What do students learn in Year 2 Technologies?

The Australian Curriculum v9 has 17 Technologies content descriptions for Year 2 (some are written for a band of years: Years 1 and 2). They are listed on this page with their codes.

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Year 2 Technologies in the Australian Curriculum

17 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

AC9TDE2K01
identify how familiar products, services and environments are designed and produced by people to meet personal or local community needs and sustainability
Written for Years 1 and 2
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Technologies context: Engineering principles and systems; Materials and technologies specialisations

AC9TDE2K02
explore how technologies including materials affect movement in products
Written for Years 1 and 2
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Technologies context: Food and fibre production; Food specialisations

AC9TDE2K03
explore how plants and animals are grown for food, clothing and shelter
Written for Years 1 and 2
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AC9TDE2K04
explore how food can be selected and prepared for healthy eating
Written for Years 1 and 2
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Processes and production skills

Generating and designing

AC9TDE2P01
generate and communicate design ideas through describing, drawing or modelling, including using digital tools
Written for Years 1 and 2
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Producing and implementing

AC9TDE2P02
use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to safely make designed solutions
Written for Years 1 and 2
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Evaluating

AC9TDE2P03
evaluate the success of design ideas and solutions based on personal preferences and including sustainability
Written for Years 1 and 2
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Collaborating and managing

AC9TDE2P04
sequence steps for making designed solutions cooperatively
Written for Years 1 and 2
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Digital Technologies

Knowledge and understanding

Digital systems

AC9TDI2K01
identify and explore digital systems and their components for a purpose
Written for Years 1 and 2
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Data representation

AC9TDI2K02
represent data as pictures, symbols, numbers and words
Written for Years 1 and 2
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Processes and production skills

Investigating and defining

AC9TDI2P01
investigate simple problems for known users that can be solved with digital systems
Written for Years 1 and 2
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Generating and designing

AC9TDI2P02
follow and describe algorithms involving a sequence of steps, branching (decisions) and iteration (repetition)
Written for Years 1 and 2
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Evaluating

AC9TDI2P03
discuss how existing digital systems satisfy identified needs for known users
Written for Years 1 and 2
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Collaborating and managing

AC9TDI2P04
use the basic features of common digital tools to create, locate and communicate content
Written for Years 1 and 2
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AC9TDI2P05
use the basic features of common digital tools to share content and collaborate demonstrating agreed behaviours, guided by trusted adults
Written for Years 1 and 2
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Privacy and security

AC9TDI2P06
access their school account with a recorded username and password
Written for Years 1 and 2
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AC9TDI2P07
discuss that some websites and apps store their personal data online
Written for Years 1 and 2
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Elaborations and achievement standards on the Australian Curriculum website

Other Year 2 learning areas

Questions teachers ask

What do students learn in Year 2 Technologies?: The Australian Curriculum v9 has 17 Technologies content descriptions for Year 2 (some are written for a band of years: Years 1 and 2). They are listed on this page with their codes.
How do I plan a Year 2 Technologies lesson for a content description?: Choose "Plan this" next to the content description. Heapso opens a lesson plan set to Year 2 Technologies with that code linked, so the plan is built around it. You can change anything before Pip writes.

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