VCE Vault

Year 8 Design & Technologies

Year 8 Design & Technologies on VCE Vault: 12 lessons written for Year 8 (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$8.99.

Lessons

Creating Designed Solutions

  • Advanced Design Thinking — User-Centred Design (free) — Apply user-centred design methods including personas, user journeys and prototyping to a design challenge.
  • Advanced Technical Drawing — 3D Modelling Concepts (free) — Create detailed two-point perspective and isometric drawings and understand CAD concepts.
  • Product Analysis — Dissection and Reverse Engineering — Apply reverse engineering analysis to evaluate how existing products are designed and manufactured.
  • Project Work — From Brief to Product — Complete a full design project cycle from design brief through production to evaluation.

Materials and Technologies

  • Sustainable Materials — Advanced Selection (free) — Apply life cycle thinking and material properties analysis to sustainable material selection.
  • Textiles and Material Fabrication — Classify textile fibres and fabrics and explain manufacturing processes for textile production.

Food and Fibre / Food Specialisations

  • Food Science — Chemical Reactions in Cooking (free) — Explain chemical reactions in cooking and how they affect food properties and nutrition.
  • Food Production Systems — Sustainability and Innovation — Evaluate innovative food production systems for sustainability and viability.

Engineering Principles and Systems

  • Structural Engineering — Bridges and Load Testing — Analyse and apply structural engineering principles to design, build and test bridge structures.
  • Electronics — Sensing and Control Systems — Design and build simple sensor-controlled systems using microcontrollers.

Technologies and Society

  • Technology and Innovation in Society — Analyse how technology innovations have evolved and evaluate their social, economic and environmental impacts.
  • Future Technologies — Emerging Trends — Evaluate emerging technologies and their potential future impacts on society, economy and environment.