SYS 2.1 Students identify and describe the order of components in familiar systems.

 

SYS 2.2 Students combine components to assemble systems in order to meet their needs and the needs of others.

 

Students know that:

·      systems are made up of ordered components.

Students identify and describe the order of components as they:

·      investigate different components that make up a system

-         recognise that components of a system can include people

-         identify basic components of a system and describe how they function

-          the ordering system and people involved in making the tuckshop function

-          the function of a wheel, bucket and handle of a wheelbarrow

-          the processes of sending and receiving mail

·      identify the order of different components in a system and describe their purposes

-         describe how components are linked in a sequence to perform a task

-          waste disposal system — collect, sort and dispose of rubbish

-          tuckshop ordering system — accept order and payment, make and pack orders, deliver orders

·      identify and describe the purpose of various components within a system

-         identify the purpose of a timer in moving students through a fitness program.

 

Students know how:

·      to combine components to assemble systems.

Students assemble systems to meet their needs and the needs of others as they:

·      combine components to make a system

-         use existing components to make a simple product

-          make a simple light fitting using a battery, light bulb and aluminium foil

-         use equipment to assemble and disassemble various systems

-          use tools to disassemble a clock

-         create a system to meet their needs

-          a system for alerting the class that someone is at the classroom door

-         create an organisational system for an identified class need

-          design a roster for watering the class garden.

At each level, activities should occur in a range of contexts. Students should consider aspects of appropriateness and management within these activities.

Examples

 

·      Students identify and describe some components needed to make a transport system and combine components to assemble a transport system for a model town.

·      Students identify and describe components needed to recycle aluminium cans and assemble a recycling system for their home or class.

·      Students identify components that could be included in a class fitness program and organise and operate a fitness circuit.

·      Students describe some effects of a pulley system by experimenting with it, and devise and use a system that combines similar components to lift weights in a sandpit.