This complete unit is designed to compliment the recent unit rolled out by NSW Education Department 2025/6. It is based on the unit of work-Unit 3

The syllabus focus areas of this unit are:

· Observations and questions initiate design and digital solutions

16 hourly lessons plus 4 hours of additional/optional content. (1 term's work)

This unit introduces students to the diversity of designed structures that animals build to meet their needs. Students examine how parts of plants and animals meet human needs by investigating the production of food and fibre. They apply their understanding to design and build a simple product that meets the needs of laying hens.

Syllabus outcomes

·   STE-DDT-01 identifies and uses technologies to make products to address user needs or opportunities

·   STE-PQU-01 poses questions based on observations to collect data

What is included in this pack?

• PowerPoint with over 540 slides (editable)
• Student workbook and assessment tasks
• PDF for easy printing
• Teaching notes under each slide
• Quick links to units.
• Sections for each lesson included in the PowerPoint presentation.
• Self Assessment tasks.
• Video links
• Created for use with the IWB.
• Suggested teaching prep for each lesson.
• Outcomes and indicators included for each lesson.

Important note

The font which has been used in this presentation is the Google font Edu NSW ACT foundation which needs to be downloaded onto your computer (this can be done by clicking on the blue link provided). You must restart your device once installed and all of the formatting will be correctly in place. This step is VERY important otherwise your units will be misaligned.

This is a comprehensive unit which will save you hours and hours of preparation time. It is important at the start of each lesson that you read the teaching notes as there is some Lesson preparation needed for some lessons. These include printing sets of cards in some lessons, printing worksheets for assessment purposes so that work samples are available for each child.

This unit involves cooking, so there are a number of ingredients for the suggested recipe that need to be purchased.

Some things you will need for this unit: (Be mindful there is a LOT of preparation needed before embarking on this unit)

• chart paper
• digital devices
• writing materials
• air dried clay
• constructed blue-banded bee hotel
• individual whiteboards
• markers
• open containers such as cups, tin cans or plant tube stock containers
• pencils
• tarps
• sand
• sealed containers or resealable bags
• bundle of sticks or twigs (a lot)
• loose natural materials such as leaves, grass, stringybark, cotton wool (a lot)
• plastic eggs or small plastic balls
• tote trays
• eggs
• empty egg cartons
• glue
• scissors
• 2 hoops
• apple
• bowls (1 per student)
• burghul (1 cup)
• carrot (1) optional
• cauliflower
• celery
• gloves
• hand sanitiser
• knife
• lemon
• lettuce
• mint
• mixing bowl
• mixing spoon
• Olive oil
• parsley
• peas in a pod
• spoons
• spring onions
• sumac
• tomatoes
• water
• plain flour
• resealable bags
• salt
• self raising flour
• ball of wool
• cotton string
• jute string
• tape
• magnifying glass
• nesting box materials such as straw, shredded paper, wood shavings
• sticky notes
• range of construction materials for nest box ( light cardboard, small boxes, tissue boxes, paper, tape, scissors, multi-pack chip boxes)
• range of nesting material ( shredded paper, wood shavings, dried glass clippings, light straw, dried tussock grass pruning, or paper cut into strips)
• chefs hat
• digital devices with camera app
• plastic cutlery, plates and bowls
• toy foods

Related learning

The learning in this unit will relate to ideas and content in Early Stage 1 Unit 1 and Early Stage 1 Unit 2 and will be built on in future units as reflected in the Science and technology K–6 sample scope and sequence.

To support student’s learning in this unit you may like to visit or access resources from an Environmental and Zoo Education Centre (EZEC). EZECs offer valuable resources, expert guidance and hands-on learning experiences that can enhance student engagement and deepen understanding of environmental and sustainable education.

TOU

• Printing and Use: You may print this product for your personal use or for use within your own classroom. Sharing printed copies with other teachers, schools, or organisations is not allowed.
• You MAY make one copy for backup purposes, but not with the intent to redistribute.
• Please buy additional licenses if more than one teacher in your school is going to be using it.

• This is not to be sold for commercial use.
• You may not repackage, sell or give away part of all of this product to others.
• You may not offer or share part or all of this product anywhere on the internet as a download or copy including, but not limited to, personal sites or school sites that are on a page that is open to the public, sharing google drive links with others that are not your students or their family, internet or email small sharing groups, shared databases , open education resource groups such as Amazon inspire.
• You may not use on commercial sites such as OUTSCHOOL

Attribution is given to © State of New South Wales (Department of Education), 2025/2026