Year 8 Technologies – Term 2 (WA Curriculum): Digital Solutions and Data Management

What this unit covers

In Term 2, Year 8 Technologies in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Digital Solutions and Data Management”.

Students develop digital implementation skills through project management, data analysis, and ethical digital practices while creating solutions for real-world problems.

Lesson sequence (20 lessons)

The unit breaks down into the following lesson-by-lesson sequence — each title below is a teachable lesson, in order:

1. Investigating Digital Problems in Our Community
2. Developing Design Briefs for Technology Solutions
3. Planning Digital Projects with Time and Resource Management
4. Introduction to Spreadsheet Data Analysis Tools
5. Using MIN, MAX, and COUNT Functions for Data Insights
6. Calculating MEAN, MODE, and MEDIAN in Spreadsheets
7. Filtering and Sorting Data to Identify Patterns
8. Creating Data Visualizations to Communicate Findings
9. Validating Data Sources for Research Projects
10. Identifying Trends and Making Predictions from Data
11. Understanding Data Collection Ethics and Privacy
12. Evaluating Credibility of Online Data Sources
13. Fact-Checking Methodologies for Digital Research
14. Cross-Referencing Sources to Verify Information
15. Implementing Security Measures for Digital Projects
16. Managing Digital Resources and Project Costs
17. Communicating Project Progress Using Digital Tools
18. Testing and Refining Digital Solutions
19. Presenting Data Analysis Results to Stakeholders
20. Reflecting on Digital Implementation and Future Improvements

Curriculum codes in this unit

Content codes:

Skills codes:

Reading the codes: WA codes (the ones starting with WA) pack the year level, learning area, strand and content number into one string, while the national Australian Curriculum v9 uses a different anatomy that starts with AC9 — same content family, different labels. Our complete WA Curriculum guide decodes both, character by character.

Planning notes for Term 2

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 2 runs from Monday 20 April to Friday 3 July — 11 weeks for WA public schools. With 20 lessons in this unit, that leaves breathing room for assessment, moderation and the weeks that disappear to carnivals, camps and public holidays — plan the assessable work to land two to three weeks before the end of term rather than in the final week.