Year(s)

Level(s)

Duration

Teacher

Classroom

6

Select the Technology Strand(s)

Select the Achievement Objectives to be assessed

o  Technological Practice

o Planning for Practice:  Critically analyse their own and others past and current planning practices in order to make informed selection and effective use of planning tools. Use these to support and justify ongoing planning that will see the development of an outcome through to completion.

o Brief Development: Justify the nature of an intended outcome in relation to the need/opportunity and justify specifications in terms of key stakeholder feedback and wider community consideration. Specifications inform the development of an outcome and its evaluation.

o Outcome Development and Evaluation: Critically analyse their own and others outcomes to inform the development of ideas for feasible outcomes. Undertake ongoing experimentation and evaluation taking account of key and wider community stakeholder feedback and trialling in the physical and social environments. Use the information gained to select, develop and justify the outcome that best addresses the specifications.

o   Nature of Technology

o Characteristics of Technology: Understand the interdisciplinary nature of technology and the implications of this for maximising possibilities through collaborative practice.

o Characteristics of Technological outcomes: Understand that some Technological outcomes can be perceived as both product and system and understand how technological outcomes impact on other technological outcomes and technological practices and on peoples views of themselves and possible futures.

o  Technological Knowledge 

 o Technological Modelling: Understand the role and nature of evidence and reasoning when understanding and managing risk through technological modelling

o Technological Products: Understand how materials are formed, manipulated and transformed in different ways, depending on their properties and understand the role of material testing in determining suitability for use in product development.

o Technological Systems: Understand the implications of subsystems for the design, development and maintenance of technological systems

Specific Learning Outcomes

By the end of this unit, students will be able to:

Additional Curriculum areas

o Social Sciences   

o Learning Languages 

o Arts 

o Maths 

o Te Reo 

o English  

o Health and P.E.

o Sciences

Write the Achievement Objective (s) to be assessed:

Students will:

Specific Learning Outcomes

By the end of this unit, students will be able to:

Setting

oNew Zealand   oRekohu (The Chatham Islands)   oAsia 

oAustralia         oAmericas                                oGlobal

Perspective:    o The past (History)         o The Present (Current Issues)         oThe Future.

                         o Multicultural           oEquality        oRights        oIndigenous people        oGender  

Key Competencies focus:

(Select only those being focussed on)

o managing self

o relating to others

o participating and contributing

o thinking

o using language, symbols, and texts.

Teaching and Learning Activities

Specify exactly how and what you will teach in order. So that someone else could teach your unit for you?

Resources

What resources will you need top teach the unit and what resources will the students need to engage in the learning?

Assessment Schedule

How will you assess the unit and the students learning?

Unit Evaluation

 How well did the unit work. What would you do differently next time did the students enjoy and engage with it?