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Foundation Technologies in the Australian Curriculum

5 content descriptions from Version 9.0. Choose "Plan this" to open a lesson plan set up for that content description.

Design and Technologies

Knowledge and understanding

Technologies and society

  • AC9TDEFK01

    explore how familiar products, services and environments are designed by people

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Processes and production skills

Designing and making

  • AC9TDEFP01

    generate, communicate and evaluate design ideas, and use materials, equipment and steps to safely make a solution for a purpose

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Digital Technologies

Knowledge and understanding

Digital systems

  • AC9TDIFK01

    recognise and explore digital systems (hardware and software) for a purpose

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Data representation

  • AC9TDIFK02

    represent data as objects, pictures and symbols

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Processes and production skills

Privacy and security

  • AC9TDIFP01

    identify some data that is personal and owned by them

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Other Foundation learning areas

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What do students learn in Foundation Technologies?
The Australian Curriculum v9 has 5 Technologies content descriptions for Foundation. They are listed on this page with their codes.
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