Experienced Technology educators have designed this study guide to help you to understand the content of the Senior Phase (Grade 7 – 9) Technology curriculum. Not only will it help you to progress from one grade to the other but it will also enable you to successfully engage in the Common Tasks for Assessment (CTA) in the last term of Grade 9. This provides you with: • explanations, activities, assessment tasks and their answers for each knowledge area • tips on how to study Technology and to prepare for all kinds of formal assessment • an illustrated dictionary of technology terms used in Senior Phase lessons • an illustrated list of tools and equipment used in the Technology classroom, with explanations as to what they are used for as well as the safety precautions that need to be taken when using them • a template of a project portfolio