2.+Curriculum

The key learning areas which are covered in this Wiki are:
 * SOSE
 * Technology Industry
 * Information and Communication Technologies (ICTS)

 The following Essential Learnings can be found:

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 * Essential Learnings to be covered, by the end of Year 9, in the SOSE element are: **

__Ways of Working __  Students are able to:
 * Plan investigations, using disciplined discipline-specific inquiry models and processes
 * Evaluate sources of data, information and evidence for relevance, reliability, authenticity, purpose, bias and perspective
 * Communicate descriptions, decisions and conclusions, using text types specific to the context and purpose and the conventions of research-based texts
 * Reflect on learning, apply new understandings and justify future applications

__Place and Space __ <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Environments are defined by spatial patterns, human and physical interactions, and sustainable practices can balance human activity and environmental processes.


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Australia, the Asia-Pacific region and other global settings are defined by a range of natural characteristics and processes, including landforms, vegetation and climatic zones, and human activities, including cultural, economic and political activity.

__<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Culture and Identity __ <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Culture and identities are shaped by a range of factors, and societies promote cohesion and diversity in different ways.


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Group identities are influenced by different factors, including family, communities, nationality, socioeconomic factors and religious beliefs.


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Essential Learnings to be covered, by the end of Year 9, in the Technology Industry element are: **

__<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Ways of Working __ <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Students are able to:


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Investigate and analyse specifications, standards and constraints in the development of design ideas
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Evaluate the sustainability of products and processes against criteria and recomment improvements
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Reflect on and analyse the impacts of products and processes on people, their communities and environments
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Reflect on learning, apply new understandings and justify future applications

__<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Knowledge and Understanding __ <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Technology as a human endeavour
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">People can influence decisions made about the design, development and use of technology to change the impact on people, their communities and environments at local and global levels. (e.g. the design and development of furniture manufactured from sustainable products.)

__<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Information, Materials and Systems (resources) __ <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Resources orginate from different sources, exist in various forms and are manipulated to meet specifications and standards to make products.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Characteristics of resources are compared, contrasted and selected to meet detailed specifications and predetermined standards of production to best suit the user.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> This Essential Learning is to be completed when students partake in the design process of the study desk task on the Learning Federation website ([|www.thelearningfederation.edu.au]) before investigating the resources, namely plywood and plantation timber for their presentation.


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Essential Learnings to be covered, by the end of Year 9, in the Information and Communication Technologies element are: **

__<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Inquiring with ICTs __ <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Students explore, select and use ICTs in the process of inquiry or research across key lear:ning areas. They:
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Plan, conduct and refine advanced searches, and select appropriate sources of digital information in response to research questions
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Evaluate data and information gathered for usefulness, credibility, relevance, accuracy and completeness and authenticity.

__<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Creating with ICTs __ <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Students experiment, with select and use ICTs to create a range of responses to suit the purpose and audience. They use ICTs to develop understanding, demonstrate creativity, thinking, learning, collaboration and communication across key learning areas. They:
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Express and creatively represent ideas, information and thinking in innovative ways
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Develop innovative and creative responses, processes and simple systems
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Creatively and effectively document and present their planning, thinking and learning, using a combination of media
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Reflect on the use of ICTs as creative tools and apply established criteria to evaluate ICT responses.

__<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Communicating with ICTs __ <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Students experiment with, select and use ICTs across key learning areas to collaborate and enhance communication in local and global contexts for an identified purpose and audience. They:
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Collaborate, exchange ideas, distribute information, present critical opinions, problem solve and interpret messages
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Apply suitable presentation and communication conventions and protocols
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Select and apply a variety of ICTs to exchange and interpret messages and meanings

__<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Operating ICTs __ <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Students use a range of advanced ICT functions and applications across key learning areas to inquire, create, collaborate and communicate, and to efficiently manage information and data. They:
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Apply efficient operational sequences for the operation of a variety of ICTs
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Apply formats and conventions when undertaking tasks