Years 5–6 Design and Technologies · Australian Curriculum v9
Explain how characteristics and properties of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment affect their use when producing designed solutions
Content descriptor
Explain how characteristics and properties of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment affect their use when producing designed solutions.
- Code
- AC9TDE6K05
- Year level
- Years 5–6
- Subject
- Design and Technologies
- Strand
- Knowledge and understanding
- Sub-strand
- Technologies context: Materials and technologies specialisations
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Learning intention
We are learning to explain how characteristics and properties of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment affect their use when producing designed solutions.
Cloze sentence
Explain how and properties of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment affect their use when producing designed solutions.
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- AC9TDE6K01Explain how people in design and technologies occupations consider competing factors including sustainability in the design of products, services and environments
- AC9TDE6K02Explain how electrical energy can be transformed into movement, sound or light in a product or system
- AC9TDE6K03Explain how and why food and fibre are produced in managed environments
- AC9TDE6K04Explain how the characteristics of foods influence selection and preparation for healthy eating
- AC9TDE6P01Investigate needs or opportunities for designing, and the materials, components, tools, equipment and processes needed to create designed solutions
- AC9TDE6P02Generate, iterate and communicate design ideas, decisions and processes using technical terms and graphical representation techniques, including using digital tools
- AC9TDE6P03Select and use suitable materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to safely make designed solutions
- AC9TDE6P04Negotiate design criteria including sustainability to evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions
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What is AC9TDE6K05?
AC9TDE6K05 is a content descriptor in the Years 5–6 Design and Technologies curriculum (Australian Curriculum v9, Knowledge and understanding strand). It asks students to explain how characteristics and properties of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment affect their use when producing designed solutions.
What year level is AC9TDE6K05?
AC9TDE6K05 sits in the Years 5–6 Design and Technologies curriculum.
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