Technology Education

Penguins are known for their swimming prowess and this YouTube clip shows them flying through the water. The footage is especially impressive when you realise they're actually robots!

Yellow-eyed penguin-friendly habitat restoration is needed to assist these endangered birds.

Technological practice (Level 3)

Planning for practice

Using Edward de Bono’s Other People's Views (OPV), students look at the yellow-eyed penguin issues from a dog’s, tourist/photographer's, sea lion’s, a local hoon’s, a farmer’s, DOC’s, a fisherman’s, your own and a yellow-eyed penguin’s point of view.

Students consider the needs, eg breeding, of yellow-eyed penguins.

Students investigate why habitat restoration is more effective than creating a new habitat.

Brief development

Students develop a brief for a yellow-eyed penguin-friendly habitat restoration to assist the endangered birds.

Outcome development and evaluation

Students investigate and depict examples of yellow-eyed penguin habitat restoration.

Students research these and depict systems, such as weed and predator control they observe in these environments.

Students investigate the materials, design and modification of nesting boxes.

Students investigate suitable habitat plantings, propagation techniques and ideal times of the year to plant (from the penguin's OPV).

They meet YEPT or DOC staff or others involved in habitat restoration for penguins.

Students investigate how they could let their peers know about the restored habitats.

Develop ideas for potential outcomes.

Technological knowledge

Technological products

Groups design a prototype or digital model of their yellow-eyed penguin habitat restoration in consultation with the YEPT.

Nature of technology

Characteristics of technology

Students research the history and purposes of penguin habitats in their area.

They investigate the attitudes of dog’s, tourist/photographer's, sea lion’s, a local hoon’s, a farmer’s, DOC’s, a fisherman’s, their own and a yellow-eyed penguin’s point of view to the habitat and collate responses in terms of the values and beliefs expressed.

Characteristics of technological outcomes

Students investigate how the habitat improvements would benefit the yellow-eyed penguin.

Assessment

Students could design a pamphlet, including diagrams and specifications of their solution, for their peers.

Technology Education

Yellow-eyed penguin-friendly habitat restoration is needed to assist these endangered birds.

Technological practice (Level 3)

Planning for practice

Using Edward de Bono’s Other People's Views (OPV), students look at the yellow-eyed penguin issues from a dog’s, tourist/photographer's, sea lion’s, a local hoon’s, a farmer’s, DOC’s, a fisherman’s, your own and a yellow-eyed penguin’s point of view.

Students consider the needs, eg breeding, of yellow-eyed penguins.

Students investigate why habitat restoration is more effective than creating a new habitat.

Brief development

Students develop a brief for a yellow-eyed penguin-friendly habitat restoration to assist the endangered birds.

Outcome development and evaluation

Students investigate and depict examples of yellow-eyed penguin habitat restoration.

Students research these and depict systems, such as weed and predator control they observe in these environments.

Students investigate the materials, design and modification of nesting boxes.

Students investigate suitable habitat plantings, propagation techniques and ideal times of the year to plant (from the penguin's OPV).

They meet YEPT or DOC staff or others involved in habitat restoration for penguins.

Students investigate how they could let their peers know about the restored habitats.

Develop ideas for potential outcomes.

Technological knowledge

Technological products

Groups design a prototype or digital model of their yellow-eyed penguin habitat restoration in consultation with the YEPT.

Nature of technology

Characteristics of technology

Students research the history and purposes of penguin habitats in their area.

They investigate the attitudes of dog’s, tourist/photographer's, sea lion’s, a local hoon’s, a farmer’s, DOC’s, a fisherman’s, their own and a yellow-eyed penguin’s point of view to the habitat and collate responses in terms of the values and beliefs expressed.

Characteristics of technological outcomes

Students investigate how the habitat improvements would benefit the yellow-eyed penguin.

Assessment

Students could design a pamphlet, including diagrams and specifications of their solution, for their peers.