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• VCDSTC058

  Investigate and make judgements on how the principles of food safety, preservation, preparation, presentation and sensory perceptions influence the creation of food solutions for healthy eating

  Elaborations

  • experimenting with food preservation methods such as freezing and dehydrating to determine changes to food structure and how these impact on designing healthy food solutions, for example dehydrating fruit for the lunch box
  • conducting sensory evaluations of a range of foods to determine how these characteristics might be used to enhance food solutions, for example taste testing a variety of grains, comparing home-produced foods to commercial foods
  • determining how the causes of food spoilage can be addressed when preparing, cooking, presenting and storing food items, for example developing a comprehensive checklist of considerations for safe and hygienic food storage and preparation including danger zone temperatures for a food product or service
  • preparing and presenting foods using a range of techniques to ensure optimum nutrient content, flavour, texture and visual appeal, for example, creating a healthy snack for the canteen and using food photography and digital technologies to promote the item in a healthy eating campaign

  VCDSTC058 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 9 and 10 | Technologies Contexts | Food specialisations

• VCDSCD028

  Critique needs or opportunities for designing and explore and test a variety of materials, components, tools and equipment and the techniques needed to create designed solutions

  Elaborations

  • exploring the different uses of materials in a range of products, including those from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and countries of Asia
  • critiquing and selecting appropriate joining techniques for materials to produce working models
  • exploring and testing a range of materials under different conditions for suitability including sustainability considerations and identifying appropriate tools, equipment and techniques
  • examining the structure and production of everyday products, services and environments to enhance their own design ideas
  • exploring the properties of materials to determine suitability, for example the absorbency of different fabrics or the strength of different resistant materials

  VCDSCD028 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 3 and 4 | Creating Designed Solutions | Investigating

• Design and Technologies: Levels 5 and 6 description

  In Levels 5 and 6, students critically examine technologies that are used regularly in the home and in local, national, regional or global communities, with consideration of society, ethics and social and environmental sustainability factors. Students consider why and for whom technologies were developed.

  Level description | Technologies | Design and Technologies

• Design and Technologies: Levels 7 and 8 description

  In Levels 7 and 8, students investigate and select from a range of technologies. They consider the ways characteristics and properties of technologies can be combined to create designed solutions to problems for individuals and the community, considering society and ethics, and economic, environmental...

  Level description | Technologies | Design and Technologies

• 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

• 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

• VCDSTS001

  Experience how people create familiar designed solutions to meet their needs

  Elaborations

  • experiencing designed solutions such as harvesting products from the school garden
  • being exposed to people making design decisions based on personal needs. For example, the types of tools and equipment used in the school garden
  • experiencing the use and impact of technologies in their life such as types of outdoor play equipment

  VCDSTS001 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Level A | Technologies and Society

• VCDSTS054

  Critically analyse factors, including social, ethical and sustainability considerations, that impact on designed solutions for global preferred futures and the complex design and production processes involved

  Elaborations

  • evaluating design and technology professions and their contributions to society locally, nationally, regionally and globally, for example Aboriginal designers collaborating with international craftspeople for local enterprises
  • recognising the impact of past designed solutions and possible future decisions in relation to creating preferred futures, for example the design of public transport systems that use renewable energy and the design of rural communities to reduce fire risk
  • considering the factors that influence design and professional designers and technologists, including time, access to skills, knowledge, finance, expertise, for example Australian designers working with rapid prototyping manufacturers in China
  • explaining how product life cycle thinking can influence decision-making related to design and technologies, for example rethinking products to provide for re-use, selecting a material for a product that has a lower carbon footprint
  • critiquing mass production systems taking into account ethics and sustainability considerations, for example the mass production of food, clothing and shoes and why manufacturers produce different versions of the same product

  VCDSTS054 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 9 and 10 | Technologies and Society

• Technologies | Design and Technologies: Rationale and Aims

  The VCAA has published the Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0. To view the curriculum, familiarisation resources and support material, go to the Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0 website.
  
  Go to the VCAA website to explore the timeline for familiarisation and implementation of...

  Overview material | Design and Technologies

• 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

• 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

• VCDSTS010

  Explore how people create familiar designed solutions and identify their ability to meet personal and local community needs

  Elaborations

  • making design decisions in everyday activities, for example, what should we cook today and why?
  • exploring what technologies they use in their daily life, for example, what tools and equipment do we need to grow vegetables?
  • exploring how and why their local environment has changed over time, for example, new buildings or play equipment

  VCDSTS010 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Level D | Technologies and Society

• VCDSTS013

  Identify how people create familiar designed solutions and consider sustainability to meet personal and local community needs

  Elaborations

  • exploring how local products, services and environments are designed by people for a purpose and meet social needs, for example the range of shelters provided for the public in a local community; graphical displays to market school and community events
  • asking questions about natural and managed environments and impacts on them when selecting materials, tools and equipment when designing and making products, for example harvesting products from the school garden and using recycled clothing
  • making design decisions based on personal and family needs, for example comparing recipes to suit available cooking facilities such as cooking in the bush compared to cooking in a kitchen
  • exploring and critiquing products, services and environments for their impact on sustainability, for example the environmental risks and benefits of a system for organically or hydroponically growing a vegetable crop from seed or seedling to harvest

  VCDSTS013 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Foundation to Level 2 | Technologies and Society

• VCDSCD060

  Critique needs or opportunities to develop design briefs and investigate and select an increasingly sophisticated range of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment to develop design ideas

  Elaborations

  • critiquing the design of new products to identify how well design ideas respond to sustainability issues
  • critiquing a range of design and technologies ideas, for example assessing those that draw on the intellectual property of others, exploring how well the ideas respond to international and Australian standards
  • considering the needs of community groups to identify rich design tasks
  • examining relationships of properties for complementary materials for products, for example examining compressive and tensile strengths of materials
  • identifying appropriate tools, equipment, techniques and safety procedures for each process and evaluating production processes for accuracy, quality, safety and efficiency

  VCDSCD060 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 9 and 10 | Creating Designed Solutions | Investigating

• 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

• VCDSTS055

  Explain how designed solutions evolve with consideration of preferred futures and the impact of emerging technologies on design decisions

  Elaborations

  • considering how creativity, innovation and enterprise contribute to how products, services and environments evolve
  • exploring the ways commercial enterprises respond to the challenges and opportunities of technological change, for example e-commerce, and carbon footprint
  • explaining the consequences of social, ethical and sustainability decisions for designed solutions, for example, a managed public environment such as a theme park
  • predicting the impact of emerging technologies for preferred futures
  • constructing scenarios of how the future may unfold (forecasting) and what impacts there may be for society and particular groups, and back casting from preferred futures
  • recognising real-world problems and understanding basic needs when considering designed solutions, for example Engineers Without Borders High School Outreach Program allows students to design solutions to problems in a country in Asia

  VCDSTS055 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 9 and 10 | Technologies and Society

• Design and Technologies: Level A achievement standards

  By the end of Level A, students react to significant designed solutions that meet their needs.

  With guidance, students experience designed solutions in at least one technologies context. They begin to communicate their needs and indicate a choice or preference through accept and reject actions.

  Studen...

  Level description | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Level A

• Design and Technologies: Level A description

  In Level A, students are exposed to technologies, including its purpose and how technologies meet every day personal needs.

  Students experience the characteristics and properties of some familiar designed solutions from one of the technologies contexts:

  • Engineering principles and systems
  • Food and...

  Level description | Technologies | Design and Technologies

• VCDSCD041

  Negotiate criteria for success that include consideration of environmental and social sustainability to evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions

  Elaborations

  • independently and collaboratively using criteria for success to evaluate processes and planning in regard to sustainability considerations
  • evaluating the suitability of materials, tools and equipment for specific purposes
  • reflecting on how well their designed solutions ensure safety and wellbeing of users and consumers and meet the needs of communities and different cultures
  • considering the criteria for success in relation to the benefits and costs of production processes, the environmental impact, future use and application, and social values and ethics of clients
  • evaluating designed solutions from a range of technologies contexts with consideration of ethics and sustainability

  VCDSCD041 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 5 and 6 | Creating Designed Solutions | Evaluating