Technological and Applied Studies
Advice for teachers looking to support their Stage 6 students in their Technological and Applied Studies subjects.
Key advice for teachers supporting students working at home
- Teachers should support both Year 11 and 12 students to review class content already covered and continue working on any research-based assessment tasks or readings.
- Teachers and students can also access NESA syllabuses and past papers to practice questions for focus areas already completed.
- Monitor communication with students to ensure all tasks and advice are received. Maintain contact with the class through online communication to discuss work, concepts and encourage social interaction.
- To assist in consolidating their knowledge access NESA's online multiple-choice quizzes.
- Check the syllabus on NESA's website and be aware of topics/content that is no longer part of the course.
Key advice for teachers supporting students working at home
- Teachers should support Year 12 students to continue work on their major design project and/or case study of innovation. If applicable to a major design project, continue on project development, research and project management.
- Teachers can guide student access to NESA syllabuses and past papers to practise questions for topics already completed.
- The teacher should monitor communication with the students to ensure all tasks and advice are received.
- Encourage students to maintain contact with peers through online communication to discuss work, concepts and to maintain social interaction.
- Adjust timelines for projects and document this in folio. Explore ways to change processes to ensure projects are submitted on time. Try NESA's online multiple-choice quizzes.
- Keep abreast of NESA's website for any changes to the Design and Technology syllabus practical assessment practices for the HSC
Key advice for teachers supporting students working at home
- Teachers should monitor Year 11 progress through the course - 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, teachers should guide students to 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 resource 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. Teachers can guide students to revise and practice method of joints and method of sections via mathalino - and selecting the analysis of structures link (students can also practice shear-force and bending moment diagrams using the same link.)
- Alternatively, teachers can suggest that students 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 or access NESA syllabuses and past papers to practice questions for focus areas already completed.
- Monitor all communication with the class to ensure all tasks and advice are received using preferred digital platform. Encourage students to maintain contact with peers through online communication to discuss work, concepts and for social interaction. Try NESA's online multiple-choice quizzes.
Key advice for teachers supporting students working at home
- Teachers should guide students to access NESA syllabuses and past papers to practice questions for focus areas already completed.
- Teachers should monitor communication with the class to ensure all tasks and advice are received.
- Teachers should encourage students to maintain contact with peers through online communication to discuss work, concepts and for social interaction. Try NESA's online multiple choice quizzes.
Key advice for teachers supporting students working at home
- Teachers should support Year 12 students to continue to work on major project and folio and/or industry case study.
- Access NESA syllabuses and past papers to practise questions for topics that have already been completed.
- Teachers can encourage students to complete working drawings.
- Monitor communication with students to ensure all tasks and advice are received.
- Encourage students to maintain contact with peers through online communication to discuss work, concepts and for social interaction.
- Teachers may need to adjust timelines for projects and document this in folio.
- Explore ways to change processes to ensure projects are submitted on time. Try NESA's online multiple-choice quizzes.
- Keep abreast of NESA's website for any changes to the Industrial Technology syllabus practical assessment practices for the HSC.
Key advice for teachers to support students working at home
- Teachers should support students in accessing NESA syllabuses and past papers to practice questions for focus areas already completed. These can be posted to their preferred digital platform for students to submit practise responses for feedback.
- Teachers should guide students to 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 communication with class to ensure all tasks and advice are received.
- Teachers should encourage students to maintain contact with peers through online communication to discuss work, concepts and for social interaction. Try NESA's online multiple choice quizzes.
Key advice for teachers supporting students working at home
- Teachers should guide students to access NESA syllabuses and past papers to practise answering questions for the focus areas already completed.
- Teachers can encourage students to solve algorithm questions from these past papers using desk checking. Practise coding by writing the pseudocode from these questions into a programming language you are familiar with. Run the code and check the results against those of your desk check.
- Teachers should monitor communication with the class to ensure all tasks and advice are received.
- Teachers should encourage students to maintain contact with peers through online communication to discuss work, concepts and for social interaction. Try NESA's online multiple-choice quizzes.
Key advice for teachers supporting students working at home
- Teachers should guide Year 11 students to review content covered and continue with any research or portfolio work allocated.
- Year 12 students continue to work on major textiles project and folio.
- Teachers can access NESA syllabuses and past papers and set these for students using their preferred digital platform to practise questions for topics that have already been completed.
- Monitor communication with the class to ensure all tasks and advice are received.
- Teachers should encourage students to maintain contact with peers through online communication to discuss work, concepts and for social interaction.
- Adjust timelines for projects and document this in folio. Explore ways to change processes to ensure projects are submitted on time.
- Try NESA's online multiple choice quizzes.
- Keep abreast of NESA's website for any changes to the Textiles syllabus practical assessment practices for the HSC.