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Students have
found this
task
challenging
but rewarding.
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designed by the students in Unit 3. In
making these projects students have
learnt how to safely use more complex
tools and how to make strong joints
and bracing that will support the
various stresses that indoor furniture
faces.
Systems & Materials
This semester in Year 9 Systems and
Engineering, students have learnt
about
electrical
and
electronic
components like generators motors,
resistors, transistors etc. They have
learnt various practical skills like
soldering, wire stripping and testing
projects. The main project is the
design and development of a small
electrical/electronic project that is
powered by a small human powered
generator.
Middle School students are introduced
to Systems and Materials at a Year 7
and 8 level. They learn the basics of
electricity and how to design and
construct a basic electrical project.
Students are also introduced to plastic
moulding and shaping.
Mr BruceWallace
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Product Design & Technology
The Year 9 have designed toys which
they are now producing. These
projects will be sent as Christmas
presents to the remote aboriginal
community of Wadeye in the Northern
Territory. In designing these projects
students had to establish what it is like
living in a community like Wadeye and
what type of toys the children would
like.
The focus for Year 10 Design students
was on various types of timbers. Their
task was to design and produce a
feature item, which incorporates at
least three types of timber.
The requirement of Unit 2 Design was
for the students to work in groups to
design and develop a piece of indoor
furniture. The furniture had to be made
from a limited amount of timber. In
doing this they are discovering that
for a project to reach a standard and
be completed by a due date all team
members must work together.
Unit 4 Design students have been
working under pressure to complete
a piece of indoor furniture in a fairly
short time frame. These projects were