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Resource Overview
Students identify and explore the elements of design using two engaging activities in a 7-page worksheet.
These activities encourage students to use their visual and kinesthetic skills to demonstrate the elements of design and link the elements to everyday items.
‘Elements of Design Life Skills’ can be shared with students digitally, easily printed or differentiated for individual students needs at the discretion of the teacher (through the pdf files provided).
Pack includes:
- 7 Page PDF worksheet including 2 activities
Resource Type: Digital Resource
File Type: PDF
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Curriculum
- New South Wales
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Textiles Technology Years 7–10 > Lifeskills > Design
TEXLS-3
explores factors that influence textile design
Elaboration
View this at https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/k-10/learning-areas/technologies/textiles-technology-2019
Relevant to:
Textiles Technology Years 7-10 Syllabus – Stage 5 Life Skills
OUTCOMES:
TEXLS-3 explores factors that influence textile design
DOT POINTS:
- identify elements of design represented in a range of textile items, for example:
- line
- direction
- shape
- colour
- texture
- identify the elements of design in current fashion textile items, for example:
- lines in a striped dress, beach towel
- shape in male and female fashionable pants, eg leggings, shorts, harem, baggy jeans, bell bottom, boot leg, skinny, slim fit
- texture in a cable jumper
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Elements of Design Life Skills Textiles Technology Activity
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Four textiles patterns and instructions to use with your students in the Textiles classroom.
The four patterns that are included in this Textiles Pattern pack are:
- Credential wallet
- SRT backpack
- Envelope clutch
- Tote Bag
Textiles Credential Wallet
Textiles Credential Wallet is a high-resolution textiles pattern and instructions. This sewing pattern is easy to follow through the use of symbols and clear instructions, allowing students to develop a credential wallet perfect for their opal card. The pattern is specifically suitable for A4 printing.
SRT Backpack
Easy to follow pattern through the use of symbols and clear instructions, allowing students to develop a rucksack look-alike backpack. Whilst the backpack straps are not included in the pattern it offers the opportunity for upcycling and a sustainable approach to the student’s design work in the classroom. Pattern suitable for A3 printing only.
Envelope Clutch
This is a high-resolution textiles pattern and set of instructions. This sewing pattern is easy to follow through the use of symbols and clear instructions, allowing students to develop a fashionable envelope clutch. This pattern is suitable for A3 printing only.
Tote Bag
This is a high-resolution textile set of instructions. This set of instructions will allow you to create a tote bag for multiple purposes, especially for replacing shopping bags. Easy and simple to follow instructions.
Resource Type: Pattern
* Disclaimer: If you have attended Technology Mandatory Material Technologies: Textiles Focus this resource is included in your Professional Development resource pack.
*Please be aware that any company content, resources, and materials purchased from Teacher Professional Development is permitted to one (1) user licence.
This resource pack is aimed at exploring how people in technology-related professions contribute to society now and into the future within Digital Technologies.
The poster format of these terms is broken down into a clear, simple, and visual structure to increase literacy and learning in the classroom.
 Pack include:
- 9-page student activity with marking criteria
- 20 x A4 posters (physical pack laminated)
- Peter Thiel (PayPal)
- Shuntaro Furukawa (Nintendo)
- Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, Boring Company)
- Steve Jobs (Apple, Pixar)
- Rohit Prasad (Amazon Alexa)
- Sundar Pichai (Google)
- Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
- Mark Zuckerberg (FaceBook)
- Evan Spigel (Snapchat)
- Reed Hastings (Netflix)
- Tim Cook (Apple)
- Ginni Rometty (IBM)
- Jack Dorsey (Twitter)
- Daniel Ek (Spotify)
- John Kodera (Sony)
- Devin Wenig (Ebay)
- Susan Wojicki (YouTube)
- Satya Nadella (Microsoft)
- Marissa Mayer (Yahoo)
After students are initially introduced to these leading professionals, they will then have the opportunity to complete the outcome-based task where they are presented with a number of facts exploring technology and society.
Students are asked to discuss their initial thoughts in regard to the impact of technology of society. Students then conduct further research into their chosen professional exploring the company they currently work for and their most prominent work. Using the explain scaffold students explore the cause or purpose of their chosen professionals work and the effect their work has on society.
The last activity is offered to stretch students critical and creative thinking where they consider the current impact of the work on society and how they think the professionals work will contribute to society into the future. A marking criteria is also included to provide feedback to students.
Relevant to:
Technology Mandatory Syllabus – Digital Technologies stage 5
- explains how people in technology related professions contribute to society now and into the future TE4-10TS
ZIP File Type: PDF (Acrobat) Document File and Word Document for task sheet only
ZIP Downloadable File Size: 7.6MB | 29 pages
Resource Type:Â Outcome Task, Activity
*Â Disclaimer: If you have attended or are enrolled in Technology Mandatory – Digital Technologies – The Amazing Game, the 2-page activity sheet in this resource is included in your course resource pack..
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Engage your students with this Agriculture and Food Technologies games pack. Includes three games for you to use in the classroom; Beat the Beanstalk game, Farm Bingo and Feed Me.
Students learn a variety of aspects from the Technology Mandatory – Agriculture and Food Technologies Syllabus. Including but not limited to; predicting ideal conditions for growth and development of an agricultural plant or animal, communicate recipe improvement or enhancement and identifying safe work practices.
Pack includes:
Beat the Beanstalk:
- Beat the Beanstalk game colour, laminated poster (3 x A4 posters)
- 52 Beat the beanstalk game cards
- 30 Beat the beanstalk colour, laminated game tokens
- Beat the beanstalk instructions for play
- 54 Beat the beanstalk game questions based on the Technology Mandatory Agriculture and Food Technologies Syllabus
Feed Me:
- 6 Feed Me colour, laminated posters
- Feed Me instructions for use
- Post-it-notes for students to attach to the Feed Me posters, which predict what food type is required for each animal or vegetable for correct growth.
Farm Bingo:
- 24 Farm Bingo colour, laminated cards
- Farm Bingo teacher calling card, with a variety of skill level questions for each item, to suit a variety of learners.
Beat the Beanstalk is aimed at involving students on both a theoretical knowledge and kinaesthetic level.
- Students sit in a circle facing the board where the Beat the Beanstalk game poster is blu-tacked. The teacher’s role in this game is to ask the questions and moderate fair play.
- The deck of card is in the centre of the table.
- All students select a fruit or vegetable as their game token.
- The first to begin the game the person whose birthday is closest to the date of play. Passed birthdays do not count.
- The person who is in takes a card, reads it to the class and then answers a question (asked by the teacher) accordingly. The game continues in a clockwise motion unless reversed. If you land on a troll, you must pick up a second card.
- Whoever reaches the highest point of the beanstalk at the end is the overall winner.
Feed Me is aimed at involving students in predicting optimum food and growth of development of animals and plants.
- Teacher blu-tack’s the six ‘Feed Me’ posters around the room.
- Student’s using Post-it Notes write a prediction of what foods are required to feed each animal.
- The teacher then reads aloud responses and suggests other correct foods that could be fed to each animal.
Farm Bingo is aimed at testing student’s knowledge of specific food and agricultural animals. The teacher uses the cryptic calling card, ready outs each item until there is BINGO winner.
Resource Type: Classroom Activity, Game, Posters, Starter and Plenary
Downloadable File Type: PDF (Acrobat) Document File ZIP
General Purpose Programming Languages Poster Pack
This resource pack includes a total of 9 A4 coloured posters. These posters are aimed at exploring the different general programming purpose languages within the Technology Mandatory Syllabus- Digital Technologies. The pack includes Python, Java Script, Php, Swift, SQL, Java, Perl, C and C++, and Ruby.
These posters may be a useful tool for Information and Software Technology, Information Processes and Technology and Software Design and Development.
The poster format of these terms is broken down into a clear, simple and visual structure increasing literacy skills and learning in the classroom.
Pack includes:
- Java Script
- Java
- Php
- Python
- Ruby
- Perl
- SQL
- Swift
- C and C++
ZIP File Type: PDF (Acrobat) Document File
 ZIP Downloadable File Size: 3.6MB | 9 pages
Resource Type: Posters
Relevant to:
Digital Technologies
Students can learn about the characteristics and properties of twelve different fabrics through a PowerPoint. The PowerPoint contains information on traditional and contemporary textiles, characteristics, and properties of each fabric and typical end uses.
Students can record notes on the included worksheet.
To test their knowledge in a kinaesthetic manner students will Blu-tack the corresponding ‘Instagram comment’ to the ‘Insta-Match’ poster of the textile in its natural form.
This reinforces students’ knowledge of characteristics and properties of fabric which is relevant syllabus content in Stage 4 and Stage 5 Textiles.
Pack includes:
- Characteristics and Properties of Fabric PowerPoint including 12 different textile forms.
- Worksheet for students to record notes from the PowerPoint.
- Insta-Match posters for students to test their knowledge in a kinaesthetic manner.
- Insta-Match comments for students to Blu-Tak to the posters matching the fabric type to the characteristics and properties recorded on the ‘Instagram comments’
Resource Type: Classroom activity
Downloadable File Type:Â PDF (Acrobat) Document File and PowerPoint
Size File Type: 38.4 MB | 18 pages + 14 slide PowerPoint presentation
* Disclaimer: If you have attended Technology Mandatory Material Technologies: Textiles Focus part of this resource is included in your Professional Development resource pack.
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