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AC9TDE6K05

explain how characteristics and properties of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment affect their use when producing designed solutions

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Taught alongside it

The rest of Knowledge and understanding in Years 5 and 6.

AC9TDE6K01

explain how people in design and technologies occupations consider competing factors including sustainability in the design of products, services and environments

AC9TDE6K02

explain how electrical energy can be transformed into movement, sound or light in a product or system

AC9TDE6K03

explain how and why food and fibre are produced in managed environments

AC9TDE6K04

explain how the characteristics of foods influence selection and preparation for healthy eating

The same idea, year by year

Where AC9TDE6K05 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Years 5 and 6.

  1. Years 3 and 4AC9TDE4K01examine design and technologies occupations and factors including sustainability that impact on the design of products, services and environments to meet community needs
  2. Years 3 and 4AC9TDE4K02describe how forces and the properties of materials affect function in a product or system
  3. Years 3 and 4AC9TDE4K03describe the ways of producing food and fibre
  4. Years 3 and 4AC9TDE4K04describe the ways food can be selected and prepared for healthy eating
  5. Years 7 and 8AC9TDE8K01analyse how people in design and technologies occupations consider ethical and sustainability factors to design and produce products, services and environments
  6. Years 7 and 8AC9TDE8K02analyse the impact of innovation and the development of technologies on designed solutions for global preferred futures
  7. Years 7 and 8AC9TDE8K03analyse how force, motion and energy are used to manipulate and control engineered systems
  8. Years 7 and 8AC9TDE8K04analyse how food and fibre are produced in managed environments and how these can become sustainable
  9. Years 7 and 8AC9TDE8K05analyse how properties of foods determine preparation and presentation techniques when designing solutions for healthy eating
  10. Years 7 and 8AC9TDE8K06analyse how characteristics and properties of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment can be combined to create designed solutions

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