THE PHONE STAND PROJECT - SUSTAINABLE TIMBER DESIGN | OR6
A Year 7/8 Unit of Work from DATTA Vic and Forest Learning
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Design with purpose. Build with timber.
This hands-on project helps Year 7–8 students explore the product design process while building a functional phone stand using engineered wood like plywood. Students investigate sustainability, develop creative solutions, and safely bring their ideas to life in the workshop.
Developed as a partnership between DATTA Vic and Forest Learning, this unit aligns with the Australian Curriculum v9.0 and builds skills in design thinking, sustainability, and manufacturing.
What’s Included:
- Student Workbook: Guided worksheets and activities covering each stage of the design process.
- Teacher Workbook: Detailed lesson plans, background content, suggested answers, and assessment tools.
- Production Guide Videos: Step-by-step walkthroughs for cardboard modelling (see below), measuring, cutting, and finishing.
- 3D Models & Technical Drawings: Three phone stand designs ready for classroom use.
Lesson Sequence:
Part 1: Investigating & Defining
| Part 2: Generating, Designing & Producing
| Part 3: Evaluating
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Resources |
| Teacher Resource This digital teacher guide supports the Years 7/8 Design and Technologies Sustainable Timber Design: The Phone Stand Project lessons and includes exemplar answers, safety guidance, and design thinking processes. Includes PowerPoint references, curriculum links, and production planning support. |
| Student Resource An interactive PDF resource for students to work through the Years 7/8 Design and Technologies Sustainable Timber Design: The Phone Stand Project lesson sequence. Includes worksheets, technical drawing templates, and space for design reflection and evaluation. |
| Production Guide Step-by-step visual instructions to support the safe construction of the phone stand using plywood. Includes interactive links to video tutorials for each production step and multiple models for students to choose from and customise further. DOWNLOAD |
| Lesson 3 slides on technical drawing This set of teacher slides are linked to Lesson 3: Technical Drawings and cover Isometric and orthographic drawing skills as well as providing three phone stand designs ready for classroom use. |
| How to videos This playlist features short instructional videos of all steps of the production process, including measuring & marking, cutting, shaping and smoothing, the intersecting cardboard model, the half-joint cardboard model and the double-sided cardboard model. |
Forest Learning have a fantastic range of resources on their website designed to support the teaching of Design & Technologies for both primary and secondary students. They are all benchmarked to the Australian curriculum, and cover topics as diverse as virtual reality, careers in forestry and materials technology. They are all free - teachers just have to register on the site to download them. Click on the Forest Learning logo and get exploring! |
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Disclaimer: These resources are the work of practising teachers or education providers. They have been sources and shared in good faith and for general information only. They do not necessarily reflect the views of DATTA Vic, nor do DATTA Vic endorse the accuracy or suitability of the information for any particular purpose. Note that this material has not been verified by VCAA. Responsibility in response to the material must be accepted by users. For VCE, teachers must refer to the mandatory documents in relation to the VCE Product Design and Technologies/Systems Engineering study designs from VCAA, which are available online and updated every year. For safety information, teachers must consult the relevant OHS Hazard Management section of the department's website. |
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