A matter of style
In this lesson sequence, students using the Zen Garden website reflect on criteria for effective design. They then explore the benefits of stylesheets in separating style and content and to learn to how use them.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 9-10 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Lesson ideas |
| Format | Web page |
| Core and overarching concepts | Computational thinking, Design thinking, Impact and interactions |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI10K02
Represent documents online as content (text), structure (markup) and presentation (styling) and explain why such representations are important |
| Technologies & Programming Languages | Webpage design |
| Keywords | CSS, Stylesheets, Design, User interface, Interface |
| Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | Design and Technologies |
| Organisation | ESA |
| Copyright | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated. |
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