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Materials Design and Technology

These print, video, online and electronic resources are to support Materials Design and Technology.

Note: all resources for this WACE Course are recommendations only. Each school should decide on specific titles for their students in consultation with their school community and sector guidelines.

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Resources are typically relevant, but not exclusively, for:
  • Early Adolescence
  • Late Adolescence
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    Recommended Texts

    Wood:

    • Woodwork in theory and practice
      John A. Walton
      ISBN 090088262X
      Random Australia, 1979.

    • Woodworking. Part one
      Bruce Leadbeatter, Michael Leadbeatter, John Keable.
      ISBN 9780074716755
      McGraw-Hill, 2007.

    • Woodworking. Part two
      Bruce Leadbeatter, Michael Leadbeatter.
      ISBN 0074709739
      McGraw-Hill, 2001.

    • Furnishing : an industry study for secondary schools
      D.A. Schlyder.
      ISBN 1876135468
      PCS Publications, 2005.

    • Furnishing. Workbook
      D. Schlyder.
      Part one
      ISBN 1876135476
      Part two
      ISBN 1876135492
      Part three
      ISBN 1876135514
      Part four
      ISBN 1876135530
      PCS Publications, 2005.

    • Wood and technology
      Bette Prange, Maureen Kelly.
      ISBN 0521438225
      Cambridge University Press, 1994

    Metals:

    • Engineering : an industry study for secondary schools
      D.A. Schlyder.
      ISBN 1876135557
      PCS Publications, 2005.

    • Engineering. Workbook
      D. Schlyder.
      Part one
      ISBN 1876135174
      Part two
      ISBN 1876135190
      Part three
      ISBN 1876135212
      Part four
      ISBN
      PCS Publications, 2001 - 2005.

    Textiles:

    • The Fashion Design Manual
      Pamela Stecker
      ISBN 0732907160
      MacMillan Publishers Aust Pty Ltd, 1996.

    • Textiles Technology First
      Tanya Ridgewell
      ISBN 0733974929
      Pearson Education Australia, 2006.

    • Textiles Technology First – Teacher’s Resource
      Julie Sullivan
      ISBN 0733956742
      Pearson Education Australia, 2006.

    • Textiles Technology First – Teacher’s Resource CD
      Julie Sullivan
      ISBN 0733974939
      Pearson Education Australia, 2006.

    • Textiles and Design. Preliminary & HSC
      Christine Castle and Lynola Peters
      Thomson  Learning Australia, 2007.

     

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