{"id":582,"date":"2017-05-10T12:56:02","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T03:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=582"},"modified":"2026-07-06T21:07:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T11:37:55","slug":"year-9-digital-technology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/year-9-digital-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"YEAR 9 ROBOTIC &#038; ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Length: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One Semester<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital Technology enables students to develop problem solving skills through design, implementation and evaluation of a range of digital solutions. Students will have opportunities to explore a range of robotics technology such as VEX IQ. They will then use programming languages similar to Scratch and Blockly.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students will have access to combine digital technology software and equipment such as CAD, CNC plasma, Laser Cutters and 3D printing with traditional and contemporary materials to create physical products.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Projects may include:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Radio controlled Jouster<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coding a Vex robot to do a variety of challenges.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Assessment:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students\u2019 performance will be determined according to the subject\u2019s Achievement Standards as outlined in the framework of the Australian Curriculum. Grades A to E will be used for reporting purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practical: 70%<br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written: 30%<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leads to:<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/year-10-robotic-electronic-systems\/\">Year 10 Robotic &amp; Electronic Systems<\/a> <\/strong>and<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/year-10-digital-technologies\/\">Year 10 Digital Technologies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1356\" height=\"884\" src=\"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-06-at-8.34.01\u202fpm.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8049\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1350\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-06-at-8.33.50\u202fpm.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8048\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Length: One Semester Digital Technology enables students to develop problem solving skills through design, implementation and evaluation of a range of digital solutions. Students will have opportunities to explore a range of robotics technology such as VEX IQ. They will then use programming languages similar to Scratch and Blockly.&nbsp;&nbsp; Students will have access to combine &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/year-9-digital-technology\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">YEAR 9 ROBOTIC &#038; ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/582"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8079,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/582\/revisions\/8079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}