Design Technology
Patterson River Secondary College
Semester 1 Review
It has been a fun and rewarding Semester in the STEM Centre for the students partaking in the Design Technology subjects of all levels. The Year 7’s have completed a traditional project at the college – a Wooden Box. They have now moved onto 3D Printing. Year 8 students have produced fantastic Laser Cut Acrylic Signs and are now designing and manufacturing an Articulated Pendant. Those students who have chosen the Year 8 Electives have produced excellent Chopping Boards and 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. Year 10 Wood designers and makers have constructed 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 phone dock with the laser cutter and a 3D printed product. The Year 8 Textiles class hand sewed a soft toy and wove a basket. The Year 9 Textiles class explored embroidery and used a sewing machine to sew a tote bag.
In the Senior year levels, Year 11 VCE Product Design and Technology students have produced a variety of pieces from modular furniture to disability seating, 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, prototyping and are 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, Mouse Trap racers and Electro Technological products at Year 12.