Design and Communication Technology lesson plans for SHS 1–3

NaCCA-aligned Design and Communication Technology Learning Planners for every week of the new SHS curriculum. Pick a week below and SHSLessonPlan writes the full plan in about two minutes: essential questions, strategies, resources, differentiation, then each lesson with worked examples, an assessment and an exit ticket. You can also make Design and Communication Technology assessments and a scheme of work. Download as Word or PDF.

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SHS 1 Design and Communication Technology: weekly topics

24 weeks from the NaCCA SHS 1 Design and Communication Technology teacher manual. Each one can be written as a full lesson plan.

Week 1Concept Sketches
Week 2Basic Shapes, Forms and Rendering
Week 3Perspective Drawing and Proportion
Week 4Object Manipulation Techniques
Week 5Tools for Manipulating Organic and Inorganic Objects
Week 6Concepts, Symbols and Narratives in Design
Week 7Templates and Patterns
Week 8Designing Templates and Patterns
Week 9Creating 2-D Templates and Patterns
Week 10The Design Thinking Process
Week 11Writing a Design Brief
Week 12Generating Design Solutions
Week 13Plane Geometrical Figures
Week 14Enlarging and Reducing Figures with Ratios
Week 15Blending Circles and Lines with Arcs 1
Week 16Blending Circles and Lines with Arcs 2
Week 17Constructing an Ellipse
Week 18Solid Geometrical Figures
Week 19Isometric and Oblique Drawing
Week 20Perspective Drawing of Objects
Week 21Surface Development of Prisms
Week 22Surface Development of Truncated Prisms
Week 23Introduction to Fractal Geometry
Week 24Fractal Designs

SHS 2 Design and Communication Technology: weekly topics

24 weeks from the NaCCA SHS 2 Design and Communication Technology teacher manual. Each one can be written as a full lesson plan.

Week 1Shapes and Rendering for Complex Designs
Week 2Two-Point Perspective Designs
Week 3Complex Designs in Pencil and Colour
Week 4Modifying 2-D Shapes by Freehand
Week 5Manipulating Shapes and Forms Freehand
Week 6Designing Objects from Concepts and Narratives
Week 7Advanced Freehand 2-D Templates
Week 8Dimensions for Freehand 2-D Templates
Week 9Finalising 2-D Templates and Patterns
Week 10Exploded Views
Week 11Working Drawings
Week 12Orthographic Projection
Week 13Loci
Week 14Designing with Loci
Week 15Surface Development of Pyramids
Week 16Curves of Intersection
Week 17Designing with Solid Geometry
Week 18Basic CAD Concepts
Week 19Drawing and Editing with CAD
Week 20Geometric Shapes for Fractal Designs
Week 21Creating Complex Fractal Designs
Week 22Building Elevations and Freehand Sketches
Week 23Drawing Building Elevations with Instruments
Week 24Circuit Diagrams and Sectioning

SHS 3 Design and Communication Technology: weekly topics

29 weeks from the NaCCA SHS 3 Design and Communication Technology teacher manual. Each one can be written as a full lesson plan.

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Week 1Three-Point Perspective Designs
Week 2Complex Designs in Graphite and Colour
Week 3Designs from Natural Objects
Week 4Modifying Objects to Create Designs
Week 53-D Freehand Templates and Patterns
Week 6Frameworks for 3-D Templates
Week 7Finalising 3-D Templates and Patterns
Week 8Auxiliary Projection
Week 9Constructing Auxiliary Projections
Week 10Arches
Week 11Forces on Beams and Trusses
Week 12Reaction Forces and Equilibrium
Week 13Curves of Intersection: Equal Sizes
Week 14Curves of Intersection: Different Sizes
Week 15Designing with Curves of Intersection
Week 16Fractal Geometry
Week 17Complex Fractal Designs

Building Drawing

Week 18Building Codes, Symbols and Floor Plan Sketches
Week 19Drawing Floor Plans with Instruments
Week 20Drawing Floor Plans with AutoCAD
Week 21Sectioning of Buildings

Garment Design Technology

Week 18Pattern Grading
Week 19Grading Rules for Base Blocks
Week 20Female Garment Designs and Pattern Breakdown 1
Week 21Female Garment Designs and Pattern Breakdown 2

Mechanical Drawing

Week 18Interpreting Component Drawings for Assembly
Week 19Assembly Drawings
Week 20Manual Drafting of Working Drawings
Week 21CAD Modelling and Plotting of Working Drawings

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