The Australian Curriculum: Design and Technologies
Complete Teacher Resource: Package One
The Australian Curriculum: Design and Technologies
The Australian Curriculum: Design and Technologies strand incorporates design and critical and creative thinking and requires students to independently and collaboratively develop solutions to current and future needs (The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2016). Within this unit, students will be given opportunities to consider impacts on personal and social values to consider sustainable patterns of living (ACARA, 2016).
The complimentary content descriptions that have been chosen for year two students includes:
Knowledge and Understanding:
- Explore how plants and animals are grown for food, clothing and shelter and how food is selected and prepared for healthy eating (ACTDEK003)
Process and Production Skills:
- Use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to safely make designed solutions (ACTDEP007)
The unit plan below integrates various aspects of the Australian Curriculum: Technologies. Please refer to the unit plan to view this information.
The Cross-Curriculum Priorities integrated include:
The Cross-Curriculum Priorities integrated include:
- Sustainability
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
The General Capabilities integrated include:
- Intercultural Understanding
- Literacy
- Ethical Understanding
- Critical and Creative Thinking
- Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
The Key Ideas integrated include:
- Safety - Food Safety
*Differentiation has been integrated throughout the unit. Please refer to the unit plan below to view this information.*
Background Readings
Students will gain knowledge and understanding for this area of the curriculum by exploring (adapted from ACARA, 2016):
Students will then gain their process and production skills by (adapted from ACARA, 2016):
- Various food groups, including Aboriginal bush food
- Examine products products from plants and animals and investigate how these products can be used to successfully create sustainable gardens
- Become exposed to different technologies that help prepare healthy food
Students will then gain their process and production skills by (adapted from ACARA, 2016):
- Learning and safely practicing a range of technical skills for preparing food
- Using everyday materials to design, make and model constructed environments (Sustainable garden)
- Using software to design an environment which includes healthy food choices
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This website made by tie Healthy Kids Association is a great resource for educators teaching children about various food groups. It consists of information regarding the five food groups, teaching resources, kids information, recipes, recommended daily intakes and also information for parents. Click the image to go to the website.
This YouTube clip has quality information for adults and kids. Each food group is investigated and specific types of food are explored within each group. There is an interactive quiz at the end in which kids could participate in. Click the image to watch the clip. |
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The Young People's Trust for the Environment website aims to encourage children to understand the importance of sustainability and care for the environment. There are fact sheets available, pre-prepared lesson plans, resources and videos. This is a great resource for teachers to widen their knowledge and gain a greater understanding. Click the image to view the website.
The Sustainability Hub has uploaded twenty videos that can be viewed by adults and children. They are all informational and are categorised for easy viewing. Click the image to visit the website. |
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Background reading for the growth of plants and the plant's life cycle. |
This website contains a diagram explaining the life cycle of a tomato plant. The detailed pictures are easy to follow and each description can be read by teachers or students.
This book is a resource that can be read to students. It's interactive, engaging and explains the life cycle of a plant through the adventures of 'Sid the Seed'. It is a story reading, therefore students with low abilities are able to hear the story. This is another resource that can be used within the lesson for students. A class has created the life cycle of a plant through the use of Play-Doh. Each stage is explained in student language for easy understanding. |
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