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CP804: Electronics programme design
Years 10-13 Electronics - Classroom Practice Case Study
The early NCEA years found a previously successful Electronics progamme foundering. This case study looks at the initiatives put in place during 2005 and 2006 to establish a successful Achievement Standards based programme at the school, and examines the teaching in each of Years 10, 11, 12 and 13.
BP609: Remote-controlled electronic robot
Year 10 Electronics - Classroom Practice Case Study
In this unit students are introduced to electronics through the construction and programming of a remote-controlled robot.
CP818: Product development - craft knives
Year 9 Hard Materials - Classroom Practice Case Study
This unit was planned as part of a revised Year 9 Technology programme for 2008. All students rotated around four domains over the year - Food, Materials - Soft, Materials - Hard and Product Design which incorporated Graphics and ICT Technology. In the Craft Knives unit students learnt drawing and ...
Year 11 Hard Materials - Classroom Practice Case Study
Street luge is an extreme sport that involves riding a wheeled sledge or 'luge' down a paved road or course in a lying position - speeds of up to 115km/h are often reached. St John's College-Hamilton Technology teachers, Steve Andrew and Lawrence Manders, and Morrinsville College Technology teacher...
Year 9 Hard Materials - Classroom Practice Case Study
When Textiles Technology was introduced as a new subject in 2003, teacher Sandra Davies faced the challenge of enthusing boys in what many perceived as a female area of interest. Her solution, a Year 9 kite-making unit, has been very popular with the boys and shown them that working with textiles i...
BP632: Wearable arts at Te Papa
Year 13 Soft Materials - Classroom Practice Case Study
Two students in the Queen Margaret College Year 13 Materials Technology class created a wearable art window display environment for their client, Te Papa Store. These were displayed in the entrance windows of the museum and gained much attention for both the shop and the school.
BP621: Industry mentored client-based project
Years 11-13 Hard Materials - Classroom Practice Case Study
A small class enabled Steve Andrew at St John's College to implement a programme where each student work with their own choice of client from outside school on an authentic issue with guidance and advice from an appropraite industry mentor set up by the teacher. This programme has formed the basis ...
Years 1-6 Soft Materials - Classroom Practice Case Study
In this unit, junior students are introduced to Technological Practice and its language.
BP639: Product development technology
Year 11 Hard Materials - Classroom Practice Case Study
Students work on designing and developing a product for a client.
BP638: Product technology course
Years 12-13 Hard Materials - Classroom Practice Case Study
Students selected their own client and the product they wanted to develop. Teacher Steve Ronowicz introduced the class to case studies of successful products and the development process the technologists had worked through. Time was spent in the ICT suite to enable students to effectively manage th...
Year 13 Hard Materials - Classroom Practice Case Study
Consolidating on similar work in Year 12, Wellington College Year 13 Technology students undertook a client-based project with free choice of client and negotiated project, in an environment of class-based skills tuition, individual instruction and univer
BP611: Client based student practice
Year 13 Hard Materials - Classroom Practice Case Study
A composite Technology class is formed for the first term of Year 13 to enable controlled and consistent learning in working towards a client-based outcome.
Year 12 Hard Materials - Classroom Practice Case Study
In this unit, students use functional modelling and processing as a method of developing their ideas and produce high quality materials technology outcomes.
BP618: Partnering graphics with technology
Year 11 Graphics - Classroom Practice Case Study
Teachers at Lytton High School planned this unit as an opportunity to introduce Technology achievement standards into their Year 11 Graphics course. Their intention was that having students succeed in these achievement standards would encourage them to ta
Year 12 Soft Materials - Classroom Practice Case Study
In this 15-week textiles unit, students developed skills enabling them to create and work with a variety of materials. Teacher Wendy Webb used links she had created with local industry to introduce new knowledge and skills to her classroom.
Year 9 Hard Materials - Classroom Practice Case Study
The technology department took the time capsule folder exercise that all Year 9 pupils had done in the past and converted it into a technology programme.
Year 9 Soft Materials - Teaching Snapshot
This six-week Ugly Creatures unit arose from Kylie Merrick's classroom focus on sustainability and her emphasis on the recycling of resources - she regularly asks for donations of materials through the school notices and also gets useful items from local businesses, sometimes materials destined for...
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Years 12-13 Hard Materials - Classroom Practice Case Study
In this case study we examine the practice of the Year 12 class of 2007, with a particular focus on modelling as a key function in the decision-making processes, from concept through to final outcome. We then follow a student through to Year 13 and look at his modelling practice.
Year 12 Hard Materials - Classroom Practice Case Study
Two units were delivered: an introductory four-week unit standards-based project designing and making a lantern, and major project designing and constructing a lighting unit for an inner-city client.
Year 11 Hard Materials - Classroom Practice Case Study
The class was invited to develop a range of prototype souvenir items suitable for sale in the gift shops within Te Papa Tongarewa The Museum of New Zealand.
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