This toolkit is intended to be an invaluable resource for teachers to use when implementing the P-6 Design & Technologies curriculum.

The Design & Technologies 2.0 Curriculum - Victoria

The VCAA 2.0 Curriculum website offers all the necessary information about Design Technologies, including the Engineering Principles & Systems context. You'll find guidance on the structure, scope and sequence, and elaborations, and there are also resources to support teachers with implementation.

The Design & Technologies 8.4 Curriculum - Australia

If your school has chosen to deliver the National curriculum, you'll find all the details, including band descriptions, content descriptions, achievement standards and sample portfolios on the ACARA website.

Sample Work Portfolios

ACARA have published examples of student portfolios to demonstrate satisfactory, above satisfactory and below satisfactory work in the Design & Technologies national curriculum. Click on the following links and scroll down to the bottom of the page to find;

• F-Year 2
• Years 3/4
• Years 5/6
• Years 7/8
• Years 9/10

YOUR School YOUR STEM

This package of resources features the webinar recordings and presenter slides from our 2020 program Your School YOUR STEM. This was a partnership with DATTA Vic, HEV, Primary Connections and Deakin University. It explores Design & Technologies as the perfect vehicle for delivering successful STEM programs in primary schools. D&T fosters creativity, curiosity and a passion for problem solving. It encourages students to use their skills and knowledge to address issues – for themselves and their communities. D&T has an applied, project-based way of teaching that empowers young people to have a positive impact on the world around them.

Primary Connections

Primary Connections is a flagship primary school STEM program from the Australian Academy of Science. It is an innovative approach to teaching and learning which aims to enhance primary school teachers' confidence and competence for teaching STEM.

The Victorian Public Transport Teachers Hub

The Public Transport Teachers’ Hub has a range of resources on public transport safety, some of which address the Design & Technologies curriculum and the capabilities.

The 3D Print a Car Challenge

The 3D PrintaCar Inquiry Planner is a unit outline on 3D Printing & Technologies, written by Laburnum Primary School, who were the winners of the Quantum Victoria 2015 3D Print a Car Challenge.

The Foil Challenge

The Foil Challenge is a great hands-on introduction to design thinking for younger students from The Institute of Design at Stanford

The Primary Design Process

The Schoolhouse Centre for Educational Innovation have created a fantastic design process map which is based on IDEO's Design Thinking model.

• Click HERE for the Primary Guide
• Click HERE for the Facilitator's Guide

Design Thinking for Younger Students

This is a great guide from Design 39 Campus in San Diego on how to use design thinking with younger students to tackle global problems. Click HERE to watch.

Sustainability Resources from the Landcare Trust

The Junior Landcare Trust have a great range of sustainability and biodiversity resources that are perfect for Design & Technologies classes.

Engineering Challenges

The James Dyson Foundation have a library of design and engineering projects for the classroom

Sounds Like...

DATTA Vic and Discovery Science & Technology Centre Bendigo collaborated on Sounds Like - a Primary STEM Project which is based on sound and music. Click HERE download the lesson plan, complete with extension activities.

This is a Year 5/6 project that uses the design process to solve the problem of equality of access to life and work in a city for people with a disability. Click HERE to download the resources, which include a teacher notes, a class PowerPoint and student worksheet

Food & Fibre Production

The Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia has a great range of resources for teaching Food & Fibre Production.

Forest Learning

Forest Learning is a great site for education resources on forests and forest-based projects.  All the resources are free, and the library can be searched by subject and age range.

The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation

The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation is a wonderful resource for education on food and fibre production, health and food technology.

Maker Activities

Create the Future: Get Your School Making is a great guide to setting up maker activities for your classes.

Questacon

Questacon has a library of STEM projects perfect for the primary classroom.

The Design Squad

PBS Design Squad has loads of fun, hands-on science and technology projects. They have published a fantastic Activity Guide on engineering challenges for 9-12 year olds.

Practical Action

Practical Action are a group who work to tackle poverty and climate change around the world. Their website has a great range of projects perfect for the Design & Technologies classroom, searchable by age and subject.

Station Ideation

Possum Skin Cloaks by Maree Clarke

STEM and Innovation

CSIRO Education and Outreach

CSIRO have a range of resources for teachers and students of STEM. You can browse them all HERE. 

What's your Problem?

Joseph Herscher and his team solve kids' really annoying everyday problems in this ABC Education series by making hilarious contraptions out of ordinary household objects. Watch all episodes HERE. You can also watch their DIY Tutorials.

Disclaimer: These resources are the work of practising teachers or education providers. They have been sources and shared in good faith and for general information only. They do not necessarily reflect the views of DATTA Vic, nor do DATTA Vic endorse the accuracy or suitability of the information for any particular purpose. Note that this material has not been verified by VCAA. Responsibility in response to the material must be accepted by users. For VCE, teachers must refer to the mandatory documents in relation to the VCE Product Design and Technologies/Systems Engineering study designs from VCAA, which are available online and updated every year. For safety information, teachers must consult the relevant OHS Hazard Management section of the department's website.