Year 9 Technology (Design and Make)

Year 9 Technology (Design and Make)

The aim of Technology / Design and Make is to follow the Technology Design Process to look at real world problems and find suitable solutions.  

Students in this subject will be finding a suitable solution to solve an existing problem. Students will achieve their final outcome through a process that involves…… researching, drawing, making models, testing ideas, using 3D printers, evaluating, refining and getting feedback from stakeholders on their solutions to create a final outcome.

The skills we develop in this amazing class will help you to prepare for more complex ideas and themes in the Year 10 Design and Make class.

Once we get to year 11 we can move into a multitude of design related subject areas such as Materials Technology, DVC and Furniture.

Some skills that may be covered include:

• 3D printing

• Model making

• Freehand sketching/crating

• Prototyping

• Introduction to rendering

• Rendering -  Shading, shadows, and textures

• Introduction to Sketchup and Tinkercad.

• And other cool design equipment.