Design and Technology in Today’s World: A First Look provides Resources to help teach New Zealand primary school students the foundational principles of design and technology. The Resources include easy to understand explanations of what Design and Technology actually means in simple to comprehend terms.
The resource units address the scope and sequence of the Design and Technology strands for Years 3 & 4 and Years 5 & 6.
Design and Technology in Today’s World: A First Look is written to address the Years 3 & 4 and Years 5 & 6 bands of the New Zealand Curriculum: Design and Technologies, as well as individual states’ and territories’ Design and Technologies primary curricula.
The units of study explore the strand, ‘Design and Technologies: Knowledge and Understanding’