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Computers are everywhere around us. When you hear the word “computer”, you might think of personal computers - a desktop or laptop computer. Perhaps you also think of a tablet, or a mobile phone, or even a smart watch. Those are all computers, but computers are also in so many more things we interact with on a daily basis.
Year 3 & 4
Design & Technologies
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(ACTDEK010)
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
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(ACTDEK011)
Investigate how forces and the properties of materials affect the behaviour of a product or system
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(ACTDEK012)
Investigate food and fibre production and food technologies used in modern and traditional societies
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Investigate the suitability of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment for a range of purposes
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(ACTDEP015)
Generate, develop, and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate technical terms and graphical representation techniques
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(ACTDIP011)
Implement simple digital solutions as visual programs with algorithms involving branching (decisions) and user input
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| Processes & Production Skills | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
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(ACTDEP014)
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
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(ACTDEP016)
Select and use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques and use safe work practices to make designed solutions
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(ACTDEP017)
Evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions based on criteria for success developed with guidance and including care for the environment
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(ACTDEP018)
Plan a sequence of production steps when making designed solutions individually and collaboratively
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Digital Technologies
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(ACTDIK007)
Identify and explore a range of digital systems with peripheral devices for different purposes, and transmit different types of data
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(ACTDIK008)
Recognise different types of data and explore how the same data can be represented in different ways
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| Processes & Production Skills | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
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(ACTDIP009)
Collect, access and present different types of data using simple software to create information and solve problems
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(ACTDIP010)
Define simple problems, and describe and follow a sequence of steps and decisions (algorithms) needed to solve them
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(ACTDIP012)
Explain how student solutions and existing information systems meet common personal, school or community needs
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(ACTDIP013)
Plan, create and communicate ideas and information independently and with others, applying agreed ethical and social protocols
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Year 5 & 6
Design & Technologies
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(ACTDEK019)
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
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(ACTDEK020)
Investigate how electrical energy can control movement, sound or light in a designed product or system
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Investigate how and why food and fibre are produced in managed environments and prepared to enable people to grow and be healthy
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(ACTDEK023)
Investigate characteristics and properties of a range of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment and evaluate the impact of their use
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| Processes & Production Skills | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
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(ACTDEP024)
Critique needs or opportunities for designing, and investigate materials, components, tools, equipment and processes to achieve intended designed solutions
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(ACTDEP025)
Generate, develop and communicate design ideas and processes for audiences using appropriate technical terms and graphical representation techniques
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(ACTDEP026)
Select appropriate materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques and apply safe procedures to make designed solutions
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(ACTDEP027)
Negotiate criteria for success that include sustainability to evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions
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(ACTDEP028)
Develop project plans that include consideration of resources when making designed solutions individually and collaboratively
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Digital Technologies
| Knowledge & Understanding | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
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(ACTDIK014)
Examine the main components of common digital systems and how they may connect together to form networks to transmit data
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(ACTDIK015)
Examine how whole numbers are used to represent all data in digital systems
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| Processes & Production Skills | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
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(ACTDIP016)
Acquire, store and validate different types of data, and use a range of software to interpret and visualise data to create information
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(ACTDIP017)
Define problems in terms of data and functional requirements drawing on previously solved problems
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(ACTDIP019)
Design, modify and follow simple algorithms involving sequences of steps, branching, and iteration (repetition)
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(ACTDIP020)
Implement digital solutions as simple visual programs involving branching, iteration (repetition), and user input
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(ACTDIP021)
Explain how student solutions and existing information systems are sustainable and meet current and future local community needs
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(ACTDIP022)
Plan, create and communicate ideas and information, including collaboratively online, applying agreed ethical, social and technical protocols
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