STEM

Length of Course

Semester, Full Year

Level

Marian - Year 10

Category

Technologies

Core or Elective

Elective

Pre-requisites

N/A

Subject Description

Step up and make a change for the better!

Design, Technology and Engineering focuses on

  • the Stanford design thinking method (Design)
  • using students’ choice of materials and technologies (Technology)
  • to find a solution to a problem that benefits humanity, while working collaboratively (Engineering)
Content

The subject provides a flexible framework that encourages students to be creative, innovative, and enterprising in their chosen context. They apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills and incorporate technologies to address design problems and challenges. This subject incorporates the transfer of interdisciplinary skills and knowledge and promotes individualised and inquiry-based learning.

A ‘solution’ is an outcome of the design and realisation process in relation to the chosen context. A solution could be fully realised or a model, prototype, system, part, process (i.e. procedures to output a product), or product.

Student choice content includes, but not limited to:

Application (app) development, CAD, film-making, graphics, virtual reality, web design, aerospace, agricultural equipment, architecture, CAD/CAM, health and aged care equipment, industrial design, maritime equipment, software programming, composite materials, metal, polymers, timber, automated systems (e.g. programmable logic controllers), autonomous vehicles (e.g. model robot cars), biomedical engineering, communication systems (e.g. radio telemetry, Bluetooth), electrical systems, electronic circuits (printed circuit boards), electronic systems (including microcontroller boards such as Arduino and Picaxe), internet of things (IoT): web-connected sensors and devices (e.g. NodeMcu, WEMOS, Raspberry Pi), mechanical systems (e.g. using a variety of gear mechanisms), pneumatic, hydraulic, or fluidic systems, renewable energy systems (e.g. solar, wind, battery storage), robotics (building a programmed, autonomous, or remote-controlled robot).

Assessment
  • Specialised Skills Task 1
  • Specialised Skills Task 2
  • Personal Project Part 1
  • Personal Project Part 2

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Marian - Year 10 - STEM