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Engineering Technology

Year 10 Italian builds on the language students have acquired in earlier years to further develop the knowledge, skills and understandings necessary to communicate more effectively and appropriately in Italian.

Students will become more confident in using language learning strategies and understanding the system of the Italian language and will continue to develop their cultural understandings of Italians and the Italian way of life.

Through areas of interest such as sport, housing, school and the world of work and travel, students will be given the opportunity to use language in every day contexts and to engage in creative and practical activities with a focus on themselves and the target country, such as describing where they live, thinking about their future hopes and dreams and planning travel itineraries.

The course provides students with new understandings and challenges in a supportive environment, which can be fun while preparing students for further language studies.

Year 10 Italian is a pre-requisite for students who may choose to continue their Italian studies. By choosing to continue languages through to Year 11 or Year 12 level students will be able to take advantage of the 10% bonus that is offered by all four public Western Australian Universities, this means that an extra 10% of their mark will be added to the student’s Italian ATAR score. This valued added score is used in calculating the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank for the individual student.

Engineers are problem-solvers. They design and manufacture just about anything from roadways to airports, cars to space shuttles, entertainment gadgets to sophisticated electronic systems, the tallest skyscrapers to the smallest computer chips, from new and emerging materials to artificial heart valves and cardiac pacemakers. Engineers rely strongly on their creativity and academic skills to turn dreams into reality by using mathematics, science and computers to model real-life situations and to find solutions.

Engineering Technology is essentially a practical course focusing on real life contexts. It aims to prepare students for a future in the technological and global world by providing the foundation for life-long learning about how technology is used.

At a fundamental level, Engineering can be defined as using science, maths and technology to provide solutions to real world problems and this approach forms the basis of the design of our course.

The Year 10 Engineering Technology course is structured to provide students with an introduction to the design and application of systems to develop solutions to technological problems. The students will also participate in technology challenges that will require them to integrate their learning from the Technology and Enterprise areas as well as the wider curriculum to develop solutions through the process of materials being combined with force, motion and energy to create solutions. Project can include:

• Lego EV3 systems and opportunities to participate in the Robocop Competition

• Design and manufacture projects

• Basic machines

• Bridge building

• 3D printing