The Technologies

Designing and Developing Digital Media Outcomes - 10DDM - HALF YEAR course

This course will be split into three units of work: Animation, Web Development and Movie making with Special Effects.

Have you ever wondered how 3D animated movies are created? Do you enjoy designing characters or 3D models of things? In this unit you will learn how to model objects using 3D software. These models might include original characters, vehicles or virtual spaces (A new skatepark). This is different than using Sketch-up which is what some of you have used in the past. These models could then be animated.

Enjoy surfing the web? Ever wondered how websites are created? This unit will teach you how to code your own websites using html and css. Over the unit you will learn about website design, features which make websites effective and undertake the process to code your very own website which you can then share with your friends and family. This unit will help you to build your skills towards a future career in web development.

Are you aspiring to be the next Peter Jackson? Do you love watching movies with special effects? Over this unit you will be creating a short film and adding special effects using Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects. You will learn filming techniques and how to use a green screen.

Contact buchlers@mbas.ac.nz or spyved@mbas.ac.nz

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Computational Thinking - 10COM - HALF YEAR Course

Want to be a coder or game developer? This is the unit to develop your skills. The course covers programming logic and concepts, binary, game development, app development, and the creation and design of sprites and backgrounds for games.

Software used in this course includes: Robomind, Gamefroot, Python, Piskell Art, App Lab

You will build your skills towards a future career in software development or game design.

Contact: buchlers@mbas.ac.nz

Textiles and Design - 10TEX - HALF YEAR Course

Would you like to make your own clothing items - bucket hats, hooded beach towels? What about food packaging - beeswax wraps, packing for a food item you might like to make and sell? Or even something to carry your gear around in - tote bags, bum bags? Well maybe Textile Technology is for you! You will get the opportunity to experiment with tie dying, heat transfer vinyl, screen printing and other forms of technology used to make outcomes individual and exciting. Textile Technology is a creative and purposeful subject where you get to develop the skills, knowledge and confidence to create individual solutions to identified needs and opportunities. In Textile Technology you get to be a creative problem solver and showcase your fantastic results to friends and whanau.

Contact: buchlers@mbas.ac.nz

Design & Visual Communication - 10DVC - HALF YEAR SPATIAL & HALF YEAR PRODUCT

Want to design houses, outdoor areas and new products? DVC (Design and Visual Communication), also known as Graphics, is a challenging and creative environment where students generate creative and innovative solutions to solve design problems set in real life contexts. Students present design ideas that are customised to suit their personal needs/interests using researching, design, freehand sketching, rendering and CAD (computer aided design) tools. The programme of work consists of DVC skill building followed by two projects - one spatial design and one product design.

Contact: buchlers@mbas.ac.nz

Hard Materials Technology (Wood) - 10DTW - FULL YEAR Course

In Year 10 the student selects their own individual projects which gives you ownership of your work. The focus of the Year 10 course is to further develop the skills, knowledge and confidence in using a range of portable power tools and hand tools safely to meet the Health and Safety Regulations in a Technology workshop and a future workplace. Your project will require you to provide a freehand sketch of the project, including measurements and a cutting list or to follow a set of plans sourced from the internet or the available resources. The focus on skill development has a high priority as students that can demonstrate a range of skills and technology processes in their projects will be in a great position to continue with Technology Hard Materials Wood in the future.

Contact: buchlers@mbas.ac.nz

Hard Metals & Automotive Technology - 10 DTM - HALF YEAR Automotive & Skills & HALF YEAR Engineering & Design

Automotive & Skills: Love Cars? Would you like to work on engines and understand how they work? Would you like to know more about what trades are available in the automotive sector? This course is designed to give you the skills and knowledge that will enable you to understand the working of a motor vehicle. During this course you will get the opportunity to strip down and reassemble a 2 and 4 stroke petrol or diesel engine, learn to name the components and understand what each component does. We also look into many other components of a car and better understand what parts such as turbo's, superchargers, clutches and transmissions (just to name a few) actually do and how they operate. As well as learning about cars you will have the opportunity to learn new skills that will lead into NCEA level 1, these could include bronze welding, cutting, filing, thread cutting/ tapping and some basic lathe and milling operations.

Engineering & Design: Design and build your own bottle rocket powered car in this course. Apply the design process to using a variety of appropriate materials and to produce an individualised functioning product, according to the brief. Skill development has a high priority with students. Build core skills required to complete NCEA Level 1 in the following year including Lathe operations, Gas Welding/Brazing, Spot Welding, MIG welding, Milling, Drilling, Sheet Metal Folding, Plasma Cutting, Thread Tapping and Cutting.

Contact: buchlers@mbas.ac.nz or fletcherg@mbas.ac.nz

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Marine Careers and Technologies - 10MAR - FULL YEAR course

Boat building skills and techniques will be developed as you build a wooden canoe paddle for yourself and Waka for the school. These projects include loffing the molds using offset tables, setting up the back bone, strip plank construction, fiberglass work, painting, marine detailing and even sail making. Students will visit or be spoken to by people who are currently working in a range of marine careers. We will visit the marina and boat builders as well as talk to people who have worked in careers as fishermen, skippers, race crew or on super yachts. We will go sailing, boating and snorkeling in Mercury Bay. You may get the chance to experience SCUBA diving in a pool. You will build your skills towards a future career in the marine industries.

Contact: buchlers@mbas.ac.nz

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