Section 5: Attainment Outcomes, Strands and Targets in Environmental Studies

Knowledge and understanding: Technology			Pupils should also be developing informed attitudes in relation to the knowledge and understanding strands below. See page 76 for relevant DIA strands.
	Pupils are able to:
Strand	Level A	Level B	Level C	Level D	Level E	Level F
Needs and how they are met Developing understanding about needs of people and the environment, ways in which technology can satisfy these and consequences of actions proposed and taken.	talk about some everyday needs and the things that are made to meet these	describe how some everyday needs are met by familiar and new products	suggest how people's needs differ, giving examples of how designing and making helps particular groups in their communities and further afield give examples from the past of how some specific needs have been met in different ways suggest ways in which people can meet needs of other living things and the environment	suggest how designing and making meets a variety of needs in their own and other cultures, past, present, and in thinking about the future describe how effective designing and making takes account of how well products work, their overall attractiveness and cost suggest ways in which choice is influenced by development of new products and processes, and by advertising describe how technological activity can affect the needs of people and the environment	explain how designing and making meets needs, and influences lifestyles, in groups and societies, past, present and future describe products in terms of health and safety, how they work, look, and what they cost describe how technological and economic change can result in new needs to be met explain how technological activity can affect the needs of people and the environment	explain the effectiveness in meeting needs of the made and built environment with regard to health and safety, function, aesthetics and economics explain how different perceptions of 'needs' and 'lifestyle' can result in conflict that might be caused or resolved by technological activity
Resources and how they are managed Developing understanding about a range and differing types of resources, ways in which they can be managed and consequences of actions proposed and taken.	name some familiar products, say what they are for and what they are made from talk about how materials can be used or changed for specific purposes talk about their surroundings and suggest improvements show awareness of the need to conserve the materials that they use	show that items may consist of one material only, or of combinations give examples of familiar materials and where they come from show that tools and materials can be used to turn an idea into a solution describe how resources could be saved by reducing waste and reusing materials wherever possible	classify materials and make distinctions between what is natural and what is 'made' give some examples of how materials are changed in making products demonstrate that materials, tools and people are resources necessary to make things describe some benefits of reducing waste and recycling and reusing some familiar material resources	give examples of a range of materials show how the availability and properties of materials affect their use demonstrate that materials, including those used to communicate graphically, tools, people and energy are resources necessary to make things describe some benefits of reducing waste, recycling and reusing materials and resources	give examples of a range of materials, their sources, properties and applications describe how resources, including graphic media, tools, people and energy are used in the development of the made environment describe how energy conservation is affected by the use of material resources	consider a range of materials and justify their suitability for purpose explain how resources are used in the development of the made environment give examples of the interplay between the use of materials, the environment and finance
Processes and how they are appliedDeveloping understanding about techniques and procedures that can be applied to make or control items and consequences of actions proposed and taken.	talk about how familiar items, including those that they make themselves, are made through a sequence of steps.	talk about how people affect their surroundings by choosing to make and change things give examples of how familiar tools and equipment might be used to make things give examples of sequences through which some familiar products are made.	show how people affect their surroundings by choosing to make or change things give examples of ways in which tools and equipment can be used to create solutions to practical problems describe how resources, generally, are gathered, worked on and changed, packaged, distributed, sold and used in various ways as familiar products talk about how what they do in their own problem-solving tasks relates to the world outside school.	give examples of familiar processes that work by controlled sequences of events describe ways in which tools and equipment can be used to create solutions to practical problems describe a general sequence of events through which products are made, used and disposed of give examples of simple energy stories that relate products to how they are made describe ways in which ideas are generated and communicated.	describe familiar processes that work by controlled sequences of events, including some that are automated demonstrate techniques and procedures used to communicate and make solutions to practical problems describe a wide range of techniques and procedures involved in production, marketing, use and beyond describe how tools, equipment and procedures in their own problem-solving tasks relate to those in the world outside school describe energy transfer as a feature of processes.	describe a range of processes and control devices, including some used in commercial production demonstrate techniques and procedures used to communicate and make solutions to practical problems, including some used in commercial production explain processes involved in market research, production, quality control and the life-cycle of products, in their own work and in commerce describe relationships between techniques and procedures that they use in their own problem-solving tasks and those used in commercial production explain energy input and output in terms of efficiency of the process, economics and conservation of resources explain ways in which ideas are generated and communicated in their own work and in commerce.