1. Curriculum Structure
1.1. Technology
1.1.1. Design and Technology
1.1.1.1. Knowledge and Understanding
1.1.1.1.1. The use, development and impact of technology on people's lives
1.1.1.1.2. Technology and design across a range of contexts
1.1.1.2. Process and production skills
1.1.1.2.1. Investigating and defining
1.1.1.2.2. Designing and generating
1.1.1.2.3. Producing and implementing
1.1.1.2.4. Evaluating
1.1.1.2.5. Collaborating and managing
1.1.1.3. Content Covered
1.1.1.3.1. Engineering principles and systems
1.1.1.3.2. Food Technologies
1.1.1.3.3. Materials and Technologies specialisation
1.1.1.3.4. Food and Fibre Production
1.1.2. Two Subjects
1.1.3. Two Strands
1.1.4. Digital Technology
1.1.4.1. Knowledge and Understanding
1.1.4.1.1. The digital systems - hardware, software, networks - and their use
1.1.4.1.2. Representation of data
1.1.4.2. Process and production skills
1.1.4.2.1. Investigating and defining
1.1.4.2.2. Designing and generating
1.1.4.2.3. Producing and implementing
1.1.4.2.4. Evaluating
1.1.4.2.5. Collaborating and managing
1.1.4.3. Content Covered
1.1.4.3.1. What are the digital technologies
1.1.4.3.2. Skills
2. Links to other Learning Areas
2.1. General capabilities
2.1.1. Literacy
2.1.2. Numeracy
2.1.3. ICT- information and communication technologies
2.1.4. Critical and Creative Thinking
2.1.5. Personal and Social capability
2.1.6. Ethical Understanding
2.1.7. Intercultural Understanding
2.2. Cross-Curriculum Priorities
2.2.1. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and culture
2.2.2. Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia
2.2.3. Sustainability
2.3. Cross-Curricular Area
2.3.1. Mathematics
2.3.2. Science
2.3.3. HASS
2.3.4. The ARTS
2.3.5. English
3. Key ideas of the Australian Technology Curriculum
3.1. 1.Creating preferred futures
3.2. 2. Project management
3.3. 3. Thinking in Technologies
3.3.1. Systems thinking
3.3.2. Design thinking
3.3.3. Computational thinking
3.4. 4. Information and communication technology
3.5. 5. Safety
3.6. 6. Animal ethics
4. Differences between Aus curriculum and W.A Syllabus
4.1. Organisation
4.1.1. ACARA - year level bands
4.1.1.1. Foundation - Year 2
4.1.1.2. Year 3-4
4.1.1.3. Year 5-6
4.1.2. SCSA - Individual year levels