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Year 8 Hard Materials - Classroom Practice Case Study
Teacher Sarah Blenkiron decided that the upcoming junior school production provided an ideal opportunity for her students to work on developing a logo for a client. Integrating Technology with an activity involving all students and staff, and emphasising teamwork in the unit, would fit in well with...
Year 13 Soft Materials - Student Showcase
The Richter City Roller Derby team wanted a uniform that would show the fun of this (recently introduced to New Zealand) sport, and reflect their view of the "strong, sexy" women involved in it. Team-member Ischtar developed a prototype outfit, with a view to mass production if it were accepted as ...
www.techlink.org.nz/student-showcase/materials-soft/ischtar-roller-derby.htm
Years 5-6 Electronics - Teaching Snapshot
The unit 'Power to the People: An inquiry into the nature of power generation and usage, encompassing the necessity of electricity to life in 21st Century New Zealand' was developed collaboratively by the teachers of the Senior Syndicate at Goodwood School.
www.techlink.org.nz/teaching-snapshot/Y01-06-Junior/goodwood-power.htm
Saddlebag for the lambing beat
Year 11 Soft Materials - Student Showcase
Maria's mother gave her an interesting challenge - to make a saddlebag she could use to hold all the gear she needed while riding around the family farm during the lambing season. She set Maria some basic requirements: the bag would have to be easy to carry and attach and detach from the saddle; si...
www.techlink.org.nz/student-showcase/materials-soft/Maria-Lambing-saddlebag.htm
Year 11 Food and Bio-related - Student Showcase
Charlotte found the perfect client in a middle aged mother of two who suffered from swelling, itching and general pains in her lower legs from poor circulation and varicose veins that conventional medicines had limited success in treating. From numerous questionnaires and interviews Charlotte found...
www.techlink.org.nz/student-showcase/food-and-biological/charlotte-aroma-cream.htm
CP906: Integrated workshops: designing environments
Teaching Practice - Classroom Practice Case Study
This case study examines how Matthew Lane led the change of the 40-year-old workshop environments of the Wellington College Technology department during 2003-2008, through a set of staged adaptions that culminated in the completion of the first stage towards a fully redeveloped Technology block.
Years 1-10 Food and Bio-related - Resource Review
PAC-IT has been developed to support projects that can realistically be undertaken in a classroom environment, focusing on materials most likely to be used in this setting such as plastic and paper. The resource also addresses environmental issues associated with packaging. It is designed to suppor...
www.techlink.org.nz/teaching-snapshot/Resource-Reviews/pac-it-resource-kit.htm
Portable freestanding tennis net
Year 13 Hard Materials - Student Showcase
In his Year 12, Tamati had worked on a project with neighbouring St Mark's Church School, and for his Year 13 project, he decided to continue this relationship. His main clients - Principal Christina Leach and the head of PE - welcomed the opportunity and asked Tamati to come up with an innovative ...
www.techlink.org.nz/student-showcase/materials/Tamati-tennis-net.htm
Food and Bio-related - Technologists Practice Case Study
The Herb Farm concept grew out of Lynn Kirkland's passionate belief in the value of botanical simplicity and the benefits gained from using active herbal ingredients to make natural skincare and healthcare products. This belief led her to complete a herbal diploma and to begin to produce hand-made ...
www.techlink.org.nz/Case-studies/Technological-practice/Food-and-Biological/the-herb-farm-revisited/
Year 7 Food and Bio-related - Teaching Snapshot
The design, creation, evaluation and implementation of a prototype kea enrichment 'toy' is an example of student innovation within an integrative inquiry process that led to an effective social action for a group of four Year 7 students.
www.techlink.org.nz/teaching-snapshot/Y07-10-Middle/Howick-Kea-enrichment.htm
Years 0-2 Digital Technology - Teaching Snapshot
As part of the unit 'Seaweek', Nikki's class of 5- and 6-year-olds combined photos and videos to create their own PowerPoint-style presentation to teach people something about the seals that visit a local beach.
www.techlink.org.nz/teaching-snapshot/Y01-06-Junior/Huirangi-seal-deal.htm
Year 13 Electronics - Student Showcase
Chris's clients were 'sick and tired' of getting in and out of their car every time they used the gate on their large lifestyle block. Chris's challenge was to make a gate that could be opened and closed without them having to leave their car.
www.techlink.org.nz/student-showcase/electronics/Chris-Gate-opener.htm
Year 13 Electronics - Student Showcase
Kevin realised that a renewable energy source that could power a battery bank would be the best solution to this problem. After some research into several alternative power sources, he decided a portable wind turbine would best meet his client's specifications for a solution that was safe, cheap, d...
www.techlink.org.nz/student-showcase/electronics/kevin-wind-turbine.htm
Food and Bio-related - Technologists Practice Case Study
What started as a question thrown around over dinner and a bottle of wine soon shot to fame when it was named one of TIME magazine's 30 greatest inventions of 2004. That question was: "How can you make a fruit label do more?" Hazel Penfold puts that same question to the designers of the intelligent...
www.techlink.org.nz/Case-studies/Technological-practice/Food-and-Biological/Smart-choice/
Years 12-13 Soft Materials - Teaching Snapshot
Fundraising for the Wellington High School 2007 Technology trip to Europe led to the establishment of a screen-printing enterprise which has continued production into 2009.
www.techlink.org.nz/teaching-snapshot/Y12-13-Senior/whs-screen-printing.htm
Year 5 Electronics - Student Showcase
When given a design brief to develop an electronic matchbox bug, Morgan first considered the possibilities during a brainstorming exercise. He sketched some of those ideas, colouring and labelling each design to show which body parts he could add to the matchbox 'body' and the materials to be used,...
www.techlink.org.nz/student-showcase/electronics/Morgan-electronic-bug.htm
Year 13 Hard Materials - Student Showcase
Luca's family enjoys swimming in their pool and at the nearby beach, but his father had had enough of kids traipsing water or sand through the house on their way to the shower. After seeing an outside shower in a shop, he decided this would solve the problem and asked Luca to create one.
www.techlink.org.nz/student-showcase/materials/Luca-outdoor-shower.htm
Year 13 Food and Bio-related - Student Showcase
Elizabeth, Whitney, Hannah and Aleyse had previously studied Food and Nutrition but, after a programme change in Year 13, are now enthusiastic about the benefits of Food Technology. They worked as a group and developed individual products for their client, Whitney's father Tony Peterson. Tony, mana...
www.techlink.org.nz/student-showcase/food-and-biological/group-rangitoto-pies.htm
Years 12-13 Teaching Practice - Teaching Snapshot
A plaintive student query "Why don't we ever go on an overseas trip?" instigated a class trip to Europe after Wellington High School teachers Kylie Merrick (Fashion Design Technology) and Marietjie van Schalkwyk (Food Technology/Hospitality) considered the learning opportunities this presented.
www.techlink.org.nz/teaching-snapshot/Y12-13-Senior/whs-trip-Europe.htm
Year 13 Soft Materials - Student Showcase
Meg's sister, a keen tennis player, asked her to make a tennis dress to replace the shorts and T-shirt she usually played in. Time was an important factor as the garment needed to be completed by Week 6 of Term 3, ready for the tennis season. Meg discussed the requirements of a tennis outfit - that...
www.techlink.org.nz/student-showcase/materials-soft/Meg-Tennis-dress.htm
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