Design Technology
Patterson River Secondary College
Semester 1
It has been an exciting Semester in the STEM Centre for the students undertaking a Design Technology subject.
The Year 7’s are currently completing the traditional project at the College – a Wooden Box. They will put final touches to their project, evaluate it then move onto 3D Printing. Year 8 students are working collaboratively in groups to design and produce a Sustainable Beach House model.
Those students who have chosen the Year 8 Electives have produced excellent chopping boards and moved onto creating peg racks in Make It With Timber and a variety of jewellery pieces in the Metal elective.
Year 9 students have produced amazing LED lamps in Resistant Materials and Retro Metal students applied new welding skills to their welded sculptures. In Year 10 Wood, designers and makers are constructing superb cabinets incorporating a variety of design movements from the past. The Metal students have designed and manufactured furniture pieces of their own design and choice. The Year 9 Digital Design students made a 3D printed pot plant holder.
The Year 9 Textiles class are exploring embroidery and used a sewing machine to sew a tote bag while Year 10 Textiles students have made Pyjama Pants and are now starting a child’s product of their choice.
In the Senior year levels, Year 11 VCE Product Design and Technology students have produced a variety of pieces from modular furniture to seating with storage, working in collaborative teams and in conjunction with their end users. VM VCE students have manufactured dartboard cabinets, also in collaborative teams. Year 12 students have been designing and prototyping and are now starting to produce products that incorporate ethical considerations. These talented students are using a variety of materials and processes from the traditional timber, metal and textiles to modern applications of 3D printing and laser cutting acrylics.
The Design and Technologies Domain also offer Years 9 – 12 Systems Engineering where students are developing and producing increasingly complex products from basic circuitry projects to more intense robotics. All students in this field are currently working on individual electronic projects.
