This Curiosity Collection explores how young people can design their future by understanding themselves, exploring opportunities, and thinking about the choices that shape adult life.
Learners investigate strengths, interests, careers, lifestyle options, education pathways, and financial responsibilities. They explore how decisions about work, study, relationships, and wellbeing can affect the future, and how people can plan for different possibilities.
The collection is designed using inclusive learning principles, supporting diverse learning needs through self-paced exploration, clear instructions, flexible activity options, visual supports, and multiple ways for Pathfinders to engage, create, build, and reflect.
A Curiosity Collection includes multiple Pathfinder activities completed over several sessions.
Each activity introduces new ideas through exploration, investigation, and creative design, leading to a final project where Pathfinders combine what they have learned.
The Collection includes:
| Learning Area | Level, Code | Descriptor |
|---|---|---|
| Personal & Social Capability | Level 9–10, VC2PSC01 | Reflect on their personal strengths, interests, values and achievements and apply this understanding to consider future aspirations, goals and pathways. |
| Personal & Social Capability | Level 9–10, VC2PSC02 | Develop, implement and evaluate strategies to manage learning, set goals, and make informed decisions about future learning and life choices. |
| Personal & Social Capability | Level 9–10, VC2PSC03 | Analyse how personal, social and contextual factors influence identity, relationships, decision-making and responsibility. |
| Careers Education | Level 9–10, VCCCDS049 | Investigate the range of education, training and career pathways and the skills, knowledge and experiences required for different options. |
| Careers Education | Level 9–10, VCCCDS050 | Explore how personal interests, strengths, values and experiences influence career and life decisions. |
| Careers Education | Level 9–10, VCCCDS051 | Analyse factors that influence career choices, transitions and future opportunities, including social, economic and personal influences. |
| English | Level 9–10, VCELY432 | Use comprehension strategies to interpret, analyse and evaluate ideas and information from a range of texts and sources. |
| English | Level 9–10, VCELY433 | Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations, selecting and sequencing appropriate content and multimodal elements for defined audiences and purposes. |
| English | Level 9–10, VCELY434 | Create texts that integrate ideas and information from multiple sources and use appropriate structure, language and features for purpose and audience. |
| Mathematics | Level 9–10, VCMNA300 | Solve problems involving percentages, rates, ratios and financial contexts, including budgeting, saving, spending and comparing costs. |
| Mathematics | Level 9–10, VCMNA301 | Apply mathematical reasoning and problem-solving skills to real-life situations involving money, measurement and data. |
| Humanities – Economics & Business | Level 9–10, VCEBB003 | Investigate how individuals and businesses make financial and economic decisions, including planning, saving, spending and managing risk. |
| Humanities – Economics & Business | Level 9–10, VCEBB004 | Analyse the role of work, income, education and training in personal and community life, and how these influence lifestyle and opportunities. |
| Humanities – Civics & Citizenship | Level 9–10, VCCCC025 | Analyse how social, economic and personal factors influence identity, participation, opportunities and decision-making in contemporary society. |
| Digital Technologies | Level 9–10, VCDTDI043 | Acquire, manage and analyse information and data using digital systems and a range of software tools. |
| Digital Technologies | Level 9–10, VCDTDI044 | Create and communicate ideas and information using appropriate digital tools, formats and media for different purposes and audiences. |
| Design & Technologies | Level 9–10, VCDSTC059 | Generate, develop and communicate design ideas and solutions using appropriate techniques, technologies and graphical representation. |
| Critical & Creative Thinking | Level 9–10, VC2CCT01 | Analyse information, concepts and ideas to identify patterns, relationships and possibilities, and apply reasoning to solve problems. |
| Critical & Creative Thinking | Level 9–10, VC2CCT02 | Evaluate alternatives and make reasoned decisions using evidence, criteria and reflection. |
| Health & Physical Education | Level 9–10, VCHPEP152 | Investigate and apply strategies to manage personal wellbeing, independence, transitions and future responsibilities. |
| Health & Physical Education | Level 9–10, VCHPEP154 | Plan for future transitions by considering personal strengths, interests, opportunities and challenges. |
Our guided learning journey that moves from curiosity to understanding. Each step
builds naturally, so your child can explore, think, create, and grow at their own pace.
Get orientated and understand the challenge, goals and what you’ll create.
Ask questions, explore different ideas and perspectives and gather inspiration.
Dig deeper into your ideas, test possibilities and build understanding.
Create, make and experiment using the skills and ideas you’ve developed.
Look back on your process and results, celebrate growth and consider what’s next.
Explore legends, creatures, and mythical worlds while building skills
Discover how animals live, adapt, and survive while learning about the natural world.
Use gaming worlds to strengthen problem-solving, digital literacy, and thinking.
Discover the science behind speed while developing skills in physics, measurement, and data.
