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KEY
CONCEPTS, KEY FOCUS and IMPLICATIONS for TEACHING & LEARNING
of Technology through the RNCS
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Grade 9
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Investigates:
- identify & explain problem, need or opportunity in context
- Existing products - analyses - (relevant to problem and based on specified design aspects)
- Practical tests / testing
- Data handling (Locate, collect, compare, sort, verify, evaluate, store, presents and uses the information to justify and support decisions)
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Systems & Control:
- Analyse systems and sub- systems
- Combining different sub- systems to create systems.
- Input - Process and Output
- Components of electronic circuits.
- Reading, Drawing & Building electronic circuits.
- Input - Process and Output
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Impacts:
- technological developments (Recognise & identify impacts on society/ environment and suggest strategies to reduce any negative impacts)
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Designs:
- Lists specifications and constraints based on specified design aspects.
- possible solutions- significantly different- (linked to design brief & specifications and/or constraints.)
- choice of solution with reasons
- chosen solution developed further -(graphics)
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Processing:
- Preservation of materials (galvanised, frozen, dried, painted, varnished, electroplated)
- Manufacture of products from recyclable materials.
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Biases:
- Human rights (Opinions backed by factual evidence on technological decisions and suggest strategies for redress)
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Makes:
- Safety, efficient material and tools use
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Structures :
- Effect in performance of materials based on their properties
- Analysis of the effect of loads.
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Indigenous Technology:
- Cultures (Compare and explain global (world) adaptation of technological solutions for optimal benefit)
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Evaluates:
- identifying strengths and weaknesses of: Product, System and of plan of action
- Generating and using (own) objective criteria
- suggestions for improvement / modification
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Communicates:
- 2D (1st / 3rd angle) or 3D (isometric, perspective, oblique)
- enhanced sketches / drawings (colour/ shading/ rendering)
- circuit diagrams (circuit symbols)
- systems diagrams (input, process, output)
- notes, labels, dimensions, list of quantities.
- SA drawing conventions (for above)
- Appropriate use of Technology to present information for particular target audience
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