Unit overview & curriculum links
This resource, created for Year 2 Design and Technologies is an online resource aimed towards Teachers. This website comprises of a unit plan and teaching resources such as worksheets, videos and other links suited to the ACTDEK001 content descriptor which asks students to “Identify how people design and produce familiar products, services and environments, and consider sustainability to meet local and community needs” (ACARA, 2014).
The unit will be made up of a series of lessons aimed at year 2 level, that require students to think about common household items, how they are used and what materials they are made of. These lessons will be accompanied by resources that teacher can use in the classroom to teach students about these concepts. For the final assessment piece in groups, students will be asked to create a prototype of an item that would protect students head to toe from the rain while walking to school. Students must consider the design, material and cross curricular requirements of the sustainability of the prototype and explain this in their final presentation.
The unit plan will give teachers an outline of lesson progression, resources, and proposed timelines for learning as well as a sample rubric for the summative assessment of students learning.
The unit will feature two complimentary content descriptors from the Australian Curriculum Technology strand. These include; Explore the characteristics and properties of materials and components that are used to produce designed solutions ACTDEK004 (ACARA, 2014) and Visualise, generate, develop and communicate design ideas through describing, drawing and modelling ACTDEP006 (ACARA, 2014). These were selected as they fit in well with the task and promote further learning when dealing with materials and their specific uses in everyday products. The assessment task also encourages students to work within the cross curriculum priorities in that they need to be aware of sustainability, in the materials they chose, as well as critical and creative thinking to come up with their prototype.
The unit will be made up of a series of lessons aimed at year 2 level, that require students to think about common household items, how they are used and what materials they are made of. These lessons will be accompanied by resources that teacher can use in the classroom to teach students about these concepts. For the final assessment piece in groups, students will be asked to create a prototype of an item that would protect students head to toe from the rain while walking to school. Students must consider the design, material and cross curricular requirements of the sustainability of the prototype and explain this in their final presentation.
The unit plan will give teachers an outline of lesson progression, resources, and proposed timelines for learning as well as a sample rubric for the summative assessment of students learning.
The unit will feature two complimentary content descriptors from the Australian Curriculum Technology strand. These include; Explore the characteristics and properties of materials and components that are used to produce designed solutions ACTDEK004 (ACARA, 2014) and Visualise, generate, develop and communicate design ideas through describing, drawing and modelling ACTDEP006 (ACARA, 2014). These were selected as they fit in well with the task and promote further learning when dealing with materials and their specific uses in everyday products. The assessment task also encourages students to work within the cross curriculum priorities in that they need to be aware of sustainability, in the materials they chose, as well as critical and creative thinking to come up with their prototype.