What do students learn in Year 4 Technologies?

The Australian Curriculum v9 has 21 Technologies content descriptions for Year 4 (some are written for a band of years: Years 3 and 4). They are listed on this page with their codes.

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Year 4 Technologies in the Australian Curriculum

21 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

AC9TDE4K01
examine design and technologies occupations and factors including sustainability that impact on the design of products, services and environments to meet community needs
Written for Years 3 and 4
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Technologies context: Engineering principles and systems; Materials and technologies specialisations

AC9TDE4K02
describe how forces and the properties of materials affect function in a product or system
Written for Years 3 and 4
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Technologies context: Food and fibre production; Food specialisations

AC9TDE4K03
describe the ways of producing food and fibre
Written for Years 3 and 4
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AC9TDE4K04
describe the ways food can be selected and prepared for healthy eating
Written for Years 3 and 4
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Processes and production skills

Investigating and defining

AC9TDE4P01
explore needs or opportunities for designing, and test materials, components, tools, equipment and processes needed to create designed solutions
Written for Years 3 and 4
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Generating and designing

AC9TDE4P02
generate and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate attributions, technical terms and graphical representation techniques, including using digital tools
Written for Years 3 and 4
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Producing and implementing

AC9TDE4P03
select and use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to safely make designed solutions
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Evaluating

AC9TDE4P04
use given or co-developed design criteria including sustainability to evaluate design ideas and solutions
Written for Years 3 and 4
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Collaborating and managing

AC9TDE4P05
sequence steps to individually and collaboratively make designed solutions
Written for Years 3 and 4
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Digital Technologies

Knowledge and understanding

Digital systems

AC9TDI4K01
explore and describe a range of digital systems and their peripherals for a variety of purposes
Written for Years 3 and 4
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AC9TDI4K02
explore transmitting different types of data between digital systems
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Data representation

AC9TDI4K03
recognise different types of data and explore how the same data can be represented differently depending on the purpose
Written for Years 3 and 4
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Processes and production skills

Investigating and defining

AC9TDI4P01
define problems with given design criteria and by co-creating user stories
Written for Years 3 and 4
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Generating and designing

AC9TDI4P02
follow and describe algorithms involving sequencing, comparison operators (branching) and iteration
Written for Years 3 and 4
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AC9TDI4P03
generate, communicate and compare designs
Written for Years 3 and 4
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Producing and implementing

AC9TDI4P04
implement simple algorithms as visual programs involving control structures and input
Written for Years 3 and 4
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Evaluating

AC9TDI4P05
discuss how existing and student solutions satisfy the design criteria and user stories
Written for Years 3 and 4
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Collaborating and managing

AC9TDI4P06
use the core features of common digital tools to create, locate and communicate content, following agreed conventions
Written for Years 3 and 4
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AC9TDI4P07
use the core features of common digital tools to share content, plan tasks, and collaborate, following agreed behaviours, supported by trusted adults
Written for Years 3 and 4
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Privacy and security

AC9TDI4P08
access their school account using a memorised password and explain why it should be easy to remember, but hard for others to guess
Written for Years 3 and 4
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AC9TDI4P09
identify what personal data is stored and shared in their online accounts and discuss any associated risks
Written for Years 3 and 4
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Elaborations and achievement standards on the Australian Curriculum website

Other Year 4 learning areas

Questions teachers ask

What do students learn in Year 4 Technologies?: The Australian Curriculum v9 has 21 Technologies content descriptions for Year 4 (some are written for a band of years: Years 3 and 4). They are listed on this page with their codes.
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