Year 12 Practical Design Technology (12PDT)
12PDT Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Mr L. Orpen.
Pre-requisitesMust have completed Y11 RMT with 14+ Credits or NCEA level 1 English at Merit or Excellence level due to the academic nature of the subject and HOD approval.
Students cannot take this course and BCP without HOD approval.
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 at level 1 or 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 1.
Students entering this course should have level 1 Product Design Technology and English at Merit or Excellence level.
A large focus of 12 PDT is the design and technological development of a product using design principles from both traditional and modern manufacturing industry. This course is designed predominantly around wood/timber, however plastics and metals can also be used as part of student’s designing and making.
We are going to be designing and building two projects across the year - the first is the implementation of advanced procedures to make a specified product with special feature. Students will also create a portfolio that demonstrates the students understanding of the nature of technological outcomes in the first half of the year.
The second allows students to make specified products to address identified needs by bringing their passion for design and construction, fusing it with technological practice, writing their own brief, designing creative conceptual designs, gaining stakeholder feedback, on-going research, testing, trialling and evaluation and working with a range of processes to develop their design to a final design outcome - which they then create!
Assessments in this course are based on a collection of portfolio work therefore, it is the expectation that students complete work both in lessons and at home to complete their standards..
Course costs are $180. This will cover the cost of most materials and consumables. Some specialised items may need to be brought in. Please be aware, these are course costs, not donations, as the students directly benefit from the materials and take home the final products they create. All projects will be taken home with students.
Standards are set out in the table below:
Y12 PDT is a compulsory course to enter Y13 PDT and at L3 is a University approved subject.
Learning Areas:
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
Course costs are $180. This will cover the cost of most materials and consumables. Some specialised items may need to be brought in. All projects will be taken home with students.