3D Printing in the Australian Curriculum
While 3D printing can be applied cross the curriculum there are two main areas of focus:
- The Technologies Curriculum
- The ICT General Capabilities
The ICT General Capabilities
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Students develop capability in using ICT for tasks associated with information access and management, information creation and presentation, problem-solving, decision-making, communication, creative expression and empirical reasoning. This includes conducting research, creating multimedia information products, analysing data, designing solutions to problems, controlling processes and devices, and supporting computation while working independently and in collaboration with others.
Students develop knowledge, skills and dispositions around ICT and its use, and the ability to transfer these across environments and applications. They learn to use ICT with confidence, care and consideration, understanding its possibilities, limitations and impact on individuals, groups and communities. |
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LEVEL 3
Typically by the end of Year 4, students: |
LEVEL 4
Typically by the end of Year 6, students: |
LEVEL 5
Typically by the end of Year 8, students: |
Applying social and ethical protocols and practices when using ICT
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Recognise intellectual property
acknowledge when they use digital products created by someone else, and start to indicate the source Identify the impacts of ICT in society identify the value and role of ICT use at home and school |
Recognise intellectual property
identify the legal obligations regarding the ownership and use of digital products and apply some referencing conventions Identify the impacts of ICT in society explain the main uses of ICT at school, home and in the local community, and recognise its potential positive and negative impacts on their lives |
Recognise intellectual property
apply practices that comply with legal obligations regarding the ownership and use of digital products resources Identify the impacts of ICT in society explain the benefits and risks of the use of ICT for particular people in work and home environments |
Investigating with ICT
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Define and plan information searches
use ICT to plan an information search or generation of information, recognising some pattern within the information, Locate, generate and access data and information locate, retrieve or generate information from a range of digital sources Select and evaluate data and information explain why located data or information was selected |
Define and plan information searches
use a range of ICT to identify and represent patterns in sets of information and to pose questions to guide searching for, or generating, further information Locate, generate and access data and information locate, retrieve or generate information using search engines and simple search functions and classify information in meaningful ways Select and evaluate data and information assess the suitability of data or information using a range of appropriate given criteria |
Define and plan information searches
use a range of ICT to analyse information in terms of implicit patterns and structures as a basis to plan an information search or generation Locate, generate and access data and information locate, retrieve or generate information using search facilities and organise information in meaningful ways Select and evaluate data and information assess the suitability of data or information using appropriate own criteria |
Creating with ICT
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Generate ideas, plans and processes
use ICT to generate ideas and plan solutions Generate solutions to challenges and learning area tasks create and modify simple digital solutions, creative outputs or data representation/transformation for particular purposes |
Generate ideas, plans and processes
use ICT effectively to record ideas, represent thinking and plan solutions Generate solutions to challenges and learning area tasks independently or collaboratively create and modify digital solutions, creative outputs or data representation/transformation for particular audiences and purposes |
Generate ideas, plans and processes
use appropriate ICT to collaboratively generate ideas and develop plans Generate solutions to challenges and learning area tasks design and modify simple digital solutions, or multimodal creative outputs or data transformations for particular audiences and purposes following recognised conventions |
Managing and operating ICT
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Select and use hardware and software
identify and independently operate a range of devices, software, functions and commands, taking into consideration ergonomics when operating appropriate ICT systems, and seek solutions when encountering a problem Understand ICT systems identify and compare the use of the main components of different ICT systems Manage digital data manage and maintain digital data using common methods |
Select and use hardware and software
select from, and safely operate, a range of devices to undertake specific tasks and use basic troubleshooting procedures to solve routine malfunctions Understand ICT systems identify, compare and classify basic ICT system components Manage digital data manage and maintain data on different storage mediums – locally and on networks |
Select and use hardware and software
independently select and operate a range of devices by adjusting relevant software functions to suit specific tasks, and independently use common troubleshooting procedures to solve routine malfunctions Understand ICT systems identify and compare networked ICT system components including between hardware, software and data Manage digital data manage and maintain data for groups of users using a variety of methods and systems |
Technologies Curriculum
Aims
Australian Curriculum: Technologies aims to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills to ensure that, individually and collaboratively, students:
Australian Curriculum: Technologies aims to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills to ensure that, individually and collaboratively, students:
- investigate, design, plan, manage, create and evaluate solutions
- are creative, innovative and enterprising when using traditional, contemporary and emerging technologies, and understand how technologies have developed over time
- make informed and ethical decisions about the role, impact and use of technologies in the economy, environment and society for a sustainable future
- engage confidently with and responsibly select and manipulate appropriate technologies − materials, data, systems, components, tools and equipment − when designing and creating solutions
- critique, analyse and evaluate problems, needs or opportunities to identify and create solutions.
Design and Technology
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Year 3 / 4
Knowledge and Understanding Recognise the role of people in design and technologies occupations and explore factors, including sustainability that impact on the design of products, services and environments to meet community needs (ACTDEK010) Investigate how forces and the properties of materials affect the behaviour of a product or system (ACTDEK011) Investigate the suitability of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment for a range of purposes (ACTDEK013) Processes and production Skills
Critique needs or opportunities for designing and explore and test a variety of materials, components, tools and equipment and the techniques needed to produce designed solutions (ACTDEP014) Generate, develop, and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate technical terms and graphical representation techniques (ACTDEP015) Select and use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques and use safe work practices to make designed solutions (ACTDEP016) Evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions based on criteria for success developed with guidance and including care for the environment (ACTDEP017) Plan a sequence of production steps when making designed solutions individually and collaboratively (ACTDEP018) |
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Digital Technologies
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Year 3/4
Knowledge and Understanding Identify and explore a range of digital systems with peripheral devices for different purposes, and transmit different types of data (ACTDIK007) Recognise different types of data and explore how the same data can be represented in different ways (ACTDIK008) Processes and production Skills
Collect, access and present different types of data using simple software to create information and solve problems (ACTDIP009) Define simple problems, and describe and follow a sequence of steps and decisions (algorithms) needed to solve them (ACTDIP010) Explain how student solutions and existing information systems meet common personal, school or community needs (ACTDIP012) Plan, create and communicate ideas and information independently and with others, applying agreed ethical and social protocols (ACTDIP013) |
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