Year 3 & 4 Technologies - Design Process Unit - Australian Curriculum

Empower your students to think, plan and create like real designers in this comprehensive 10-lesson Year 3/4 Design and Technologies unit, fully updated to Australian Curriculum Version 9. Across a full term, students explore the design process by generating and communicating ideas, sequencing production steps, applying sustainability considerations and evaluating solutions against design criteria.

This complete, curriculum-aligned unit includes everything you need for confident, high-impact Technologies teaching; an editable unit planner, 100+ slide editable PowerPoint, worksheets and resources, grading guide, and editable learning intentions and success criteria.

An alternative WA Curriculum planner (2026+) is also included, making this unit ideal for Western Australian teachers preparing for the new requirements.

Why Teachers Love This Unit

✓ Fully Updated to Australian Curriculum Version 9

Designed specifically to align with Year 3/4 Design and Technologies, this unit embeds curriculum links directly into the editable planner, ensuring clarity for planning, compliance and reporting.

✓ A Complete 10-Week Teaching Sequence

This resource includes 10 structured lessons, designed to be taught over a term. Each lesson follows a simple five-to-six step format, making delivery clear and manageable while maintaining strong conceptual depth.

The structure allows you to:

• Reduce planning time
• Deliver explicit instruction
• Support student collaboration
• Build confidence in applying the design process

✓ 100+ Slide Editable PowerPoint

Every lesson is supported by a fully editable PowerPoint presentation, perfect for use with a TV or Smartboard. It includes:

• Learning intentions and success criteria
• Key discussion prompts
• Embedded worksheets
• Visual supports and display materials

Simply open, teach and tailor to your class.

✓ Engaging, Collaborative Learning

Mrs Amy123 units are known for fun, practical and cooperative learning experiences. While many lessons include worksheets, others prioritise hands-on collaboration, discussion and design thinking.

✓ Clear Assessment Support

The included editable A–E grading guide clearly outlines achievement expectations based on two assessment tasks from the unit. It is directly linked to the Year 3/4 Design and Technologies Achievement Standard, making assessment and reporting straightforward and evidence-based.

What’s Included

• ♦ Editable Unit Planner (7 pages) + WA Curriculum alternative
• ♦ Worksheets and Resources (58 pages)
• ♦ Editable PowerPoint Presentation (100+ slides)
• ♦ Editable Grading Guide (1 page)
• ♦ Editable Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

Everything is organised, editable and ready to go, saving you hours of preparation time.

🎯 Full Curriculum Alignment (Version 9)

• Examine design and technologies occupations and facts including sustainability that impact on the design of products, services and environments to meet community needs (AC9TDE4K01)

• Use given or co-developed design criteria including sustainability to evaluate design ideas and solutions (AC9TDE4P04)
• Sequence steps to individually and collaboratively make designed solutions (AC9TDE4P05)
• Generate and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate attributions, technical terms and graphical representation techniques, including using digital tools (AC9TDE4P02)

🎯 WA Curriculum Outcome

Year 3

Role of people in design and technologies occupations in the local community (WA3TDETS1)

Technologies are designed and used in products, services or environments to meet individual needs (WA3TDETS2)

Communicate ideas and follow a plan with consideration of time management, to develop a solution (WA3TDEDTPM1)

Define ideas and design opportunities for individual and/or local needs (WA3TDEDTID1)

Design solutions created with labelled drawings, use of technical terms and/or a sequence of steps (WA3TDEDTD1)

Use given criteria to evaluate diagrams, technologies and the components used for the designed solution (WA3TDEDTE1)

Year 4

Diverse roles for people in design and technologies occupations (WA4TDETS1)

Products, services and/or environments are designed to meet community needs, including consideration of sustainable factors (WA4TDETS2)

Use agreed protocols and management roles to communicate ideas, plan and make decisions, to develop solutions (WA4TDEDTPM1)

Design solutions through use of labelled drawings, technical terms, decision-making and/or a sequence of steps (WA4TDEDTD1)

Use given criteria to evaluate design features, selected resources, decision making processes and the designed solution (WA4TDEDTE1)

If you’re searching for a complete Year 3/4 Design and Technologies unit on the design process, aligned to Australian Curriculum Version 9, structured into 10 clear and engaging lessons, and packed with editable, classroom-ready resources, then this unit delivers clarity, creativity and curriculum confidence in one powerful package.

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