Year 12 materials technology

This course provides the opportunity for you to work with the community, industry and tertiary sectors to facilitate technological practice. Successful collaboration with clients and associated stakeholders will involve problem solving, client satisfaction and outcomes in both 2 and 3 dimensional forms. It will give you an opportunity to further develop your manipulation of materials, technical knowledge and communication skills. It will also help you gain confidence to learn by themselves.

The Year 12 course will provide an excellent foundation if you are looking to continue at Year 13 and then onto pursue a career in a technological or engineering field of study.

This is a practical workshop based course. You will build on the skills they learnt in Year 11 Technology. You will be expected to work alongside a client while designing the products. You will be required to gain continuous feedback from the stakeholders throughout the project. You will produce a portfolio that documents the processes including research, designing, manufacture and evaluation.

The course content, based on 3 achievement standards involves:

• working with a range of hard materials

• construction / joining techniques

• learning the Technological Process, including how to deal with stakeholders and a diverse range of ideas

• basic presentation and drawing skills 

You will:

• Develop a conceptual design for an outcome 

• Implement advanced procedures using resistant materials to make a specified product with special features 

• Undertake effective development to make and trial a prototype. 

If you have successfully completed the Year 11 course you will be well placed to succeed in this course.  We welcome new students to Materials Technology, provided you have a genuine interest in the course and you are considering a related pathway when you leave school.

There is a cost component of $85 to provide materials and sundries for the building of the project.  You will be able to take your project home at the end of the year.

An A4 visual diary is recommended for design work.  You will also need to bring your BYOD device to each lesson.

It is advised that you choose either Materials Technology or Construction (not both).  Choosing a second option from the remaining available Technology courses will compliment the learning in this course.  Other available options are; Design & Visual Communication, Digital Technology Media and Digital Technology Science.

This course is assessed using a mixture of 3 internally assessed standards.  Your physical project as well as your portfolio documenting your processes will form the assessment evidence.

NZQA Subject Resources

https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/subjects/technology/levels/ 

School Policy for NCEA Assessment

You should be aware of the school procedures for NCEA assessment.  They can be found on the school website at this link. There you will find answers to frequently asked questions about how NCEA works as well as guidance about how to apply for extensions, reconsiderations or the process for withdrawing from a standard.

UE literacy credits are available.