Technologies
Some coverageDesigning solutions and thinking computationally.
Technologies has two subjects: Design and Technologies (creating solutions to real needs) and Digital Technologies (computational thinking, data and simple algorithms). Early years focus on patterns, sequences and following and describing steps.
Strands
How Technologies is organised in the curriculum.
Technologies worksheets on ChalkBee
Digital Technologies printables: algorithms as step sequencing, branching (if-then decisions), parts of a computer, input and output devices, binary numbers (converted in code so answers are never wrong) and age-appropriate online safety. Design and Technologies printables: the design process (investigate, generate, produce, evaluate) and materials and their properties. Related pattern and sequencing worksheets also live under Critical Thinking. Answer keys are fixed and hand-checked. Hands-on making and real coding stay classroom-based.
Curriculum content (Foundation – Year 6)
What Technologies covers, by year band and strand.
Foundation – Year 6
- •Identify needs and design solutions
- •The design process: investigate, generate, produce, evaluate
- •Materials and their properties, food and simple systems
- •Represent data as binary (0s and 1s)
- •Algorithms as step sequences, and branching (if-then decisions)
- •Digital systems: parts of a computer, input and output
- •Being safe and responsible online
Content is paraphrased from the Australian Curriculum v9. See v9.australiancurriculum.edu.au for the authoritative content descriptions.
Other learning areas
Learning-area descriptions are paraphrased from the Australian Curriculum (ACARA v9). See v9.australiancurriculum.edu.au.