VCE Vault

Year 7 Design & Technologies

Year 7 Design & Technologies on VCE Vault: 12 lessons written for Year 7 (Victorian Curriculum), each with worked examples, practice questions and Aari, an AI tutor. The first 4 lessons are free; the whole subject is a one-off A$7.99.

Lessons

Creating Designed Solutions

  • Introduction to Design Thinking (free) — Describe the design thinking process and apply it to identify and define a design challenge.
  • Technical Drawing and Sketching (free) — Produce freehand sketches and basic technical drawings using correct conventions.
  • Generating and Developing Design Ideas — Use ideation techniques to generate multiple design concepts and develop the most promising.
  • Evaluating and Testing Designed Solutions — Test a designed solution against criteria for success and evaluate its effectiveness.

Materials and Technologies

Food and Fibre / Food Specialisations

  • Food Technology — Nutrition and Safe Food Handling (free) — Apply food safety principles and demonstrate understanding of how preparation techniques affect nutritional value.
  • Food Production — From Farm to Table — Describe the Australian food production system and evaluate sustainability challenges in food and fibre production.

Engineering Principles and Systems

  • Engineering — Forces, Structures and Mechanisms — Describe how forces act on structures and explain how design features manage loads.
  • Mechanisms — Levers, Gears and Linkages — Explain how simple mechanisms transfer and modify motion and forces.
  • Electronics and Systems Thinking — Explain basic electronic components and apply systems thinking to analyse technological solutions.

Technologies and Society

  • Sustainability in Design — Evaluate designed solutions for their social, economic and environmental sustainability.
  • Technology and Society — Impacts and Ethics — Evaluate the social, ethical and environmental impacts of technologies on individuals and communities.