Curriculum links Robot Responders Australian curriculum links v9 
Year 5 and 6 
Design and Technologies 
Robot design challenge, drawing and labelling robots, explaining solutions. 
AC9TDE6P01 
Investigate needs or opportunities for designing, and the materials, components, tools, equipment and processes needed to create designed solutions. 
AC9TDE6P02 
Generate, iterate and communicate design ideas, decisions and processes using technical terms and graphical representation techniques, including using digital tools. 
AC9TDE6P03 
Select and use suitable materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to safely make designed solutions. 
Digital Technologies 
Robot components (sensors, processing, movement), simple systems thinking. 
AC9TDI6P01 
Define problems with given or co-developed design criteria and by creating user stories. 
Science 
Understanding the problem, real-world robotics applications and solutions, community impact 
Biological sciences 
AC9S6U01 
Investigate the physical conditions of a habitat and analyse how the growth and survival of living things is affected by changing physical conditions. 
Science as a human endeavour 
AC9S5H01 & AC9S6H01 
Examine why advances in science are often the result of collaboration or build on the work of others. 
AC9S5H02 & AC9S6H02 
Investigate how scientific knowledge is used by individuals and communities to identify problems, consider responses and make decisions. 
Science inquiry  
AC9S5I02 & AC9S6I02 
Plan and conduct repeatable investigations to answer questions, including, as appropriate, deciding the variables to be changed, measured and controlled in fair tests; describing potential risks; planning for the safe use of equipment and materials; and identifying required permissions to conduct investigations on Country/Place. 
Year 7 and 8 
Design and Technologies 
Trade-offs, iteration, improving robot designs. 
AC9TDE8P01 
Analyse needs or opportunities for designing, and investigate and select materials, components, tools, equipment and processes to create designed solutions. 
AC9TDE8P02 
Generate, test, iterate and communicate design ideas, processes and solutions using technical terms and graphical representation techniques, including using digital tools. 
AC9TDE8P03 
Select, justify and use suitable materials, components, tools, equipment, skills and processes to safely make designed solutions. 
AC9TDE8P04 
Develop design criteria collaboratively including sustainability to evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions. 
Digital Technologies 
Robotics systems, logic, and game concepts. 
AC9TDI8P04 
Define and decompose real-world problems with design criteria and by creating user stories. 
AC9TDI8P08 
Generate, modify, communicate and evaluate alternative designs. 
AC9TDI8P10 
Evaluate existing and student solutions against the design criteria, user stories and possible future impact. 
Science 
Testing robots, evaluating designs, understanding impact. 
Science as a human endeavour 
AC9S8H01 
Explain how new evidence or different perspectives can lead to changes in scientific knowledge. 
AC9S7H03 
Examine how proposed scientific responses to contemporary issues may impact on society and explore ethical, environmental, social and economic considerations. 
Science inquiry  
AC9S7I02 & AC9S8I02 
Plan and conduct reproducible investigations to answer questions and test hypotheses, including identifying variables and assumptions and, as appropriate, recognising and managing risks, considering ethical issues and recognising key considerations regarding heritage sites and artefacts on Country/Place.