Year 10 - Product Design and Technology: Wood

Year 10 - Product Design and Technology: Wood

Overview

Students plan and manage projects from conception to realisation. They apply design and systems thinking and design processes to investigate ideas, generate and refine ideas, plan, and manage, produce, and evaluate designed solutions. Students will gain experience in the safe and competent use of a range of hand and power tools and some larger wood working machinery and will learn the Product Design process.

Units / Topics Types of Assessment
Hand and Power Tools Research Investigative Research Task
Product Design Folio Design Folio
Practical application - item of furniture to be constructed Written Examination
Developing Evaluation Criteria Practical Project realisation
Design Brief development
Designing with 2D CAD
OnGuard OHS training modules
Safety walk and talk in workshop
• Machinery and power tools demonstrations and competency

Future Directions
Satisfactory completion of this subject will provide a sound foundation for students to proceed to VCE Product Design and Technology: Wood.