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AUDITIONS FOR "RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET"
Actors Singers and Dancers needed to play heroes, scientists and flight crew in this science fiction rock musical.
9.30 Yrs 11-14 students confirm courses with Deans
Yr 11 Ryder Hall
Yr 12 Boarders' Lounge
Yr 13/14 Pavilion
11.00 Prefect training in pavilion
Electronics Technology
Electronics technology is a creative activity aimed at meeting needs and opportunities through the development of electronic products or systems. Knowledge, skills and resources are combined to solve real-world practical problems. It requires planning, design, justification of decisions, experimentation, team-work and the efficient and effective management of resources. The course is based in the electronics classroom and has an emphasis on both theoretical knowledge and practical exercises.
Skills
- Investigation, use and understanding of existing technological products and systems
- Identifying and exploring needs and opportunities
- Choice and use of suitable materials, tools and equipment
- Design of technological solutions and evaluation of these solutions with a view to improvement and/or modification
- Modeling and creating circuits through computer simulations and prototype boards
Typical outcomes
Designing and making projects based around:
- Alarms
- Sensor systems
- Control systems such as robotics
Links
http://www.brightsparks.org.nz/index.cfm
http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/
http://www.technologystudent.com/
http://www.electronicsteacher.com/