The Foundation Statements and the Stage 1 outcome for designing and making place an emphasis on students:

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Students designing in Stage 1 Science and
Technology

• The Foundation Statements and the Stage 1 outcome
  for designing and making place an emphasis on
  students
• responding to investigations of needs and wants
• following a guided design process to create
  products
• drawing and modelling design ideas using
  accepted methods and practices.

At Stage 1, students become more methodical in
their approach to designing. They are more
willing to draw and model ideas before settling
on a final solution. They start to appreciate how
products and environments are designed to meet
peoples needs. Students work co-operatively
sharing resources and helping others where
necessary.
Following are two samples of classroom practice.
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Sample Task A Design a shelter for an animal of
your choice
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Stage 1 Task A Design a shelter for an animal of
your choice
exploring needs
Teacher We brainstormed ideas and saved them
for use when designing.
success criteria
generating ideas
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Stage 1 Task A Design a shelter for an animal of
your choice (cont.)
producing from drawings
communicating
producing from drawings
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Sample Task B Design and make a container to
hold coloured pencils
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Stage 1 Task B Design and make a container to
hold coloured pencils
generating ideas
design task
producing
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Stage 1 Task B Design and make a container to
hold coloured pencils (cont.)
producing
producing
evaluating
evaluating
evaluating