89 WOOD TECHNOLOGY (89TWO1)

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Curriculum Overview

Pathways

The Course:

This subject will include completing investigations, designs and planning of their productions. This investigation work will be done individually and in teams. Possible projects include Dragster, coasters, chopping board, bowl, mallet and many others. You will be introduced to plenty of new hand tools, power tools and techniques. You can expect to get lots of opportunities to flex your creative muscle in this class. There is a heap of flexibility and the work is refined to suit the individual student. The course is broken down into 75% practical and 25% theory.

This unit will focus on...

• Safely working in a technology classroom
• Developing skills and knowledge of the range of tools and equipment
• Becoming familiar with a range of woodwork tools
• Researching and understanding many materials
• Developing working drawings
• Understanding the design process

Learning and Assessment Activities

Possible examples include:

• Project - Wooden Hot Rod
• Project - Mallet
• Project - Paper towel holder
• Project - Cricket bat
• Project - Set of coasters
• Project - Bowl
• Project - Chopping board
• Project - Picture frame

These units lead to

• Year 10 Woodwork
• Year 10 Engineering workshop practice (metalwork)
• Year 10 Electronics
• University studies in Construction
• Construction Tradesperson
• VCE PDT Units 1 - 4

Special considerations

This subject is repeatable as we differentiate the work done to suit each student's ability

Costs involved

$45 per semester for the purchase of materials

Materials required

HB Pencil & display book

For further information see...

Mr Cosstick

Study design link

http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/auscurric/progressionpoints/DCTProgressionPoints.pdf