This is the learning area in which all students learn about the natural and made environments by investigating, designing and making, and using technology.

Science is concerned with finding out about the world in a systematic way. With the increasing ‘knowledge explosion’, providing students with the processes and skills required to access knowledge is an important element.   

Technology education is concerned with the purposeful and creative uses of resources in an effort to meet perceived needs or goals. It emphasizes first hand experiences, investigating, problem-solving, designing and making and evaluation of technological activity. It embraces computer and communication technology