Year 10 Technologies – Term 4 (WA Curriculum): Sustainable Design Solutions and Innovation

What this unit covers

In Term 4, Year 10 Technologies in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Sustainable Design Solutions and Innovation”.

Students explore technologies contexts through examining responsibilities for optimum quality and performance in food production, textiles, materials technology, and digital systems while developing sustainable design solutions.

Lesson sequence (20 lessons)

The unit breaks down into the following lesson-by-lesson sequence — each title below is a teachable lesson, in order:

1. Introduction to Technologies Contexts and Quality Responsibilities
2. Exploring Social Laboratory-Developed Protein Sources
3. Feed-lot Production Systems: Meat, Eggs, and Agricultural Products
4. Robotics in Food Production: Picking, Sorting, and Packaging
5. Designing Tamper-Proof Packaging Solutions
6. Truth in Labelling: Consumer Protection and Regulatory Standards
7. Food Security and Media Influence on Consumer Choices
8. Sustainable Food Product Design with Nature Positive Elements
9. Carbon Zero and Regenerative Food Production Systems
10. Composite Materials in Textile Design: Plywood and Reinforced Plastics
11. Designing Sustainable Swimwear and Activewear
12. Safety Standards in Baby and Toddler Sleepwear Design
13. Jewellery Design Using Integrated Materials and Technologies
14. Sustainable Production Systems: Competing Social and Environmental Demands
15. Entrepreneurial Problem-Solving in Technology Design
16. Developing Programmable Devices for Engineered Futures
17. Designing Individualised Hearing Aids and Audio Systems
18. Automation and AI in Vehicle Manufacturing Systems
19. Ethical Considerations in Food Processing Automation
20. Evaluating Technology Solutions for Community Impact

Curriculum codes in this unit

Content codes:

Skills codes:

Reading the codes: WA codes (the ones starting with WA) pack the year level, learning area, strand and content number into one string, while the national Australian Curriculum v9 uses a different anatomy that starts with AC9 — same content family, different labels. Our complete WA Curriculum guide decodes both, character by character.

Planning notes for Term 4

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 4 runs from Monday 12 October to Thursday 17 December — 10 weeks for WA public schools. With 20 lessons in this unit, that leaves breathing room for assessment, moderation and the weeks that disappear to carnivals, camps and public holidays — plan the assessable work to land two to three weeks before the end of term rather than in the final week.