Teachers should establish if students have developed robust level two competencies and are ready to begin working towards level three achievement objectives for the technological practice components, and plan learning experiences to progress these as guided by the level three Indicators below.

Brief Development

Planning for Practice

Outcome Development and Evaluation

Achievement Objective

Students will:

• Describe the nature of an intended outcome, explaining how it addresses the need or opportunity. Describe the key attributes that enable development and evaluation of an outcome.

Achievement Objective

Students will:

• Undertake planning to identify the key stages and resources required to develop an outcome. Revisit planning to include reviews of progress and identify implications for subsequent decision making.

Achievement Objective

Students will:

• Investigate a context to develop ideas for potential outcomes. Trial and evaluate these against key attributes to select and develop an outcome to address the need or opportunity. Evaluate this outcome against the key attributes and how it addresses the need or opportunity.

Teacher Guidance

To support students to undertake brief development at level three teachers could:

• provide the need or opportunity and develop the conceptual statement in negotiation with the students
• guide students to describe the physical and functional nature of an outcome (e.g. what it looks like and what it can do) taking into account the need or opportunity, conceptual statements and resources available
• guide students to identify the key attributes an appropriate outcome should have. Key attributes reflect those that are deemed essential for the successful function of the outcome.

Teacher Guidance

To support students to undertake planning for practice at level three teachers could:

• ensure that there is a brief against which planning to develop an outcome can occur
• provide students with an overview of what they will need to do during their technological practice and guide students to identify key stages and place these on a timeline of some sort
• provide resources including a range of appropriate materials, components, software, hardware, equipment, and/or  tools for students to select from and guide students to select those that will be suitable for their outcome
• guide students to reflect on progress to make informed decisions regarding next steps

Teacher Guidance

To support students to undertake outcome development and evaluation at level three teachers could:

• ensure that there is a brief with attributes against which a developed outcome can be evaluated
• establish an environment that encourages and supports student innovation when generating design ideas
• provide opportunities to develop drawing and modelling skills to communicate and explore design ideas. Emphasis should be on progressing 2D and 3D drawing skills and using manipulative media such as plasticine, wire, card etc
• provide opportunity to develop knowledge and skills related to the performance properties of the materials/components students could use
• support students to evaluate their outcome against the brief.

Indicators

Students can:

• describe the physical and functional nature of the outcome they are going to produce and explain how the outcome will have the ability to address the need or opportunity
• describe attributes for the outcome and identify those which are key for the development and evaluation of an outcome

Indicators

Students can:

• identify key stages, and resources required, and record when each stage will need to be completed to make sure an outcome is completed
• explain progress to date in terms of meeting key stages and use of resources, and discuss implications for what they need to do next.

Indicators

Students can:

• describe design ideas (either through drawing, models and/or verbally) for potential outcomes
• evaluate design ideas in terms of key attributes to develop a conceptual design for the outcome
• select materials/components, based on their performance properties, for use in the production of the outcome
• produce an outcome that addresses the brief
• evaluate the final outcome against the key attributes to determine how well it met the need or opportunity.