Year 10 Subjects – Materials

Year 10 Subjects – Materials

Level: Year 10
Subject Name: 10 Materials
Prerequisites: nil
Assumed knowledge: 8 Design & Technology or 9 Materials

Course Summary

This subject aims to develop students’ practical skills in producing standardised joinery systems and increasingly complex machine-based processes to safely produce a small table based on their CAD design.

Students who have completed the course could continue undertaking the following pathways within the SACE framework at Emmaus:

• 11 Materials [Stage 1 Material Solutions 1MRS10]
• 11 CAD (Computer Aided Design) [Stage 1 Digital Communication Solutions 1DCS10]

For more information about these pathways please visit the SACE website: https://www.sace.sa.edu.au/studying/subjects/design-technology-and-engineering

Course Content

• Computer Aided Design & Engineering Drawing
  
• Small Timber Table

Assessments

• Skills task (CAD and physical production of a table corner joint)
• Investigation – establishment of a design brief, exploration of other existing products
• Planning – sketches (possible designs, chosen design), CAD (renders & engineering drawing, costing)
• Production – safety, measuring/marking-out, processes, finishing
• Evaluation