TECHNICAL AND APPLIED STUDIES

Welcome to Technology at Good Samaritan Catholic College.

Use this site to find out more about the subjects that are offered, class work, assessment tasks and examples of projects you could be make in each of the subject areas.

Industrial Technology - Graphics

This majority of this subject is practical based and involves the creation of technical drawings. This differs from Art in that you are developing different methods of representing physical object by using pencil, paper and computer.

You will cover a number of different methods of drawing objects such as Orthogonal, Pictorial, Isometric, Oblique, Sectioning, Architectural and number of other drawing techniques.

Industrial Technology - Timber

There is a focus on the practical component of the subject with most lessons being in the workshop, however there is some requirement to do research, planning and design before you start to construct your projects. This theory component is mostly completed when making the Tool Box and the Coffee table.

Industrial Technology - Metal

There is a focus on the practical component of the subject with most lessons being in the workshop, however there is some requirement to do research, planning and design before you start to construct your projects. This theory component is mostly completed when making the Tool Box and the Coffee table.

Industrial Technology - Food

There is a mixture of theory and practical components in the development of your work to ensure that you are following appropriate procedures in the preparation and cooking of your food.

Industrial Technology - Textile

There is a mixture of theory and practical components in the development of your work to ensure that you are following appropriate procedures in the planning and development of your project.

Information and Software Technology

This subjects looks at the use of different software programs that can be used on the computer to solve different problems. Your assessment are practical and require you to plan and create a solution to a given problem.

The projects will include making an animation, using lego to build a robot and program it, a multimedia program, developing a web site and database and creating a software program.