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Design and Technologies

Year 3 and 4 Content Descriptor
Design and Technologies Processes and Production Skills

Plan a sequence of production steps when making designed solutions individually and collaboratively (ACTDEP018)

  • determining planning processes as a class, for example recording a procedure or creating time plans

  • sequencing steps to collaboratively produce a designed solution

Design and Technologies Knowledge and Understanding

Recognise the role of people in design and technologies occupations and explore factors, including sustainability that impact on the design of products, services and environments to meet community needs (ACTDEK010)

  • considering the impact of environments on users, for example a school vegetable garden, a protected outdoor play area

This learning sequence encourages students to discover how dairy farmers can use waste products produced on their dairy farms and reduce the impact on the environment.

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Students learn about how dairy cows make milk and

produce waste; and how dairy farmers reuse and recycle the waste produced by their cows.

Unit Plan: Dairy Discovery
Marking Rubric

Teacher Resources

Composting: The Food Waste Solution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJvyPswYfoE

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Video: ‘The Poo Goes Round and Round’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSLJ4cqFQEY

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Australian dairy farmer reuses and recycles cow manure:

https://milkmaidmarian.com/2011/09/30/new-technology-sparks-a-revolution-on-farm/

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Video: Scientist suggests what farmers can do with cow waste at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0kbX2XIWF4

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Read ‘A Farming Family’ by Lucy Hickson: http://library.envirostories.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2014021FarmingFamily.pdf

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Read how Australian dairy farmers take action to manage environmental issues on dairy farms at http://dairy.edu.au/discoverdairy/learning-resources/background-information/s22-caring-for-the-environment

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How to create an Infographic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzI9RzvnwZA

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Useful Links

The Dairy Discovery unit assessment task requires students to design a system to reuse and recycle cow waste and help dairy farmers reduce their impacts on the environment. This waste needs to be handled carefully so that it doesn’t pollute rivers, streams and underground water supplies, or adversely affect animals, plants and humans too!

Assessment Task Workbook

References

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. (2016). Design and Technologies (v. 8.1). Retrieved May 16, 2016 from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/technologies/design-and-technologies/curriculum/f-10?layout=1

 

Dairy Discovery: Making Waste Work. (2016). Retrieved 12 May 2016 from http://www.dairy.edu.au/discoverdairy/learning-resources/lesson-plans/making-waste-work

Geography

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Geographical inquiry & skills: Knowledge and understanding

  • The sustainable management of waste from production and consumption ACHGK025

  • The importance of environments to animals and people, and different views on how they can be protected ACHGK022

  • The natural resources provided by the environment, and different views on how they could be used sustainably ACHGK024

 

Cross curriculum priorities

 

  • Sustainability

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General capabilities

  • Literacy

  • ICT’s capabilities

  • Critical and creative thinking

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