Big Ideas
- Structures have a purpose.
- The form of a structure is dependent on its function.
- The interaction between structures and forces is predictable.
OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of Grade 7, students will:
1. analyse personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that need to be considered in designing and building structures and devices;
2. design and construct a variety of structures, and investigate the relationship between the design and function of these structures and the forces that act on them;
3. demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between structural forms and the forces that act on and within them.
- Structures have a purpose.
- The form of a structure is dependent on its function.
- The interaction between structures and forces is predictable.
OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of Grade 7, students will:
1. analyse personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that need to be considered in designing and building structures and devices;
2. design and construct a variety of structures, and investigate the relationship between the design and function of these structures and the forces that act on them;
3. demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between structural forms and the forces that act on and within them.