Sample Units
The following Level 6 units model ways Design Awareness can be incorporated into learning activities. Each unit integrates several VELS domains.
Each unit includes
- Overview – an outline of the unit
- Design connections – including links to DAIS resources
- Summary of student tasks
- Potential links to the VELS identified by strand, domain and dimension
- Teaching advice including assessment ideas
- Resources including student worksheets.
The units can
- Be used in their current form
- Be used as models
- Be adapted to cater for the needs or prior learning of a particular group of students
Party safe | Fieldwork | Sights and sounds of the universe | Taste and smell | Gowns and wraps | Tickets to independence | Show All
Party safe
VELS domains: Health and Physical Education, Interpersonal Development, Science, ICT, Design, Creativity and Technology, Thinking Processes
Students investigate a health promotion strategy, and based on their evaluation of the effectiveness of this strategy they plan a birthday party. This involves making decisions about how the party will be conducted, taking into account their social, legal and ethical responsibilities to their guests, family and neighbours.
| Resources | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party safe overview | DOC (109 KB) | PDF (1.1 MB) |
| Alcohol facts PowerPoint | PPT (210 KB) | |
| Student worksheet 1 | DOC (64 KB) | PDF (1.0 MB) |
| Student worksheet 2 | DOC (94 KB) | PDF (1.0 MB) |
Links to Design Awareness in Schools
Design in ICT: Information products: Invitation
Design Principles: Space
Design Elements: Colour, Sound, Texture, Taste and Smell
Fieldwork
VELS domains: Interpersonal Development, The Humanities – Geography, Mathematics, ICT, Thinking Processes.
Students formulate a rational and a hypothesis regarding the relationship between human and physical resources and how they affect land use developments. Students use ICT to create data collection forms regarding their investigation topic, process that data and then report on their findings including a statement about the validity of their hypothesis.
| Resources | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fieldwork overview | DOC (99 KB) | PDF (1.1 MB) |
| Fieldwork resource | DOC (76 KB) | PDF (1.1 MB) |
| Student worksheet | DOC (75 KB) | PDF (1.0 MB) |
Links to Design Awareness in Schools
Design Process
Design in ICT: Information Products: Poster, Slideshows
Design Elements: Space, Balance
Sights and sounds of the universe
VELS domains: Interpersonal Development, Personal Learning, Science, The Arts, Design, Creativity and Technology, ICT, Communication, Thinking Processes.
This unit focuses on developing students’ knowledge of the evolution of the universe. Students work collaboratively to design, construct and install a 3-D model and soundscape that explains sights and sounds involved in the evolution process of a part of the universe. They demonstrate their model and soundscape to an audience of younger students and assist these students to use the model.
| Resources | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sights and sounds of the universe overview | DOC (99KB) | PDF (1.1MB) |
| Sights and sounds of the universe resource | DOC (76KB) | PDF (1.1MB) |
| Student worksheet 1 | DOC (75 KB) | PDF (1MB) |
| Student worksheet 2 | DOC (85KB) | PDF (1MB) |
| Student worksheet 3 | DOC (114KB) | PDF (2MB) |
| Student worksheet 4 | DOC (128KB) | PDF (1.4MB) |
| Student worksheet 5 | DOC (74KB) | PDF (1.1MB) |
| Student worksheet 6 | DOC (68KB) | PDF (1.1MB) |
Links to Design Awareness in Schools
Design Process: Design briefs, Sequence table, Evaluating as you design
Taste and smell
VELS domains: Interpersonal Development, LOTE (Pathway 2), ICT, Design, Creativity and Technology.
This unit focuses on students developing their understanding of some of the key characteristics of Italian cooking – taste and smell. Students identify, learn and use key cuisine terms and undertake a study of rice and the popular risotto dish in Italian Cuisine. After background research, students will choose a risotto recipe to modify and prepare for a class lunch, write an interesting article about the risotto for the magazine of La Cucina Italiana and prepare a talk for SBS Italian radio, and give listeners a recipe for a popular regional risotto dish.
| Resources | ||
|---|---|---|
| Taste and smell overview | DOC (136 KB) | PDF (1.1 MB) |
| Taste and smell resource | PPT (281 KB) | |
| Taste and smell resource transcript | DOC (52 KB) | PDF (1.1 MB) |
| Student worksheet 1 | DOC (86 KB) | PDF (1.0 MB) |
| Student worksheet 2 (Italian) | DOC (63 KB) | PDF (1.0 MB) |
| Student worksheet 2 transcript | DOC (48 KB) | PDF (1.1 MB) |
| Student worksheet 3 (Italian) | DOC (64 KB) | PDF (1.0 MB) |
| Student worksheet 3 transcript | DOC (49 KB) | PDF (1.1 MB) |
| Student worksheet 4 (Italian) | DOC (69 KB) | PDF (1.0 MB) |
| Student worksheet 4 instructions | DOC (53 KB) | PDF (1.1 MB) |
| Student worksheet 5 | DOC (119 KB) | PDF (1.0 MB) |
| Student worksheet 5 instructions | DOC (52 KB) | PDF (1.1 MB) |
| Student worksheet 6 | DOC (72 KB) | PDF (1.1 MB) |
| Student worksheet 7 | DOC (111 KB) | PDF (571 KB) |
| Student worksheet 8 | DOC (125 KB) | PDF (1.4 MB) |
| Student worksheet 9 | DOC (67 KB) | PDF (1.0 MB) |
| Student worksheet 10 | DOC (108 KB) | PDF (1.4 MB) |
| Student evaluation questions | DOC (66 KB) | PDF (1.1 MB) |
Links to Design Awareness in Schools
Design Elements: Taste and Smell
Design Principles: Space
Design Process: Design briefs, Sequence table, Timeline
Gowns and wraps
VELS domains: Personal Learning, ICT, Design, Creativity and Technology
This unit focuses on students working through a design process that involves developing a design brief that requires the design and development of printed fabric and use of the fabric to construct a glamorous gown or wonderful wrap. The students model and evaluate the completed garment.
| Resources | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gowns and wraps overview | DOC (150 KB) | PDF (1.4 MB) |
| Gowns and wraps resource | PPT (2.2 MB) | |
| Student worksheet 1 | DOC (89 KB) | PDF (1.0 MB) |
| Student worksheet 2 | DOC (113 KB) | PDF (2.0 MB) |
| Student worksheet 3 | DOC (69 KB) | PDF (1.0 MB) |
| Student worksheet 4a | DOC (78 KB) | PDF (901 KB) |
| Student worksheet 4b | DOC (145 KB) | PDF (1.1 MB) |
| Student worksheet 5 | DOC (73 KB) | PDF (1.1 MB) |
Links to Design Awareness in Schools
Design Process: Design briefs, Sequence table, Evaluating as you design
Ticket to independence
VELS domains: Personal Learning, English, The Humanities – Economics, Mathematics, ICT, Design, Creativity and Technology
Students investigate whether or not buying a second hand car is a good idea for them. They develop a flowchart and project management plan that will help them make this decision.
| Resources | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ticket to independence overview | DOC (169 KB) | PDF (1.6 MB) |
| Student worksheet 1 | DOC (66 KB) | PDF (1.5 MB) |
| Student worksheet 2 | DOC (77 KB) | PDF (901 KB) |
| Student worksheet 3 | DOC (77 KB) | PDF (1.1 MB) |
| Student worksheet 4 | DOC (62 KB) | PDF (1.5 MB) |
Links to Design Awareness in Schools
Design in ICT: Information products: Charts and Graphs, Tables
