Year: 8 – Compulsory
Length: Semester
Contact Person: Kale Jameson
Content: This Semester course is divided into 2 focus areas, Digital Technologies and Design and Technology. Digital Technologies introduces students to Arduino Boards where they will program digital and analogue inputs and design a circuit to meet environmental needs.
Design Technologies focuses on Work Health and Safety, as well as developing skills in construction and making.
Students are challenged to design and communicate practical solutions. Students will then have the opportunity to use specialised workspaces to learn to construct with specialised machines, tools and equipment. Construction projects that are covered in this course include:
- Electronic circuit tasks x 3
- Timber note pad roll holder
- Children’s toy helicopter
- Sheet metal box
- Metal wall bracket
- Student choice project if time permits
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.