NSW Department of Education and Training

Designing a message

Students engage in the design and make process to produce an information product to advertise a school fete.

Using ramps

Students are introduced to fair testing and consider how pushes and pulls can make things move.

Diversity of living things

Students investigate the needs of plants and animals and develop a design brief for a bird feeding platform.

Using the wind

Students investigate how the wind can be used make their sail boats move

Doorways ….. into the environment

An overview of the built environment strand related to the units of work that follow.

A set of units for ES1 to S3 to engage students in design and make tasks that will develop an understanding of the built environment

Teaching ideas

The information provided in this section may be used or adapted to suit your needs. It provides programming ideas and suggestions to assist teachers in implementing Science and Technology.

Audio visual presentation

Students develop an audio visual presentation using the design and make process.

Bubbles

Students design and make a device that can make the biggest bubbles.

Conducting an investigation

A worksheet scaffold designed to assist students to undertake an investigation.

Energy transfers

A worksheet designed to be used to record events when energy is transferred.

Let’s decorate

Students design and make a table decoration that will stand on its own.