Year 10 Hard Materials Technology

Course Description 

Students will develop their own brief to create a portable amplifier speaker system. Students will develop their own prototype, problem solve through functional modelling and implement basic workshop procedures to build their final technological outcome.

Topics covered: Skills unit – Storage box • Portable speaker system – design, soldering circuits • Students will learn to problem solve and to work independently to complete their own project.

Recommendations for subject entry 

Students with a desire to learn. Students with strong self-management skills. 

Assessment

Students are assessed based on safe working practices, positive attitude and cooperation with the teacher, ability to work independently, and the quality of their finished work. The quality of the final practical project is marked against set marking criteria using SOLO taxonomy.

Next steps

Level 1 Hard Materials (US) / Level 1 Design Metal Work (US). All project-based subjects.

 Course contributions

$50.00 (materials for projects students take home)