Nature of Science
Participating and contributing

• Students will develop an understanding of socio-scientific issues by gathering relevant scientific information in order to draw evidence-based conclusions and to take action where appropriate.

Communicating in science

• Students will apply their understanding of science to evaluate both popular and scientific texts (including visual and numerical literacy).

Physical World
Using physics

• Students will gain knowledge, skills, and experience to understand how people make decisions about access to and use of resources.

Technological Knowledge
Technological products

• Students will understand how materials are selected, based on desired performance criteria.

Technological systems

• Students will understand the properties of subsystems within technological systems.

Nature of Technology
Characteristics of technological outcomes

• Students will understand that technological outcomes are fit for purpose in terms of time and context. Understand the concept of malfunction and how "failure" can inform future outcomes.

Social Studies

• Students will gain knowledge, skills, and experience to understand how people's management of resources impacts on environmental and social sustainability.

Nature of Science
Participating and contributing

• Students will develop an understanding of what factors consumers should take into consideration before selecting a Photovoltaic system to generate electricity.

Communicating in science

• Students will apply their understanding of photovoltaic technology they read and evaluate popular and scientific texts about the development and use of solar powered electricity generation.

Physical World
Using physics

• Students will investigate how physics knowledge is used in a technological application when they investigate how photovoltaic (PV) cell technology works and describe some of the technologies powered by PV systems.

Technological Knowledge
Technological products

• Students will understand how materials used on photovoltaic cell technology are selected, based on desired performance criteria.

Technological systems

• Students will understand the properties of subsystems within developed photovoltaic systems.

Nature of Technology
Characteristics of technological outcomes

• Students will investigate factors consumers should take into consideration when considering installing a PV system to generate electricity.

Social Studies

• Students will gain knowledge, skills, and experience to understand how peopless management of resources impacts on environmental and social sustainability.