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Students will have 9 weeks to research, design, create and evaluate a mechanical toy.

Constraints:

Students must only utilise the listed materials, in the dimensions provided.

Students may alter the materials where possible to fit their design.

For sustainability, students can utilise additional material such as off cuts and recycled materials.

The design must have movement created by the use of one or more simple machines: lever, wheel and axel, gears, pulleys, etc.

The lesson sequence will begin around week 2, after students have completed safety training, had inductions and been introduced to the assessment task.

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Year 7-8 Design and Technology Australian Curriculum.

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F-10 Curriculum | V9 Australian Curriculum

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ACARA acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of Country and Place throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, waters, sky and community.

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Australian Curriculum, Design and Technology 7-8, Content descriptors and standard elaborations.

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Australian Curriculum, Design and Technology 7-8, Content descriptors and standard elaborations.

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Here you will find the content descriptors utilised for this proposed unit.

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I found this resource on Taylor Biles Padlet

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I believe this will be a great model to use to encourage authentic student centred learning.

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UN Sustainable Development Goals Project

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​ Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is a teaching method in which complex real-world problems are used as the vehicle to promote student learning of concepts and principles as opposed to direct...

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Creating links between AITSL and ACARA to support teachers and student engagement.

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May be useful for quick collaboration or sharing of ideas. Perhaps a useful tool for exit tickets.

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Important — Popplet.com service is ending July 1, 2026. Please read the official announcement here,and visit our new site Superstructures.io.

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This clip is a great way to demonstrate 4 different movements and how they can be achieved.

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Blooms Taxonomy fits the design process and creative thinking modes utilised in design and technology.  Students recall technical terms, facts and safe work practices.  They then begin to understand how it all links together and apply this understanding, they then analyse, evaluate and create.  An example is: Students research information, learn safety skills required for the task, demonstrate those skills.  They then create designs, evaluate them against a criteria by analysing each element.  They then apply their evaluation to improve designs to fit the criteria more closely.  Once they understand the processes and needs they can then begin to create new ideas and construct their designs.  

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Introduction: What is a mood board? What are they used for and how do we make one?

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Lesson 2 - Sketching designs, annotating

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Lesson 2 - Sketching designs, annotating

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Introductory Powerpoint to demonstrate what is needed in a sketch, including examples.

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Lesson 2 Continued - Sketching Design idea's for a mechanical toy

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Lesson 2 Continued - Sketching Design idea's for a mechanical toy

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Have students sketch their ideas using a free program such as Krita. This allows students the ability to be creative, without the "fear of failure". Similar to using mini whiteboards, the student has more control and test ideas and refine them.

Using digital programs, users can be assisted with the use of pre existing shapes, and brushes to create designs with ease.

Scaffolding can also incorporate the existing features, students with broken arms or mobility issues will also have more access to the curriculum, through the use of digital sketching programs.

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Krita is a professional FREE and open source painting program. It is made by artists that want to see affordable art tools for everyone.

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Lesson 3 - Learning how to use Tinkercad

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Lesson 3 - Learning how to use Tinkercad

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Students will learn how to navigate and create basic items in Tinkercad.

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3D design is the first step in bringing your ideas to life. Start your journey to change how the world is designed and made today.

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Krita is a fee program for creating digital art. It is easy to use and access.

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Krita Tutorial for Beginners 2024 - Getting Started (Lesson 1) 🎨

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Help students see the difference between using ideas for inspiration and plagiarism.

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Apr 24, 2012 · Austin Kleon's talk "Steal Like An Artist" is a creative manifesto based on 10 things he wish ...
Duration: 11:15
Posted: Apr 24, 2012

Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative is a book on coming up with creative ideas written by Austin Kleon and published in 2012 from Workman Publishing. The book has since then become a New York Times Bestseller. Wikipedia

Originally published : February 28, 2012

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Please click here if you are not redirected within a few seconds. Apr 24, 2012 · Austin Kleon's talk "Steal Like An Artist" is a creative manifesto based on 10 things he wish ...Duration: 11:15 Posted: Apr 24, 2012 Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative is a book on coming up with creative ideas written by Austin Kleon and published in 2012 from Workman Publishing.

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Help students get out of a creative rut and start taking chances by having them play gartic phone. Students will respond to prompts, practice fast paced sketching and idea ideation, in an engaging and collaborative manner.

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The online Telephone Game! Play the popular game for free now

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Explore simple machines and their use in society. How do they work? How can they be incorporated to create movement in our toys.

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Simple Machines for Kids | Learn all about the 6 simple machines!

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College & Career Ready Labs │ Paxton Patterson

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The Engineering Design Process - Simplified

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Lesson 4- Creating components and parts in Tinkercad

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Lesson 4- Creating components and parts in Tinkercad

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Create cams, gears and parts for the mechanical toy

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3D design is the first step in bringing your ideas to life. Start your journey to change how the world is designed and made today.

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Lesson 5- Exporting faces and 3D printing

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Lesson 5- Exporting faces and 3D printing

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Learn how to export face files for the laser cutter and to create 3D printing files and print components.

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3D design is the first step in bringing your ideas to life. Start your journey to change how the world is designed and made today.

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A model to enhance and transform learning potential in an engaging, authentic and digital manner.

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Combining knowledge of content, pedagogies, and technology to create authentic learning experiences.

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The General Capabilities are the core building blocks of each key learning area.

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The Australian Curriculum, Version 9.0 sets the expectations for what all young Australians should be taught, regardless of their background or where they live.

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The strand and sub strand of design and technologies.

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The strand and sub strand of design and technologies.

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I seen this on Mark Agnew's page and can see it will be very useful, so i scooped it.

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Design And Technology Teacher Association QLD

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Teaching Resources - Design And Technology Teacher Association QLD

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This page has some FREE resources. These resources have been uploaded to DATTA Qld (Inc) with permission to use or the resource ... Read MoreTeaching Resources

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I scooped this from Damian Searles, as it may be a good tool to use to facilitate critical thinking skills.

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Millions of practice design prompts to challenge you to think outside the box.