7–10Aquatic Technology 7–10 Syllabus
The new Aquatic Technology 7–10 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2027.
2025 and 2026 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2027 – Start teaching the new syllabus
School sectors are responsible for implementing syllabuses and are best placed to provide schools with specific guidance and information on implementation given their understanding of their individual contexts.
Content
Life Skills
Through collaborative curriculum planning, it may be decided that Life Skills outcomes and content are the most appropriate option for some students with intellectual disability.
The aquatic engagement project provides students with the opportunity to identify a need, solve a problem and apply skills to developing a solution in the context of aquatic engagement. The project can be undertaken individually or as a collaborative group project. Students may undertake a whole project, part of a project or elements of the content as appropriate.
Themes for projects could address activities including but not limited to:
- making fishing equipment
- designing a prototype to collect water waste
- participating in the preparation of seafood dishes
- designing a water safety program
- making a safety device model for an aquatic activity
- participating in aquarium design and construction
- designing a watercraft for a specific aquatic activity or environment.
Recognise personal preferences or strengths in aquatic activities
Recognise technology solutions used in everyday aquatic contexts
Explore local opportunities to solve problems within aquatic contexts
Recognise sustainable materials or practices within aquatic contexts
Identify a specific need within the aquatic context
Collect and use data to create and inform a solution for the specific need
Develop a project brief to outline the solution
Develop criteria to test a solution or product
Use a range of graphical communication techniques to represent project ideas
Identify risks and hazards and demonstrate safe work practices
Use digital technologies safely and responsibly
Follow a sequence to produce a prototype, working model or product
Use sustainable materials or practices to produce a prototype, working model or product
Use appropriate materials, tools and equipment safely
Use data when designing and measuring the prototype, working model or product
Develop problem-solving skills to manage the project
Demonstrate work and enterprise skills when planning and managing projects
Use collaborative practices when designing or producing
Test the solution or product against set criteria
Create an oral, visual, written or multimodal text to communicate information and ideas about the project