Years 9 and 10 · Technologies · Processes and production skills
AC9TDE10P01
analyse needs or opportunities for designing; develop design briefs; and investigate, analyse and select materials, systems, components, tools and equipment to create designed solutions
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Taught alongside it
The rest of Processes and production skills in Years 9 and 10.
apply innovation and enterprise skills to generate, test, iterate and communicate design ideas, processes and solutions, including using digital tools
AC9TDE10P03select, justify, test and use suitable technologies, skills and processes, and apply safety procedures to safely make designed solutions
AC9TDE10P04develop design criteria independently including sustainability to evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions
AC9TDE10P05develop project plans for intended purposes and audiences to individually and collaboratively manage projects, taking into consideration time, cost, risk, processes and production of designed solutions
The same idea, year by year
Where AC9TDE10P01 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Years 9 and 10.
- Years 7 and 8AC9TDE8P01analyse needs or opportunities for designing, and investigate and select materials, components, tools, equipment and processes to create designed solutions
- Years 7 and 8AC9TDE8P02generate, test, iterate and communicate design ideas, processes and solutions using technical terms and graphical representation techniques, including using digital tools
- Years 7 and 8AC9TDE8P03select, justify and use suitable materials, components, tools, equipment, skills and processes to safely make designed solutions
- Years 7 and 8AC9TDE8P04develop design criteria collaboratively including sustainability to evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions
- Years 7 and 8AC9TDE8P05develop project plans to individually and collaboratively manage time, cost and production of designed solutions
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