Year 13 Practical Design Technology (13PDT)
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mr L. Orpen.
In Year 13 Practical Design Technology, students learn how to design and manufacture products by working with various resistant materials (primarily wood with some metal and plastics), components, tools and equipment. A large focus of this course is the design and technological development of a product using design principles from both traditional and modern manufacturing industry. Students learn about social, environmental and technical acceptance of products while undertaking technological practice. Through on-going research, testing, trialing and evaluation, working with a range of processes in a range of mediums students apply their technological knowledge to achieve a high quality functional technological product. Assessments in this course are based on a collection of portfolio work.
Project Options:
1. Multi Element Solutions
2. Modern Furniture
Students can select a range of standards from the table below equating to a minimum value of 14+ credits.
Pre-requisites
Must have completed Y12 RMT with 14+ Credits and HOD approval.
Students cannot take this course and BCP without permission from the HOD.
This course is for those students with an academic pathway, who have selected other subjects that require achievement standards and university entrance.
Priority is given to those students who have taken PDT/RMT/BCP at level 2.
Priority is given to those students who have achieved more credits and those who have achieved more Excellence and merit results in this course (PDT/RMT) at level 2.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
$180 to cover for materials costs.
Assessment Information
If a student is also enrolled in 13DVC, they cannot choose AS91610 and/or if a student is enrolled in 13DTE, they cannot choose AS91622Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
Total Credits Available: 25 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 25 credits.
External
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Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 25
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.
Disclaimer
Owing to teachers responding to individual students' needs, courses and NCEA standards taught in a subject maybe different to those displayed.