutions | Generating

• VCDSTC037

  Investigate characteristics and properties of a range of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment and evaluate the impact of their use

  Elaborations

  • identifying the properties of materials for the design and construction of a sustainable household item, for example a product for storing harvested water
  • evaluating the functional properties of a specific-purpose household system, for example a security system
  • examining the materials and systems used in a public use system that affect the way people live, for example a community exercise environment or arts facility, water treatment, garbage collection
  • comparing tools, equipment and techniques to select those most appropriate for a given purpose
  • evaluating the use of computer-aided manufacturing in terms of cost and impacts on local and regional designers, producers and enterprises
  • comparing the design and production of products, services and environments in Australia and a country in the Asia region

  VCDSTC037 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 5 and 6 | Technologies Contexts | Materials and technologies specialisations

• VCDSTC045

  Analyse how motion, force and energy are used to manipulate and control electromechanical systems when creating simple, engineered solutions

  Elaborations

  • investigating influences impacting on manufactured products and processes such as historical developments, society, new materials, control systems and biomimicry, for example the development of velcro
  • experimenting to select the most appropriate principles and systems on which to base design ideas, for example structural components to be tested for strength
  • calculating an engineered system’s outputs, for example speed, brightness of light, volume of sound
  • producing prototypes and jigs to test functionality, including the use of rapid prototyping tools such as 3D printers
  • using code to control systems, for example code to program a microcontroller or a simple, object-based coding application to program a system such as a remote-controlled car or simple robotic arm
  • investigating components, tools and equipment for example testing the durability of batteries, determining the effective range of wireless devices

  VCDSTC045 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 7 and 8 | Technologies Contexts | Engineering principles and systems

• VCDSTC057

  Investigate and make judgements on the ethical and sustainable production and marketing of food and fibre

  Elaborations

  • examining emerging production technologies and methods in terms of productivity, profitability and sustainability, for example vertical farming, recirculation technologies in aquaculture
  • investigating how digital technologies could be used to enhance food production systems, for example global positioning system (GPS) for managing animals, crop sensors or automated animal feeding or milking
  • comparing the environmental impacts of intensive and extensive production systems and their contribution to food and fibre production
  • investigating the interdependence of plants and animals in food and fibre production
  • examining the marketing chain of a range of agricultural products and outlining the effect of product processing and advertising on demand and price
  • taking account of animal welfare considerations in food and fibre production enterprises

  VCDSTC057 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 9 and 10 | Technologies Contexts | Food and fibre production

• VCDSTC015

  Explore how plants and animals are grown for food, clothing and shelter

  Elaborations

  • exploring which plants and animals can provide food or materials for clothing and shelter and what basic needs those plants and animals have
  • identifying products that can be designed and produced from plants and animals, for example food products, paper and wood products, fabrics and yarns, and fertilisers
  • considering the suitability of a range of tools when cultivating gardens, mulching and building garden structures

  VCDSTC015 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Foundation to Level 2 | Technologies Contexts | Food and fibre production