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STEAM Sustainability - Teacher Sheet
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STEAM Sustainability - Teacher Sheet

This Teacher Sheet is an important part of Teach This’ STEAM unit focusing on sustainability in building design. The unit was designed be as flexible as possible in a time when many students were learning from home. This means that there is a great deal of flexibility in how you use it in your classroom, which is outlined in this sheet.

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to examine design and technologies that impact the design of products, services and environments to meet community needs.
  • We are learning to recognise the role of people in design and technologies occupations and explore how sustainability impacts product, service and environment design to meet community needs.
  • We are learning to explore needs or opportunities for designing and test materials, components, tools, equipment and processes needed to create designed solutions.
  • We are learning to investigate the suitability of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment for a range of purposes.
  • We are learning to critique needs or opportunities for designing and explore and test a variety of materials, components, tools and equipment needed to produce designed solutions.
  • We are learning to generate and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate attributions, technical terms and graphical representation techniques.
  • We are learning to generate, develop and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate technical terms and graphical representations.
  • We are learning to select and use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to safely make designed solutions.
  • We are learning to select and use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques and use safe work practices to make designed solutions.
  • We are learning to use design criteria to evaluate ideas and solutions.
  • We are learning to evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions based on success criteria.
  • We are learning to explain how people in design and technologies occupations consider competing factors, including sustainability, in the design of products, services and environments.
  • We are learning to examine how people in design and technologies occupations address competing considerations, including sustainability in the design of products, services and environments.
  • We are learning to explain how characteristics and properties of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment affect their use when producing designed solutions.
  • We are learning to investigate the characteristics and properties of a range of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment and evaluate the impact of their use.
  • We are learning to investigate needs or opportunities for designing and the materials, components, tools, equipment and processes needed to create designed solutions.
  • We are learning to critique needs or opportunities for designing and investigate materials, components, tools, equipment and processes to achieve intended designed solutions.
  • We are learning to generate, iterate and communicate design ideas, decisions and processes using technical terms and graphical representation techniques.
  • We are learning to generate, develop and communicate design ideas and processes for audiences using appropriate technical terms and graphical representations.
  • We are learning to select and use suitable materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to safely make designed solutions.
  • We are learning to select appropriate materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques and apply safe procedures to make designed solutions.
  • We are learning to negotiate design criteria to evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions.
  • We are learning to negotiate success criteria to evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions.
  • We are learning to develop project plans that include consideration of resources to individually and collaboratively make designed solutions.
  • We are learning to develop project plans that include consideration of resources when making designed solutions, both individually and collaboratively.

Curriculum alignment

AC9TDE4K01 9

Examine design and technologies occupations and factors including sustainability that impact on the design of products, services and environments to meet community needs

 AC9TDE6P01 9

Investigate needs or opportunities for designing, and the materials, components, tools, equipment and processes needed to create designed solutions

 AC9TDE4P04 9

Use given or co-developed design criteria including sustainability to evaluate design ideas and solutions

 AC9TDE6K01 9

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

 AC9TDE4P02 9

Generate and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate attributions, technical terms and graphical representation techniques, including using digital tools

 AC9TDE6K05 9

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

 AC9TDE4P03 9

Select and use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to safely make designed solutions

 AC9TDE6P04 9

Negotiate design criteria including sustainability to evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions

 AC9TDE6P05 9

Develop project plans that include consideration of resources to individually and collaboratively make designed solutions

 AC9TDE6P02 9

Generate, iterate and communicate design ideas, decisions and processes using technical terms and graphical representation techniques, including using digital tools

 AC9TDE4P01 9

Explore needs or opportunities for designing, and test materials, components, tools, equipment and processes needed to create designed solutions

 AC9TDE6P03 9

Select and use suitable materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to safely make designed solutions

 ACTDEK023 8.4

Investigate characteristics and properties of a range of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment and evaluate the impact of their use

 ACTDEP016 8.4

Select and use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques and use safe work practices to make designed solutions

 ACTDEP024 8.4

Critique needs or opportunities for designing, and investigate materials, components, tools, equipment and processes to achieve intended designed solutions

 ACTDEP026 8.4

Select appropriate materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques and apply safe procedures to make designed solutions

 ACTDEP025 8.4

Generate, develop and communicate design ideas and processes for audiences using appropriate technical terms and graphical representation techniques

 ACTDEK019 8.4

Examine how people in design and technologies occupations address competing considerations, including sustainability in the design of products, services, and environments for current and future use

 ACTDEP017 8.4

Evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions based on criteria for success developed with guidance and including care for the environment

 ACTDEP027 8.4

Negotiate criteria for success that include sustainability to evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions

 ACTDEP015 8.4

Generate, develop, and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate technical terms and graphical representation techniques

 ACTDEP014 8.4

Critique needs or opportunities for designing and explore and test a variety of materials, components, tools and equipment and the techniques needed to produce designed solutions

 ACTDEK013 8.4

Investigate the suitability of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment for a range of purposes

 ACTDEK010 8.4

Recognise the role of people in design and technologies occupations and explore factors, including sustainability that impact on the design of products, services and environments to meet community needs

 ACTDEP028 8.4

Develop project plans that include consideration of resources when making designed solutions individually and collaboratively
ST2-1WS-S old Questions, plans and conducts scientific investigations, collects and summarises data and communicates using scientific representations ST2-2DP-T old Selects and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity ST2-7MW-T old Investigates the suitability of natural and processed materials for a range of purposes ST3-2DP-T old Plans and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity ST3-1WS-S old Plans and conducts scientific investigations to answer testable questions, and collects and summarises data to communicate conclusions ST3-3DP-T old Defines problems, and designs, modifies and follows algorithms to develop solutions ST3-11DI-T old Explains how digital systems represent data, connect together to form networks and transmit data ST2-5LW-T old Describes how agricultural processes are used to grow plants and raise animals for food, clothing and shelter ST2-3DP-T old Defines problems, describes and follows algorithms to develop solutions ST2-11DI-T old Describes how digital systems represent and transmit data ST3-7MW-T old Explains how the properties of materials determines their use for a range of purposes
VCDSCD041 Negotiate criteria for success that include consideration of environmental and social sustainability to evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions VCDSTS033 Investigate how people in design and technologies occupations address competing considerations, including sustainability, in the design of solutions for current and future use VCDSCD042 Develop project plans that include consideration of resources when making designed solutions VCDSCD040 Apply safe procedures when using a variety of materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to produce designed solutions VCDSCD039 Generate, develop, communicate and document design ideas and processes for audiences using appropriate technical terms and graphical representation techniques VCDSCD038 Critique needs or opportunities for designing, and investigate materials, components, tools, equipment and processes to achieve intended designed solutions VCDSTC037 Investigate characteristics and properties of a range of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment and evaluate the impact of their use VCDSCD031 Evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions based on criteria for success developed with guidance and including care for the environment and communities VCDSCD030 Select and use materials, components, tools and equipment using safe work practices to produce designed solutions VCDSCD029 Generate, develop, and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate technical terms and graphical representation techniques VCDSCD028 Critique needs or opportunities for designing and explore and test a variety of materials, components, tools and equipment and the techniques needed to create designed solutions VCDSTC027 Investigate the suitability of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment for a range of purposes VCDSTS023 Recognise the role of people in design and technologies occupations and explore factors, including sustainability, that impact on the design of solutions to meet community needs

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

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