Technological and Applied Studies
Find advice on learning from home in Technological and applied studies. Students should ensure they are communicating regularly with their school and classroom teacher via your preferred digital platform for up to date advice on their course.
Key advice for students learning at home
- Both year 11 and 12 students should review class content already covered and continue working on any research-based assessment tasks or readings as instructed by the classroom teacher.
- Students can also access NESA syllabuses and past papers to practice questions for focus areas already completed. Link to past papers.
- Monitor communications with your teacher to ensure all tasks and advice are received.
- Maintain contact with peers through online communication to discuss work, concepts and social interaction.
- Try NESA's online multiple-choice quizzes
Other advice
Check the syllabus on NESA's website and be aware of topics/content that is no longer part of the course, if you are completing past exam questions.
See NESA news for updates and contacts regarding assessment.
Key advice for students learning at home
- Year 12 students continue to work on major design projects and/or case study of an innovation.
- Access NESA syllabuses and past papers to practise questions for topics already completed.
- If applicable to major design projects, continue on project development, research and project management.
- Monitor communications with your teacher to ensure all tasks and advice are received.
- Maintain contact with peers through online communication to discuss work, concepts and social interaction.
- Adjust timelines for projects and documents in your folio.
- Explore ways to change processes to ensure projects are submitted on time.
- Try NESA's online multiple-choice quizzes
Other advice
Keep abreast of NESA's website for any changes to the Design and Technology syllabus practical assessment practices for the HSC (unknown at this stage).
See NESA news for updates and contacts regarding assessment.
Key advice for students learning at home
- Year 11 Students should be close to completing the Engineering fundamentals module and/or beginning Engineered Products.
- As a large portion of the course is related to materials science, students should access UNSW introduction to materials science and engineering, and complete relevant sections to solidify and extend their knowledge of materials. There are interactive activities and quizzes for self-assessment throughout
- This link will also be useful for year 12 students that need to revise materials.
- Year 12 students will likely have just completed the Civil Structures module and be completing the Personal and Public Transport Module.
- Truss analysis is one of the lesser understood mechanics in Engineering Studies, and students can revise and practise the method of joints and method of sections on mathalino and selecting the analysis of structures (students can also practice shear-force and bending moment diagrams using the same link.)
- Alternatively, students could practice mechanics such as friction from the Personal and Public Transport unit by using the same link and selecting friction.
- If students need to revise any other module, they can:
- view past webinars for each module on the Engineers Australia website
- access NESA syllabuses and past papers to practice questions for focus areas already completed.
- Monitor communications with your teacher to ensure all tasks and advice are received.
- Maintain contact with peers through online communication to discuss work, concepts and social interaction.
- Try NESA's online multiple-choice quizzes
Other advice
See NESA news for updates and contacts regarding assessment.
Key advice for students learning at home
- Access NESA syllabuses and past papers to practice questions for focus areas already completed. Link to past papers.
- Monitor communications with your teacher to ensure all tasks and advice are received.
- Maintain contact with peers through online communication to discuss work, concepts and social interaction.
- Try NESA's online multiple-choice quizzes
Other advice
See NESA news for updates and contacts regarding assessment.
Key advice for students learning at home
- Year 12 students continue to work on major projects and folio and/or industry case study.
- Access NESA syllabuses and past papers to practise questions for topics that have already been completed.
- Complete working drawings.
- Adjust timelines for projects and documents in your folio.
- Explore ways to change processes to ensure projects are submitted on time.
- Monitor communications with your teacher to ensure all tasks and advice are received.
- Maintain contact with peers through online communication to discuss work, concepts and social interaction.
- Try NESA's online multiple-choice quizzes
Other advice
Keep abreast of NESA's website for any changes to the Industrial Technology syllabus practical assessment practices for the HSC (unknown at this stage).
See NESA news for updates and contacts regarding assessment.
Key advice for students learning at home
- Access NESA syllabuses and past papers to practice questions for focus areas already completed.
- Extract case studies and scenarios from past papers.
- Identify the information processes in each case study and scenario.
- Use diagrams to analyse and model each of these information systems.
- Monitor communications with your teacher to ensure all tasks and advice are received
- Maintain contact with peers through online communication to discuss work, concepts and social interaction.
- Try NESA's online multiple-choice quizzes
Other advice
See NESA news for updates and contacts regarding assessment.
Key advice for students learning at home
- Access NESA syllabuses and past papers to practise answering questions for the focus areas already completed.
- Solve algorithm questions from past papers using desk checking.
- Practise coding by writing the pseudocode from past paper questions into a programming language you are familiar with.
- Run the code and check the results against those of your desk check.
- Monitor communications with your teacher to ensure all tasks and advice are received.
- Maintain contact with peers through online communication to discuss work, concepts and social interaction.
- Try NESA's online multiple-choice quizzes
Other advice
See NESA news for updates and contacts regarding assessment
Key advice for students learning at home
- Year 11 students should review content covered and continue with any research or portfolio work allocated.
- Year 12 students continue to work on major textiles project and folio.
- Access NESA syllabuses and past papers to practise questions for topics that have already been completed.
- Monitor communications with your teacher to ensure all tasks and advice are received.
- Adjust timelines for projects and documents in your folio.
- Explore ways to change processes to ensure projects are submitted on time.
- Maintain contact with peers through online communication to discuss work, concepts and social interaction.
- Try NESA's online multiple-choice quizzes
Other advice
Keep abreast of NESA's website for any changes to the Textiles syllabus practical assessment practices for the HSC (unknown at this stage).
See NESA news for updates and contacts regarding assessment.