ECU204+Design+and+Technology

=ECU204: Design and Technology=

Resources:
NTCF document: Activities and Lesson Plans at tesaustralia : @http://www.tesaustralia.com/technologies-primary-teaching-resources/

For Assignment 1: Sites with inspirational ideas to help you research your project design: science toys, interactive books, other objects, two approaches to the design process (on wikipedia) @http://scitoys.com []

@http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design @http://www.abramslearningtrends.com/c/whatshot.web?nocache@1+s@ueAGL7l6nXaNA http://spoonful.com/crafts/educational-and-entertaining-crafts

__**Activities and Useful Info**__ __**Activity:**__ Imagine that you have just been alerted to a dangerous situation occurring within the building that you are in. Draw up an emergency evacuation procedure for the occupants of the building. Trial the procedure in a variety of emergencies, for example, a fire in the next room, a gas leak in the kitchen, a hostage situation, and a storm which has made the building unsafe.
 * week 1 || [[file:ECU204 Session 1.docx]] ||
 * week 2 || [[file:ECU204 Session 2.docx]] [[file:ECU204 Session 2 part2.docx]] [[file:ETL216 kites reading.pdf]] ||
 * week 5 || [[file:ETL216 keep it simple tech tasks reading.pdf]] [[file:ETL216 keep it simple tech tasks reading.pdf]] ||

Was your procedure effective in each case? Who would need to know the plan? How would you ensure that everyone was safe? How would the information about the procedure best be conveyed to those who need to know?

__** The Science-Technology Relationship: what do you notice? **__

or 3rd Edition pages 19 - 26 and Ch 3
 * Set Text: Fleer & Jane, Technology for children 2nd Ed, Chapters 6 to 12, and Chapters 13 to 16. ||
 * Science involves || Technology involves ||
 * Identifying questions || Identifying needs ||
 * Explaining and predicting || Producing functional products ||
 * Discovering || Inventing ||
 * Theorising about causes || Theorising about processes ||
 * Analysing || Designing ||
 * Making distinctions between concepts and isolating phenomena by controlling variables in experiments || Bringing many different factors to bear on complex design problems ||
 * Searching for causes || Searching for solutions ||
 * Researching for the sake of research || Researching for practical purposes ||
 * Seeking accuracy || Seeking only as much accuracy as is necessary for success ||
 * Reaching correct solutions based on accurate data || Making good decisions based on available data and resources ||