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Years 1-6 Hard Materials - Classroom Practice CS (Archive)
This unit was initiated through class discussion following a lunchtime problem with the toilets. When given the opportunity to express opinions about their school toilets it was clear that the students were less than impressed, several students (boys and girls) never used them.
www.techlink.org.nz/Case-studies/Classroom-practice/archive/nicer-loos/
Years 1-6 Soft Materials - Classroom Practice CS (Archive)
We decided to give the children the chance to work on a problem which affected them personally - sunhat storage. This is a problem throughout the school. As each of the classes stored their hats in a different type of area, we expected them to come up with their own individual solution.
www.techlink.org.nz/Case-studies/Classroom-practice/archive/hat-storage/
Years 1-6 Teaching Practice - Classroom Practice CS (Archive)
The theme for the 4 weeks of my sole charge was determined as Rugby World Cup. My associate was set on a Social Studies unit that was based around fact-finding.
www.techlink.org.nz/Case-studies/Classroom-practice/archive/rugby-world-cup/
Years 7-10 Food and Bio-related - Classroom Practice CS (Archive)
The "Hot Bread Snack" unit was created because a number of students in the full day programmes bring food to be heated for lunch. The hot food was mostly pies so we looked at what the other possibilities could be and from that the concept of the unit was formed.
www.techlink.org.nz/Case-studies/Classroom-practice/archive/hot-bread/
Years 1-6 Food and Bio-related - Classroom Practice CS (Archive)
The Awatere Community, which forms the catchment area for Seddon School, is really two communities, farming and township.
www.techlink.org.nz/Case-studies/Classroom-practice/archive/vinfizz/
Years 1-6 Soft Materials - Classroom Practice CS (Archive)
Welbourn School is a co-educational contributing state primary school catering for students from Year 1 to 6 and is rated decile 7.
www.techlink.org.nz/Case-studies/Classroom-practice/archive/school-bags/
Years 7-10 Food and Bio-related - Classroom Practice CS (Archive)
This case study was written by Sally about work with her Year 7 and 8 students on a Biotechnology and Soft Materials unit at the Marlborough Technology Centre in which students make and test a range of hair care products and make a hair wrap with a unique button and design.
www.techlink.org.nz/Case-studies/Classroom-practice/archive/hairs-your-gift/
Years 11-13 Food and Bio-related - Classroom Practice CS (Archive)
'Crest' is an international awards scheme, designed to encourage school students to apply their knowledge to solving practical problems. The scheme meets IPENZ's goals in that it supports the technology curriculum and helps to promote careers in engineering and technology to young people.
www.techlink.org.nz/Case-studies/Classroom-practice/archive/riding-the-crest-of-the-wave/
Years 7-10 Food and Bio-related - Classroom Practice CS (Archive)
The idea came from a collection of triggers e.g. casual conversations with students talking about busy lives and family meals, the success of the "Food in a Minute" programme, trying to buy the specific Heinz Wattie's products in the supermarket the week a certain recipe was televised.
www.techlink.org.nz/Case-studies/Classroom-practice/archive/meal-in-a-minute/
Years 7-10 Food and Bio-related - Classroom Practice CS (Archive)
In preparation for this Techlink unit Diana met with Carol Pound, Consultant Food Technologist. They tossed ideas around over a cup of coffee for the work case studied here.
www.techlink.org.nz/Case-studies/Classroom-practice/archive/big-bikkie/
Year 8 Electronics - Student Showcase
Logan's uncle is a Department of Conservation (DOC) volunteer on the West Coast and one holiday Logan helped him clear stoat traps on the Moonlight track in the Paparoa Range.
www.techlink.org.nz/student-showcase/electronics/logan.htm
Wood/acrylic laminated coffee table
Year 12 Hard Materials - Student Showcase
For his major Year 12 project, Tian had been working with a local cafe on merchandise to help promote the company.
www.techlink.org.nz/student-showcase/materials/tian-liu.htm
Years 2-3 Hard Materials - Student Showcase
The Junior Engineering Group (an extension group selected to work on a Technology project) identified the junior playground as a problem.
www.techlink.org.nz/student-showcase/materials/group-green-bay-junior.htm
Years 3-4 Hard Materials - Student Showcase
The Mini Engineers is an extension/enrichment group that enthusiastically took up their teacher's suggestion to enter the Transpower Neighbourhood Engineers Awards. The group worked with engineer Chris Andersen who taught them the technological practice an engineer would use during a project.
www.techlink.org.nz/student-showcase/materials/group-otonga-mini.htm
Year 12 Hard Materials - Student Showcase
Sindy designed and built a cot for her key stakeholder, her baby brother. Their mother, her client, wanted a bigger cot with a higher drop side, which he could use until he was three.
www.techlink.org.nz/student-showcase/materials/sindy.htm
Year 12 Hard Materials - Student Showcase
Kristie's client, her mother, wanted a new, more stable shoe rack with increased storage capacity.
www.techlink.org.nz/student-showcase/materials/kristie.htm
Year 11 Hard Materials - Student Showcase
Samantha Wallace lives on a farm. In winter, washing and, more particularly drying, the ever-present mountains of muddy work clothes becomes a real issue.
www.techlink.org.nz/student-showcase/materials/samantha.htm
Year 12 Hard Materials - Student Showcase
Samalia was asked to make an item to mark the Gisborne Girls' High School 50th jubilee. After considering products from other school reunions and special events, and discussing her ideas with the jubilee organiser, she decided to custom-make a photo album that could serve as a memento for those att...
www.techlink.org.nz/student-showcase/materials/samalia.htm
Year 12 Hard Materials - Student Showcase
Tim selected renewable energy as the context for his Year 13 project. Working with a client building a house to be self sufficient in energy consumption and therefore not connected to the mains power grid, Tim set out to construct and test a prototype of a device to generate electricity from free-f...
www.techlink.org.nz/student-showcase/materials/tim2.htm
Year 13 Hard Materials - Student Showcase
For his Year 13 full-year Graphics project, Cameron was asked by his motorcycle enthusiast father to design a chopper motorcycle in the spirit of 'a little less work, and a little more play'.
www.techlink.org.nz/student-showcase/materials/cameron.htm
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