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How the lessons align with the Design and Technology curriculum

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How the lessons align with the Design and Technology curriculum

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Ideas to make students think what they would like to do with pom poms.

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Student has labeled their ideas about the design they have chosen. Student has communicated ideas on how the design is useful to people, how the design can be altered to meet the needs of old people or young peoples. Student has chosen a suitable material for the design. Students has communicated how the product meet the success criteria.  For example it is repurposed & useful.
Student has used a mind map to consider multiple ways the design could be used to meet community needs.

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Through images students have chosen they understand how different materials can be used for different purposes. For example needing soft materials for items which will be repurposed for clothing. Using materials that are durable such as jeans for a different
purpose.  Student also shows they understand how repurposing can meet a need.

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Repurposed

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Student has selected correct materials. Has used tools safely and has successfully & correctly  cut out the cardboard.
Student has successfully cut strips of t-shirt and began wrapping it around the cardboard.

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Our newest feature on the site is Craft School, a friendly resource for learning new DIY techniques and refining your crafting skills. The instructional videos are broken up into course series so that we could cover multiple skill levels for each subject. We are hoping to cover all sorts of topics, from materials like felt and crepe paper to techniques like sewing and DIY jewelry. One of the subjects that we are starting Craft School with is kid's crafts. And here is our introductory kid's craft: yarn pom pom monsters!

The only materials you need to make these yarn pom pom monsters are yarn and felt. Grab scissors, a hot glue gun and an extra large pom pom maker out of your crafting toolbox and you are ready to start the project. Find the full list of tools and materials (with links) in the Craft School pom pom monsters lesson here. There are lots of types of yarn out there, but I recommend using acrylic yarn for this project. There is no need to use high quality wool yarn for this simple kid's craft! Cotton yarn is also a good option for this project, it just depends on the look you want to create. Looking at our photos, all of our pom pom monsters are made with acrylic yarn except for the gray monster. Our gray character is made out of cotton yarn, which is a bit droopier than the others to match his silly eyes and teeth.

Watch our Craft School video below for the instructions to create your pom poms. Once your pom poms are ready you can add the monster faces. Print the PDF pattern and use this template as a guide for cutting your wool blend felt pieces. Mix and match the facial features to create your own variety of characters! Pom pom monsters are a great activity to do with your little ones because the materials are completely safe and the project encourages creativity. If you want to explore more pom pom possibilities, be sure to check out our pom pom farm animals. Share your pom pom photos with me on Instagram using #DIYDreamingWithLia, I always love admiring your work! Browse all of our Craft School courses and feel free send in requests for lessons that you would like to see in the future. Enjoy! ~ Lia

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Video Tutorial: Yarn Pom Pom Monsters - Lia Griffith

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Every day, most of us dress ourselves in items churned out by what is arguably the world's second-most polluting industry.

Reportedly topped only by oil, the fashion industry is contributing to major environmental destruction - mainly because consumers insist on buying so many clothes at such cheap prices.

Water is a significant part of the problem. Textile manufacturing uses huge amounts of water, much of which gets flushed into waterways laden with contaminants such as bleaches, acids, inks and dyes. Horrifyingly, farmers in parts of China and India are reportedly predicting fashion's next biggest hues by the colour of rivers tainted by textile industry runoff. (Look out for the 2016 documentary River Blue.) Fast fashion has terrible impacts on people, too, with workers in developing nations often paid a pittance to labour in unsafe conditions.

Alternatives do exist. The solution lies in buying less and choosing better quality items that are made as ethically as possible. But how to tell good brands from bad? Our guide to ethical fashion navigates the conundrum.

Buy clothes made locally by ethical labels

Step one is choosing brands that consider the planet and their workers. The desire to wear cheap new looks daily has led to offshore manufacturing in often deplorable circumstances - buying local, well-made pieces can sidestep all that. Great local ethical designers include Melbourne's Vege Threads, Brisbane's Alice Nightingale, and Sinerji Organic Clothing on the Sunshine Coast. Stay abreast of emerging ethical labels via online marketplaces such as Well Made Clothes or Sustainable Fashion, through actual markets such as Finders Keepers, or by reading Brisbane-based sustainable style magazine Peppermint. Technology can help to make smarter choices. The free Good On You app rates mainstream brands based on publicly available info, while Baptist World Aid Australia's annual Ethical Fashion Report grades companies on labour rights and the possibility of exploitation in their supply chain. Choose those at the top of the list, such as Etiko and Jinta Sport, which have received top A+ ratings every year since the Ethical Fashion Report's 2013 inception. Also keep an eye out for brands with Ethical Clothing Australia accreditation.

Avoid fabrics made using petroleum and chemicals

Think beyond where or how clothing is made, to exactly what each piece is made from. Where possible, skip petroleum-based synthetics such as polyester and nylon, which are actually plastics that take forever to break down once tossed. Each time such fabrics are washed, they shed thousands of microfibres that end up polluting rivers and oceans. ( Guppy Friend filter bags, developed in Berlin, are a solution to trapping microfibres in laundries.)

Natural fabrics must also be selected with care. About half the world's clothes and textiles are made from cotton, usually grown with pesticides and requiring mammoth water inputs. Bamboo has been touted as a more ethical option, but while the plant is farmed sustainably, toxic chemicals are often used to turn bamboo into fabric.

Organic cotton and bamboo linen are better, as is hemp, linen, silk and wool. Lyocell, made from natural cellulose found in wood pulp (harvested from sustainably farmed forest plantations), also rates fairly well. Some brands are even recycling waste into fabric: Melbourne's Bombshell Bay Swimwear range incorporates polyester made from recycled ocean plastics, while Byron Bay's Salt Gypsy surfwear uses Econyl yarn spun from pre- and post-consumer nylon waste.

"Choosing better fabrics is essential to us transforming this industry for the better," says Clara Vuletich, a Sydney-based sustainability strategist who works with Australian fashion brands. "If you consciously decide to purchase a garment made using a recycled material or an exciting new fibre, such as cruelty-free leather made in a lab, you are supporting start-up companies creating new markets, and avoiding the toxic impacts associated with conventional textiles."

Secondhand stores are the ultimate clothing recyclers - and thrift shop fashion doesn't have to be daggy. Photograph: Maskot/Getty Images/Maskot

Extend your wardrobe's lifespan by mending

Once clothing becomes tired and hole-ridden, don't rush straight to the bin: try mending instead. Call a local clothing repairer or, better yet, join the #visiblemending movement, which encourages entirely obvious and colourful hand-sewn repairs.

"Most clothing problems are easily mendable: missing buttons and loose stitching, for example. But mending is also an opportunity to make your clothes better than new. Visible mending allows you to be creative and celebrate the life of your clothes," says Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald, who runs a Visible Mending Project in Melbourne. "One creatively mended garment might not save the planet, but it might inspire three other people to start mending and become more aware."

Those with more time and skills can join the slow clothing movement and sew garments from scratch. Look out for Sydney's Sewing With Kate and In The Folds for tips and inspiration, or look at Jane Milburn's Sew It Again 365-day eco-clothing project.

Reduce your consumption by hitting the op shops

A guaranteed way to reduce the fashion industry's impact is to avoid buying new stuff in the first place. Secondhand stores are the ultimate clothing recyclers - and thrift shop fashion definitely doesn't have to be daggy. Hannah Klose is proof; the Brisbane founder of Never Ever Pay Retail has amassed a huge Instagram following through daily style posts featuring entirely op-shopped clothes.

"I've found so many amazing pieces, some brand new with the tags still attached, for sometimes less than 5% of the retail value - like a Gucci bag for $6, a Carla Zampatti top for $4.50, which would have retailed for over $400, and a Karen Walker skirt for $5," Klose says. "Collectively, thrifters are helping to divert 300,000 tonnes of textiles from landfill each year. It's a step in the right direction."

Those new to op shopping, or who just want to be led to the best local bargain hunting spots, can jump on a guided tour. Check out You, Us and a Bus in Adelaide and Op Shop 'Til You Get Enough in Melbourne, or team up with eco fashion stylist Alex van Os via her Sydney Op Shop to Runway tours. In Ballarat, go full-blown sustainable and do it all on foot, with The Wardrobe Green's tours.

But a word of caution when it comes to donating clothes. The ABC's War on Waste survey of 36,700 people found 82% of respondents had donated clothes, yet only 53% had ever purchased secondhand clothing. With supply outstripping demand, and charities overwhelmed by mountains of crappy fast fashion items that can never be on-sold, non-profits have essentially become our dumping ground. Yet another reason to support secondhand stores while winding back our fast fashion addiction.

Switching to more ethical fashion options does take forethought, but the health of the planet and the safety of workers in developing nations depends on it.

Additional research and reporting by Nicole Lutze

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Shop less, mend more: making more sustainable fashion choices

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Every day, most of us dress ourselves in items churned out by what is arguably the world's second-most polluting industry. Reportedly topped only by oil, the fashion industry is contributing to major environmental destruction - mainly because consumers insist on buying so many clothes at such cheap prices.

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Textile waste is an ever growing problem. Just in the United States, so much is thrown away that it averages to about 81 pounds of textile waste per person each year. I don't even think I own 81 pounds of clothing so to try to wrap my head around that is crazy. But to avoid all of that waste going to landfill we should just donate it or recycle it, right? We could, yes, but what about giving that clothing a new life and looking for fun ways to repurpose old clothing?

I'm always trying to think of fun unique gifts for birthdays and the holidays so to start making some repurposed clothing projects would be a great way to always have a zero waste gift at the ready. I also find myself going to pick up fabric quite often for projects so this is a great way to utilize old clothing as a resource.

What genius ideas do you have to repurpose old clothing?

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21 Genius Ways to Repurpose Old Clothing - Zero Waste Nerd

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Textile waste is an ever growing problem. Just in the United States, so much is thrown away that it averages to about 81 pounds of textile waste per person each year. I don't even think I own 81 pounds of clothing so to try to wrap my head around that is crazy.

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Landfill becomes the latest fashion victim in Australia's throwaway clothes culture

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Four out of 10 people in YouGov survey say they bin unwanted clothes rather than repairing or recycling them

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Online designer fashion rental business GlamCorner has partnered with Australian Red Cross.

The partnership is part of an Earth Month clothing donation drive, aimed at educating consumers about ways they can help to reduce fashion waste.

During Earth Month, participants can donate pre-loved clothing to Red Cross via GlamCorner's nationwide return-delivery network.

The partnership will run from April 16 to May 16.

GlamCorner customers can use the prepaid Australia Post return satchels that are provided with every single order to donate any pre-loved clothing items and accessories.

These satchels can be placed into any Australia Post postb ox and sent to GlamCorner for processing where they will then be sorted and donated to Red Cross.

All items donated during this clothing donation drive will be inspected by Red Cross to be sold in one of their 160 + Red Cross Shops around Australia.

All funds raised from this partnership will go towards supporting the everyday work of Red Cross.

GlamCorner co-founderAudrey Khaing-Jones said the initiative is in line with company goals.

"We're so excited to be partnering withsuch a highly-regarded organisation to drive awareness of an issue that is very close to our heart as a company. Our shared goal of helping to reduce clothing waste made this a very natural partnership to establish."

Australians discard 23 kilograms of clothing per capita every year and this results in six tonnes of textiles and clothing contributed tola ndfills in Australia every 10 minutes.

With recent changes to Chinese laws resulting in a billion kilograms of recycled materials needing to be reallocated elsewhere, Australia is facing a new era of how to manage and reduce textile waste.

Globally, the fashion industry is the second largest polluting industry after the oil and gas industry and contributes 1.2 billion tonnes of carbon towardgreenhouse gas emissions every year.

This is an amount larger than that of international flights and shipping combined.

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Every 10 minutes, 6 tonnes of clothing goes to Aussie landfills - Ragtrader

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The partnership is part of an Earth Month clothing donation drive, aimed at educating consumers about ways they can help to reduce fashion waste. During Earth Month, participants can donate pre-loved clothing to Red Cross via GlamCorner's nationwide return-delivery network. The partnership will run from April 16 to May 16.

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Our fun how to make pompoms project is perfect for our 'Waste Not Want Not' campaign which has previously seen us turn an old jar into a mini spa and transform plastic bottles into soap dispensers.

We've also demonstrated how whip up a deliciously fragrant curry using a stock made from the leftovers of a lamb shoulder.

And now we'll show you show a couple of old tops can become fabulous decorations for your home.

These pompoms will add a bright splash of colour to your interiors and you'll only need to dig out three other materials from your craft stash to make them.
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Here's how to upcycle old T-shirts into pretty pompoms in just 4 easy-to-follow stages.

1 Cut the body of your old T-shirt into 2cm strips, seam to seam, then neatly trim the seams off each end.

Cut two matching C-shapes out of cardboard, approximately 20cm in diameter - you could use a side plate to draw round.

2 Sandwich a strip of T-shirt between the two cardboard templates, so that the strip hangs out at each end. Wind the remaining strips around the templates, so that all of the card is covered - don't pull the strips too tight or it will make the next step trickier.

3 Tie the two ends of the strip sandwiched between the templates together (don't pull tight).

Slip the scissors between templates at one end and cut through the strips around the outside of the template - place a hand on top of template to keep strips from slipping out of place.

4 Now tighten the knot you tied in Step 3 as tight as you can, and then tie another knot to secure it.

Carefully lift away the card templates, fluff out the pompom and trim with scissors to neaten it up.

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How to make pompoms using old T-shirts - Woman's Weekly

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Our fun how to make pompoms project is perfect for our 'Waste Not Want Not' campaign which has previously seen us turn an old jar into a mini spa and transform plastic bottles into soap dispensers. We've also demonstrated how whip up a deliciously fragrant curry using a stock made from the leftovers of a lamb shoulder.

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Explain how the same data sets can be represented in different ways.

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Secret messages and codes | Digital Technologies Hub

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Encoding a word or phrase is an example of representing data in a different way. Introduce encoding and decoding using secret messages. Braille is a system for representing text and other characters using combinations of flat and raised dots on paper so they can be read by touch.

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Professional Learning

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Learning hook

Sequence game - whole class activity

1. Give students a floor mat or large surface divided as a grid. The grid can be of any dimension, for example 3 x 3; 4 x 4; 5 x 5, 10 x 10. (A mat with a grid marked out, or some masking tape on the floor to show the grid. Make sure it is highly visible and that the squares are large enough for students to stand or sit in.)

Additional scaffolding:

To further create engagement, you could print out checker/chess boards, have students choose a token (either individually or in pairs), and follow a set of directions.

Limited, low, or no vision:

For those with limited, low, or no vision, ice-cube trays or similar with tactile grid lines could be used instead of a checker/chess boards. Complexity can be increased by joining two ice-cube trays to make a larger grid.

2. Invite a student to volunteer to act in role as a robot. The robot's task is to locate and retrieve an object placed somewhere on the grid. The robot must start from the bottom left hand corner.

3. Explain that the robot needs to be given a set of instructions in order to retrieve the object. The robot understands words like Forward or Reverse and symbols like arrows and F for Forward, R for Reverse, etc.

4. Invite the students to write a set of instructions for the robot to follow. For example:

FFRR or ↑↑→→
(Forward 2 squares then move right 2 squares)

Additional scaffolding:

You may also wish to model an example set of instructions on the whiteboard to make sure students understand what is expected of them.

5. Share student responses and direct the robot to move according to the sequence. Student acting in role as the robot must follow the directions given.

6. Repeat the activity once or twice, using different volunteer robots and placing the object to be retrieved in a different location each time.
You many choose to increase or decrease the size of the grid.

For background notes about coding, programming and computational thinking download this PDF

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Buzzing with Bee-Bots | Digital Technologies Hub

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Sequence game - whole class activity Give students a floor mat or large surface divided as a grid. The grid can be of any dimension, for example 3 x 3; 4 x 4; 5 x 5, 10 x 10. (A mat with a grid marked out, or some masking tape on the floor to show the grid.

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What does it mean to be an inquiry teacher?

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Students define simple problems, design and implement digital solutions using algorithms that involve decision-making and user input. They explain how the solutions meet their purposes. They collect and manipulate different data when creating information and digital solutions. They safely use and manage information systems for identified needs using agreed protocols and describe how information systems are used.

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There are some helpful links here.  Argh!  How do I go in to Stream Mode?? How does this work?  I have no idea! haha

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Understanding DT

Engage with the Digital Technologies curriculum to plan, implement and assess effective lessons.

Plan and prepare

Guidance and support to develop and implement a whole-school plan.

Teach and assess

Students can learn to code and create using digital technologies, and find out about relevant careers.

For families

Find out about Digital Technologies to support your child to learn skills, create digital solutions and find a related career.

Programming

This series of three infographics provide an explanation of 'Programming' with relevant examples for each Year band and 'I can' statements

Algorithms

This series of three infographics provide an explanation of 'Algorithms' with relevant examples for each Year band and 'I can' statements.

Data representation

This series of three infographics provide an explanation of 'Data representation' with relevant examples for each Year band and 'I can' statements.

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Support for the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies with lesson plans, case studies, advice for school leaders, activities for students and for families. See links to the digital technologies industry events and programs. Get support with the development of computational thinking and coding skills in Australian students.

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Unpack the Curriculum | Understand the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies | Australian Computing Academy

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However, abstraction underpins the design and progression of content descriptions between band levels for each concept.

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National Digital Learning Resources Network

The National Digital Learning Resources Network (NDLRN) is a technical infrastructure that connects Australian schools to enable the distribution and sharing of digital resources through education portals. The Network is the outcome of initiatives of the Australian Government and the state and territory governments.

The digital student resources and teacher support materials are aligned to the Australian, state and territory curriculums and are available through state and territory education portals and the national portal Scootle. All resources are provided free of charge to all Australian teachers and students.

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National Digital Learning Resources Network home page

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Week 1 .   Technologies Curriculum & Pedagogy.