Technologies · Year 5 · Design and Technologies: Engineering, Food and Materials · Extension Unit
Sustainable Design Project
Students apply a design process to plan and produce a solution that improves sustainability for a school or local community context.
ACARA Content DescriptionsAC9TDE6P01AC9TDE6P02
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Students apply a design process to plan and produce a solution that improves sustainability for a school or local community context.
Key Questions
- Which sustainability goal is our design trying to advance?
- How will we measure whether our solution actually reduces resource use?
- What trade-offs did we have to accept in our final design?
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