Year 11 Practical Design Technology (11PDT)
11PDT Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Mr L. Orpen.
Pre-requisitesPrevious experience in a resistant materials technology course would be an advantage.
This course is for those students with an academic pathway, who have selected other subjects that require achievement standards and university entrance.
Students cannot take this course and BCP
In Year 11 Practical Design Technology, students learn how to design and manufacture products by working with various resistant materials (wood, metal, 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.Y11 PDT Course is the recommended entry into Y12 PDT and at L3 is a University approved subject.
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Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
$100 to cover for materials costs. MOTAT visit: $10