Subject: Design and Technologies
Year: Range of year levels
Strand: Design and Technologies Processes and Production Skills
Link to Resource: http://www.designability.com.au/
Cross curriculum priorities and general capabilities:
Literacy (LIT), Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capability, Critical and Creative thinking (CCT), Sustainability
Background Information:
Designability was created by a group of teachers with a wealth of experience in Design and Technology subjects. Designability is an online website that provides teachers with classroom ready resources for teaching design and technology subjects, as well as teaching materials, project materials, equipment and professional development resources. Units of work, that are easily adapted for individual needs, are available for purchase on their website.
Navigation of website:
The design of the Designability website makes navigating to each section easily accessible.
This looks like a really great site that will give teachers a range of different ideas of how to teach year levels Technology. It also holds a great range of Curriculum aims for Design and Technology, Thanks!
wow! This site looks amazing. There is lots of different projects to choose from. Love it!
This looks like a fantastic website. I thought about using this on my ATP prac in semester 1. Good job 🙂
This looks like a great hands on resource for teachers. I especially liked that it was easy to navigate which is essential for busy teachers!
I love the detail the website includes on each experiment/project. This will make it very easy for teachers and preservice teachers to use in the classroom. The projects listed also present students with many opportunity for them to develop hands on skills. Great Find !
I love how hands on this resource is for teachers. I wish I knew about this when I was on ATP. There’s so many different projects, and it is really easy to use!
This is an nice resource. It would be interesting to hear from anyone that has used any ideas listed and how it went in the classroom.
This is a great resource! I especially love how it can be adapted to suit individual needs! I can’t wait to use it!
This website is amazing. It has a collection of engaging and exciting design ideas for students ranging in age and experience.
In an upper primary classroom this design website could easily be linked to science inquiry, where students work in pairs or small groups. The groups could select a design and aim to improve the design.
For example, if the students select the race and chase car, several experiments could be conducted to decide what type of wheels would make the car faster.
This links directly to the year four Science – Science Understanding curriculum:
Content description:
Forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance (ACSSU076).
Elaborations:
Observing qualitatively how speed is affected by the size of a force.
Comparing and contrasting the effect of friction on different surfaces, such as tyres and shoes on a range of surfaces.
This is a fantastic website. I love the wide range of projects that include a variety of technologies that allows students to be creative and hands on. I look forward to using some of these ideas in my classroom.
This resource looks like a great and easy resource to use in the classroom. It has a wide range of ideas and lots of different hands on ideas for varying age groups. It would be great to see these used in classrooms and look forward to using them in my own classroom.
A resource for resources! This website is fantastic, thank you so much for sharing.
I found this website excellent, It is easy to navigate and understand and would be very handy for teaching a wide range of students. The lessons all seem to be very engaging and interesting this would be a great resource for teaching D&T – Jordan Ferguson