MAKER Makey: machines
curriculum links
Year 2
Australian Curriculum
Design and Technologies
AC9TDE2K02
Explore how technologies including materials affect movement in products.
AC9TDE2P01
Generate and communicate design ideas through describing, drawing or modelling, including using digital tools.
AC9TDE2P02
Use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to safely make designed solutions.
AC9TDE2P04
Sequence steps for making designed solutions cooperatively.
Digital Technologies
AC9TDI2P04
Use the basic features of common digital tools to create, locate and communicate content.
Science
AC9S2U03
Recognise that materials can be changed physically without changing their material composition and explore the effect of different actions on materials including bending, twisting, stretching and breaking into smaller pieces.
AC9S2H01
Describe how people use science in their daily lives, including using patterns to make scientific predictions.
Victorian Curriculum
Design and Technologies
VCDSTC014
Explore how technologies use forces to create movement in designed solutions.
Digital Technologies
VCDTDS013
Identify and explore digital systems (hardware and software components) for a purpose.
Science
VCSSU045
Everyday materials can be physically changed or combined with other materials in a variety of ways for particular purposes.
VCSSU048
The way objects move depends on a variety of factors including their size and shape: a push or a pull affects how an object moves or changes shape.
Year 3
Australian Curriculum
Design and Technologies
AC9TDE4K02
Describe how forces and the properties of materials affect function in a product or system.
AC9TDE4P01
Explore needs or opportunities for designing, and test materials, components, tools, equipment and processes needed to create designed solutions.
AC9TDE4P03
Select and use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to safely make designed solutions.
Victorian Curriculum
Design and Technologies
VCDSTC024
Investigate how forces and the properties of materials affect the behaviour of a designed solution.
VCDSCD018
Explore needs or opportunities for designing, and the technologies needed to realise designed solutions.
VCDSCD020
Use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to produce designed solutions safely.
Science
VCSSU064
Forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance.
VCSSU067
Safely use appropriate materials, tools, equipment and technologies.
Mathematics
VCMMG140
Measure, order and compare objects using familiar metric units of length, area, mass and capacity.
Year 4
Australian Curriculum
Design and Technologies
AC9TDE4K02
Describe how forces and the properties of materials affect function in a product or system.
AC9TDE4P01
Explore needs or opportunities for designing, and test materials, components, tools, equipment and processes needed to create designed solutions.
AC9TDE4P03
Select and use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to safely make designed solutions.
Digital Technologies
AC9TDI4K01
Explore and describe a range of digital systems and their peripherals for a variety of purposes.
Victorian Curriculum
Design and Technologies
VCDSTC024
Investigate how forces and the properties of materials affect the behaviour of a designed solution.
VCDSCD018
Explore needs or opportunities for designing, and the technologies needed to realise designed solutions.
VCDSCD020
Use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to produce designed solutions safely.
Digital Technologies
VCDTDS019
Explore a range of digital systems with peripheral devices for different purposes, and transmit different types of data.
Science
VCSSU064
Forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance.
VCSSU067
Safely use appropriate materials, tools, equipment and technologies.
Mathematics
VCMMG165
Use scaled instruments to measure and compare lengths, masses, capacities and temperatures.
Year 5
Australian Curriculum
Design and Technologies
AC9TDE6K02
Explain how electrical energy can be transformed into movement, sound or light in a product or system.
Digital Technologies
AC9TDI6K04
Explore how data can be represented by off and on states (zeroes and ones in binary).
Victorian Curriculum
Design and Technologies
VCDSTC034
Investigate how forces or electrical energy can control movement, sound or light in a designed product or system.
Digital Technologies
VCDTDS027
Examine how whole numbers are used as the basis for representing all types of data in digital systems.
Science
VCSSU081
Energy from a variety of sources can be used to generate electricity; electric circuits enable this energy to be transferred to another place and then to be transformed into another form of energy.
Year 6
Australian Curriculum
Design and Technologies
AC9TDE6K02
Explain how electrical energy can be transformed into movement, sound or light in a product or system.
Digital Technologies
AC9TDI6K04
Explore how data can be represented by off and on states (zeroes and ones in binary).
Science
AC9S6U03
Investigate the transfer and transformation of energy in electrical circuits, including the role of circuit components, insulators and conductors.
Victorian Curriculum
Design and Technologies
VCDSTC034
Investigate how forces or electrical energy can control movement, sound or light in a designed product or system.
Digital Technologies
VCDTDS027
Examine how whole numbers are used as the basis for representing all types of data in digital systems.
Science
VCSSU081
Energy from a variety of sources can be used to generate electricity; electric circuits enable this energy to be transferred to another place and then to be transformed into another form of energy.