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DATTA Vic has a wide range of free teaching resources - some available to all users, and more which are only accessible to our members when they log in. These resources range from toolkits to units of work, and cover P-10 Design & Technologies, STEM & STEAM Education, VCE Product Design & Technologies and VCE Systems Engineering.

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Careers in Systems Engineering | OR25

6 May 2026 4:18 PM | Laura Murphy (Administrator)

This resource package, featuring a short film and presentation, was produced by DATTA Vic and Monash University and was supported by the Victorian Government’s Connecting Learning to Work fund.

It has three purposes:

To highlight further study and career pathways for VCE Systems Engineering students

To promote VCE Engineering to a wider cohort of students and their families at your school’s VCE Information Events

To be a useful teaching tool for Design & Technologies students, showcasing the vital role engineers play in our society

VIDEO SLIDES
Careers in Product Design | OR24

6 May 2026 3:53 PM | Laura Murphy (Administrator)

This resource package, featuring a short film, presentation and poster, was produced by DATTA Vic and RMIT, and was supported by the Victorian Government's Connecting Learning to Work fund.

It has three purposes:

To highlight further study and career pathways for Product Design & Technology students

To promote VCE Product Design & Technology to a wider cohort of students and their families at your school's VCE Information Events

To be a useful teaching tool for Design & Technologies students, showcasing the vital role designers play in our society

VIDEO SLIDES POSTER
Creative Futures - Second Life | OR1

16 Mar 2026 1:49 PM | Laura Murphy (Administrator)

The Creative Futures Annual Design Workshop is a teacher education program delivered in partnership between Melbourne Museum and DATTA Vic and funded by Creative Futures.

Each year, teachers come together for a unique professional learning experience on using museum collections and design thinking practices to enrich schools-based design education.

They also contribute to the development of new Design & Technologies classroom resources based on museum collections.

In 2025, DATTA Vic and Melbourne Museum collaborated with our participating teachers to create a Second Life resource which engages students in the circular economy and speculative thinking.

In a future where resources are shared and reused, how can you design a future product that helps someone live better?

This was based on the groups experience of exploring how Melbourne Museums utilises the design process in creating their programs, as well as a visit to LEGO Star Wars: The Exhibition.

The resource is in the form of a student folio and includes a rubric, timeline and activities relating to all steps of the design process.

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For more information on Melbourne Museum education services, click HERE.
Free Forest Learning Resources for Design & Technologies Teachers | OR2

4 Aug 2025 10:32 AM | Laura Murphy (Administrator)

This is a recording from the DATTA Vic online teach meet from 31 July 2025.

Forest Learning provides educators with free teaching resources relevant to the Australian Curriculum and with a focus on Australian forests and sustainable timber products.

Forest Learning has created a wide range of resources specifically for teachers and students of Design & Technologies. These include several that DATTA Vic has contributed to, including the Sustainable Cardboard Seating Project and Sustainable Schools - Going Green in your Canteen with Rayon.

Join the team from Forest Learning in this online session and learn about the wealth of free support materials that are available to help you with your classroom teaching - from the properties of wood to the virtual reality toolkit!

WATCH HERE
Where can an Industrial Design Degree take you? poster | OR3

22 Apr 2025 4:16 PM | Laura Murphy (Administrator)

DATTA Vic and RMIT produced this digital poster as part of our Careers in Design toolkit. It's a great way to demonstrate the wide range of career pathways open to students who undertake VCE Product Design & Technologies.

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Creative Futures - Our Town 2050 | OR4

27 Feb 2025 12:13 PM | Laura Murphy (Administrator)

In late 2024, Melbourne Museum & DATTA Vic took the Creative Futures Annual Design Workshop on the road to Shepparton. In a full-day workshop for local educators hosted by Greater Shepparton Secondary College, we explored how teachers could develop a speculative design project for their classes which is based on their unique needs and interests as rural & regional schools.

The day resulted in a new resource - Our Town 2050 - which can be used by teachers wherever they are as a way to engage their students in the design process, learning about the past and speculative thinking, all in the context of their own communities. You can download the editable slides to use as a student portfolio;

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For more information about Melbourne Museum's Creative Futures Annual Design Workshops, click HERE.
Teaching VCE Product Design & Technologies Toolkit | OR24

21 Feb 2025 1:00 PM | Laura Murphy (Administrator)

A great resource for teaching VCE PD&T - includes resources on ethical & sustainable design, First Nations design, careers, positive role models, student work, upskilling webinars and much more.

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Teaching VCE Systems Engineering Toolkit | OR25

21 Feb 2025 12:49 PM | Laura Murphy (Administrator)

This toolkit has been created for teachers of VCE Systems Engineering, and includes resources on classroom activities, sustainability, first nations engineering, teacher upskilling and much more.

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Teaching Engineering Principles & Systems Toolkit | OR18

21 Feb 2025 12:40 PM | Laura Murphy (Administrator)

DATTA Vic has created this free toolkit for educators teaching the Design & Technologies - Engineering Principles & Systems context. It includes classroom resources, engineering challenges, diversity in engineering, careers, sustainability and much more.

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Creative Futures - Future Eco Fashion | OR09

21 Nov 2024 1:56 PM | Laura Murphy (Administrator)

The Creative Futures Annual Design Workshop is a teacher education program delivered in partnership between Melbourne Museum and DATTA Vic and funded by Creative Futures.

Each year, teachers come together for a unique professional learning experience on using museum collections and design thinking practices to enrich schools-based design education.

They also contribute to the development of new Design & Technologies classroom resources based on museum collections.

In 2024, DATTA Vic and Melbourne Museum collaborated with our participating teachers to create a Future Eco Fashion resource which engages students in sustainable and ethical fashion design. This resource is an editable student portfolio.

ACCESS HERE

And if you're looking for some design inspiration, check out the amazing items in Museums Victoria online fashion collections HERE.