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MURRAY HIGH SCHOOL


JUNIOR DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY


Murray High School is a co-educational state secondary school in Albury, New South Wales, Australia.  The school opened in 1976 to meet the needs of the growing suburb of Lavington.  It was named after the Murray River which flows through Albury and forms the border between the states of NSW and Victoria.

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Design & Technology is the compulsory foundation course in the Technological and Applied Studies key learning area and is studied by all junior high school students.  At Murray High School it is studied for 2.5 hours each week throughout Years 7 & 8.
Design & Technology focuses on learning about technology through using technology.  Students undertake the design, construction and evaluation of a number of design projects selected from the following technology context areas:
* Agriculture
* Built Environment
* Clothing & Accessories
* Engineered Systems
* Food
* Health & Welfare
* Information & Communication
* Leisure & Lifestyle
* Manufacturing

* Transport & Distribution.


The purpose of this web site is to:
1)  Publish the design project work undertaken by students to give them public recognition and encouragement for excellence.
2)  Provide an electronic communication medium between students and teachers.
3)  Provide internet resource links to assist in the research and investigation of design projects.
4)  Provide self-paced web-based units of work for junior Design & Technology classes.


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To view examples of the design projects constructed by junior students of Design & Technology, select by clicking the red diamond button for the following links.

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Year 7 Design projects & Class Noticeboards


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Year 8 Design projects & Class Noticeboards

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Minister's Young Designers Award (MYDA)

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More views of Murray High School

 

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Here are some general links that we have found useful in our studies of 

Design & Technology

Technology in Australia 1788-1988

Education Internet Resources TASKLA

Historical Inventions

How Stuff Works

Online Dictionary Online Encyclopedia
Start web-based email Encyclopedia Britannica Yellow Pages Telephone Directory
White Pages Telephone Directory Funk & Wagnall Encyclopedia Inventors & Invention links
Big Ideas Network Powerhouse Museum

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Murray High School students may contact their Design & Technology teacher through the following link.

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Other schools wishing to participate in inter-school collaborative design projects or have hyperlinks to their D&T websites listed here, may contact Murray High School through the following link.

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Site maintained by Mr A. Barton and students from his junior Design & Technology classes


Last Updated 8th April, 2001


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