Stuff to do

The following questions are based on the Stage 4 Technology (Mandatory) syllabus. The related outcome is in brackets.

Design process [4.1.1]

1. Draw a flowchart to describe the design process used by the team at Australian Wetlands to develop a wetland.
2. What are the possible short and long-term consequences of a wetland design?
3. Identify some of the criteria that might have been used to evaluate the success of the Blue Hills wetland.

Design specialisation [4.1.2]

1. Explain why the wetlands are a built environment.
2. Describe the factors affecting the design of a wetland, for example, scale, environmental, safety and cost factors.

Role of designers [4.1.3]

1. List the different kinds of professionals, designers, tradespeople and labourers that may work on a wetland. Using the Myfuture web site http://www.myfuture.edu.au write a description for each of these jobs.
2. Designers can make an important contribution to quality of life. Who will benefit from Peter Adcock?s wetland designs? In what ways could the environmental designs of Peter Adcock help to make users? lives easier or better?
3. Collaboration and teamwork are important to Peter's business. What personal skills help to make this collaboration run smoothly?
4. Peter mentioned that volunteering was a good way to gain work experience. Community groups participated in the planting of the Blue Hills wetland. Identify an environmental activity in your community that you could volunteer for. What skills do you think you would gain by volunteering?
5. Identify the training, study and work-related experiences of Peter Adcock. Plan a possible pathway you could take to become an environmental designer. You may like to use the Myfuture web site http://www.myfuture.edu.au .

Plant production technologies [4.3.1]

1. What role does a wetland play in the environment?
2. Identify a variety of plants suitable for the Blue Hills wetland project.