A great resource for teaching VCE PD&T - includes resources on ethical & sustainable design, First Nations design, careers, positive role models, student work, upskilling webinars and much more.

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This toolkit has been created for teachers of VCE Systems Engineering, and includes resources on classroom activities, sustainability, first nations engineering, teacher upskilling and much more.

DATTA Vic has created this free toolkit for educators teaching the Design & Technologies - Engineering Principles & Systems context.  It includes classroom resources, engineering challenges, diversity in engineering, careers, sustainability and much more.

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The Creative Futures Annual Design Workshop is a teacher education program delivered in partnership between Melbourne Museum and DATTA Vic and funded by Creative Futures.   

Each year, teachers come together for a unique professional learning experience on using museum collections and design thinking practices to enrich schools-based design education.

They also contribute to the development of new Design & Technologies classroom resources based on museum collections.

In 2024, DATTA Vic and Melbourne Museum collaborated with our participating teachers to create a Future Eco Fashion resource which engages students in sustainable and ethical fashion design. This resource is an editable student portfolio.

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And if you're looking for some design inspiration, check out the amazing items in Museums Victoria online fashion collections HERE.

DATTA Vic worked with Eco Innovators on a range of animations about Sustainability for Design & Technologies classes. They have a particular focus on the product life cycle, and are a great way to get students thinking about how we can design sustainable and ethical products.

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The Creative Futures Annual Design Workshop is a teacher education program delivered in partnership between Melbourne Museum and DATTA Vic and funded by Creative Futures.   

Each year, teachers come together for a unique professional learning experience on using museum collections and design thinking practices to enrich schools-based design education.

They also contribute to the development of new Design & Technologies classroom resources based on museum collections.

In 2023, DATTA Vic and Melbourne Museum and Banyule Nillumbik Tech School collaborated with our participating teachers to create a Bio Communities resource which engages students in regenerative design. 

How can we design new, sustainable neighborhoods based on principles of Bio Communities?

This was based on the groups experience of exploring a number of nature-based exhibitions at Melbourne Museum, including Bugs Alive!, the Gandel Gondwana Garden and the Milarri Garden Trail. This resource is available as an editable PowerPoint, which means teachers and students can adapt it to suit their own context.

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* Note this resource will download directly onto your device

For more information on Melbourne Museum education services, click HERE.

For more information on Banyule Nillumbik Tech School programs, click HERE.

This resources library can be used by teachers of P-10 Design & Technologies, VCE Product Design & Technologies and VCE Systems Engineering to embed and celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures in their classroom teaching. 

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DATTA Vic has a range of Teacher Toolkits on D&T-related themes, including teaching Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Design, Sustainability, Diversity in STEM, VCE PD&T, VCE Systems Engineering, Textiles in Society and Primary Design & Technologies.

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Thinking Outside the Box - The Sustainable Seating Project is a Year 7/8 Unit of Work from Forest Learning and DATTA Vic which investigates the properties and sustainability of cardboard . Using ForestVR 360o videos, students go on virtual excursions to an Australian pine plantation and paper mill to experience the cycle of growing sustainable wood fibre and how it is processed into paperboard. Following the design thinking process, students then investigate, design, produce and evaluate a sustainable seat made from upcycled cardboard.

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To celebrate Design & Technologies Week 2023, DATTA Vic published a new resource on each day of the program. They range from simple workshops to engaging units of work. You can download them all at the link below;

·       Introduction to Design

·       The Elements & Principles of Design - Focus on Indigenous Design

·       Invention Trivia Challenge

·       The Design of the Boomerang

·       Design Factor Speed Dating

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