Years 7 and 8 · Technologies · Processes and production skills

AC9TDE8P02

generate, test, iterate and communicate design ideas, processes and solutions using technical terms and graphical representation techniques, including using digital tools

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Where AC9TDE8P02 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Years 7 and 8.

1. Years 5 and 6AC9TDE6P01investigate needs or opportunities for designing, and the materials, components, tools, equipment and processes needed to create designed solutions
2. Years 5 and 6AC9TDE6P02generate, iterate and communicate design ideas, decisions and processes using technical terms and graphical representation techniques, including using digital tools
3. Years 5 and 6AC9TDE6P03select and use suitable materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to safely make designed solutions
4. Years 5 and 6AC9TDE6P04negotiate design criteria including sustainability to evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions
5. Years 5 and 6AC9TDE6P05develop project plans that include consideration of resources to individually and collaboratively make designed solutions
6. Years 9 and 10AC9TDE10P01analyse needs or opportunities for designing; develop design briefs; and investigate, analyse and select materials, systems, components, tools and equipment to create designed solutions
7. Years 9 and 10AC9TDE10P02apply innovation and enterprise skills to generate, test, iterate and communicate design ideas, processes and solutions, including using digital tools
8. Years 9 and 10AC9TDE10P03select, justify, test and use suitable technologies, skills and processes, and apply safety procedures to safely make designed solutions
9. Years 9 and 10AC9TDE10P04develop design criteria independently including sustainability to evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions
10. Years 9 and 10AC9TDE10P05develop 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