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Knowledge & Understanding - Technology
Needs & how they are met

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Level C Learning activities e.g. Additional advice from
Guide for Teachers & Managers
Developing understanding about needs of people and the environment, ways in which technology can satisfy these and consequences of actions proposed and taken.
KUT-C1.1 Needs & how they are met

suggest how people's needs differ, giving examples of how designing and making helps particular groups in their communities and further afield

 

KUT-C1.2 Needs & how they are met

Give examples from the past of how some specific needs have been met in different ways

 

KUT-C1.3 Needs & how they are met

Suggest ways in which people can meet needs of other living things and the environment

 

Technological capability
Resources & how they are managed

B this is Level C D
 Home Page Needs & how they are met Processes & how they are applied
Level C Learning activities e.g. Additional advice from
Guide for Teachers & Managers
Developing understanding about needs of people and the environment, ways in which technology can satisfy these and consequences of actions proposed and taken.
KUT-C2.1 Resources & how they are managed

Classify materials and make distinctions between what is natural and what is 'made'

 

KUT-C2.2 Resources & how they are managed

Give some examples of how materials are changed in making products

 

KUT-C2.3 Resources & how they are managed

Demonstrate that materials, tools and people are resources necessary to make things

 

KUT-C2.4 Resources & how they are managed

Describe some benefits of reducing waste and recycling and reusing some familiar material resources

 

Technological capability
Processes & how they are applied 

B this is Level C D
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Level C Learning activities e.g. Additional advice from
Guide for Teachers & Managers
Developing understanding about techniques and procedures that can be applied to make or control items and consequences of actions proposed and taken.
KUT-C3.1 Processes & how they are applied

Show how people affect their surroundings by choosing to make or change things

 
KUT-C3.2 Processes & how they are applied

give examples of ways in which tools and equipment can be used to create solutions to practical problems

 
KUT-C3.3 Processes & how they are applied

Describe how resources, generally, are gathered, worked on and changed, packaged, distributed, sold and used in various ways as familiar products

 
KUT-C3.4 Processes & how they are applied

Talk about how what they do in their own problem-solving tasks relates to the world outside school.

 

Skills in Technology
- designing & making

Preparing for tasks

B this is Level C D
 Home Page Carrying out tasks Reviewing & reporting on tasks
Level C Learning activities e.g. Additional advice from
Guide for Teachers & Managers
Analysing needs or problems. Researching what might be useful in addressing them. Planning ways to proceed.
STDM-C1.1 Preparing for tasks

Identify a problem and describe possible approaches.

e.g. Build a machine that can move through water.

1. Introduction (pdf files)
2. Teachers' notes for water
3. Support for worksheets
4. Teachers' notes for build a machine
5. Methods of propulsion
6. Resources
7. Planner - land (pdf)
8. Planner - water
9. Worksheet 1
10. Worksheet 2
11. Worksheet 3
12. Worksheet 4
STDM-C1.2 Preparing for tasks

Select helpful design criteria, based on observation and discussion.

STDM-C1.3 Preparing for tasks

Select possible resources and processes.

STDM-C1.4 Preparing for tasks

Think up and communicate a plan.

Pupil's Work

1. Design of a Landcruiser  (video - 30Mb)

2. Designs on water  (video - 5Mb)

3. Landcruiser Presentation  (Powerpoint)

NASA Spacelink - designing & building space models

Skills in Technology
- designing & making

Carrying out tasks

B this is Level C D
 Home Page Preparing for tasks Reviewing & reporting on tasks
Level C Learning activities e.g. Additional advice from
Guide for Teachers & Managers
Developing ideas to address needs or problems.  Creating solutions.
STDM-C2.1 Carrying out tasks

Use ideas, including from observation of existing products, to show possible solutions to a practical task.

 

STDM-C2.2 Carrying out tasks

Follow a plan, introducing other ideas where appropriate.

 

STDM-C2.3 Carrying out tasks

Relate ongoing work firmly to design criteria.

 

STDM-C2.4 Carrying out tasks

Use given and self-selected resources and processes to carry out a task safely and hygienically.

 

Skills in Technology
- designing & making

Reviewing & reporting on tasks

B this is Level C D
 Home Page Preparing for tasks Carrying out tasks
Level C Learning activities e.g. Additional advice from
Guide for Teachers & Managers
Testing and evaluating solutions and the ways they were achieved.
STDM-C3.1 Reviewing & reporting on tasks

Evaluate their own work, and that of peers, by reference to simple tests that address design criteria.

 

STDM-C3.2 Reviewing & reporting on tasks

Offer suggestions for possible improvements in developing solutions.

 

STDM-C3.3 Reviewing & reporting on tasks

Express and record suggestions for improvements through talking, writing and drawing..

 

 

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