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Hi Teachers,
Welcome to your one stop shop design technology resource for Foundation to Year 2. This website will give you all the background information you will need to successfully implement the content descriptors: Explore how technologies use forces to create movement on products (ACTDEK002) and Generate, develop and record design ideas through describing, drawing and modelling (ACTDEP006) Website Includes: Cross Curricular Priorities: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures (Aboriginal Spinning Top - Mammandur) General Capabilities: Critical & Creative thinking (Identify and clarify ideas on push and pull forces, considering alternatives in toy design, process instruction information.) Literacy (Comprehending instructional texts and worksheets) |
Push & Pull forces
This page gives you an introductory understanding of push and pull forces. Links to websites and ACARA.
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Explore how technologies use forces to create movement on products(ACTDEK002)This page provides extensive resources for introducing students to how the principles of push and pull are used in the design of toys.
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Generate, develop and record design ideas through describing, drawing and modelling(ACTDEP006)This page provides a constructivist lesson using concrete materials to apply the students knowledge developed in the previous page
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