Year 10 Subjects – Materials
Level: Year 10
Prerequisites: nil
Assumed knowledge: 8 Design & Technology or 9 Materials
Course Summary
This subject aims to develop students’ practical skills in producing standardised joinery systems and increasingly complex machine-based processes to safely produce a small table based on their CAD design.
Students who have completed the course could continue undertaking the following pathways within the SACE framework at Emmaus:
- Stage 1 Material Solutions
- Stage 1 Industrial & Entrepreneurial Solutions
For more information, about these new pathways, please visit: https://www.sace.sa.edu.au/studying/subjects/design-technology-and-engineering
Course Content
- Computer Aided Design & Engineering Drawing
- Small Timber Table
Assessments
- Skills task (desk tidy or corner joint)
- Investigation – establishment of a design brief, exploration of other existing products
- Planning – sketches (possible designs, chosen design), CAD (renders & engineering drawing)
- Production – safety, measuring/marking-out, processes, finishing
- Evaluation