The Design and Technologies curriculum is organised by the three related strands of Technologies and Society, Technological Contexts, and Creating Design Solutions. The Technological Contexts and Creating Design Solutions strands are further organised by sub-strands, as set out below.
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Overview material | Design and Technologies
VCDTCD050 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 9 and 10 | Creating Digital Solutions
VCDSTS054 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 9 and 10 | Technologies and Society
VCDSTC024 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 3 and 4 | Technologies Contexts | Engineering principles and systems
VCDTDI048 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 9 and 10 | Data and Information
VCDTDI038 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 7 and 8 | Data and Information
VCDSCD064 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 9 and 10 | Creating Designed Solutions | Planning and managing
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
In Levels 5 and 6, students develop an understanding of the role individual components of digital systems play in the processing and representation of data. They acquire, validate, interpret, track and manage various types of data and are introduced to the concept of data states in digital systems...
Level description | Technologies | Digital Technologies
VCDSTS010 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Level D | Technologies and Society
VCDSTC036 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 5 and 6 | Technologies Contexts | Food specialisations
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
VCDTCD043 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 7 and 8 | Creating Digital Solutions
VCDSCD042 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 5 and 6 | Creating Designed Solutions | Planning and managing
VCDSCD028 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 3 and 4 | Creating Designed Solutions | Investigating
VCDSTC026 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 3 and 4 | Technologies Contexts | Food specialisations
VCDSCD041 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 5 and 6 | Creating Designed Solutions | Evaluating
VCDSCD021 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Foundation to Level 2 | Creating Designed Solutions | Evaluating
VCDSCD031 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 3 and 4 | Creating Designed Solutions | Evaluating
VCDSTS033 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 5 and 6 | Technologies and Society