NSW Department of Education and Training

Meeting needs by design

Following and investigation of the needs of people and animals, students undertake a group task to design a home for a small animal or insect. The unit also includes a design task for a child’s bedroom.

Meeting needs by design

Following and investigation of the needs of people and animals, students undertake a group task to design a home for a small animal or insect. The unit also includes a design task for a child’s bedroom.

Parks and play equipment

Students undertake a design and make process for the development of the redevelopment of a local community park

Hold that pencil!

Students design and make a container to hold some pencils.

Popcorn and muffins

Students explore a range a packaging before designing and making packages to hold popcorn, muffins or small cakes.

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.

Food – what changes are made to our food?

A series of tasks to explore the changes that can happen to food such as melting, mixing and freezing.

Built environments – heritage structures

A series of learning tasks that encourage students to explore the age, structure, materials and uses of heritage building around a school.

Recycling

A series of learning tasks involving recycling and reusing of old materials.

Reducing Waste

A series of learning tasks to explore how students can make a difference in reducing waste and their use of water. It includes a design task to make an improved litter bin and an action plan to conserve water.

Built environments – simple homes of the world

A series of leaning tasks to explores the types of materials used in traditional homes of different Indigenous cultures.

How do we communicate?

Students explore the sounds made by living and non-living sources and how light is used to communicate. It includes a design task to create shadow puppets using sound and light.

Writing and visual images

A series of tasks for students to explore how written text, visual images and other media can be used to communicate.

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