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Project Management
Students, in project teams, demonstrate that they are able to successfully plan and manage a construction project. They meet with a customer, work as a team and complete the project to the customer's specifications.
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College Search Made Easy
Twelfth graders research colleges to assist them in determining what college to attend. They conduct Internet research, e-mail questions to university professors and students, and develop a portfolio of their information.
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Obtaining The Job
Twelfth graders create resumes, letters of application, and thank you letters. They search for advertised jobs, interview an employer, participate in mock interviews, and attend a presentation by a local job agency representative.
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Writing A Business Letter Who, What, and Where Are They
Seventh graders word process business letters using proper tab settings, spell checking, grammar and punctuation. They use the Internet to search for names and addresses.
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Create A Business and A Life
Young scholars look through a phone book and pick a business they think they would enjoy. They brainstorm ideas about the needs of a business. They set their prices to payback their investment into the new business.
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Career Explorations
Students use a variety of resources to discover their personal goals, interests, aptitudes and priorities. They apply these interests to course selection and career choices.
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Evaluating Web Sites
Students determine how to critically evaluate visual and medias aspects of web sites. They examine the purpose of assigned web sites.
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Creating an Effective Search Statement
Students identify how to turn a topic statement or research question into an effective search statement for use with electronic databases or web search engines. They apply use of Boolean operators in the searches.
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Searching Specialized Databases: The Invisible Web
Learners examine the useful information to be found on the "invisible web." They find the best sources of relevant information.
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Exploration, Development and Planning for the Future
Students research their strengths and weaknesses and helps them make a career choice.
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Keyboarding Lesson - Type Reach
Pupils locate and type letters e, h, and o keys and practice a new technique: type reach. They review the home row with all letters learned.
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COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
Young scholars review their understanding of web design principles and HTML and continue working on academic projects.
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Study Skills Assignment
Students utilize six different types of study skills as they review material for a final exam. They are graded on the exam and on the study process for the exam.
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Slide Show Review
Seventh graders create a five question slide show which reviews the chapter or unit they have just completed in class. They create multiple choice questions based on the review material.
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Body Keyboard: Technology, Computer Skills
Students demonstrate their knowledge of keyboard functions in a 'hands-on' (or body-on) way. They stand in the order of a keyboard (with assigned functions) and physically show what function each key performs.
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Job Applications
Students fill out job applications for openings as sales clerk and stocker. They role play being the "Boss" to critique job applications.
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Basic HTML
Students work with basic HTML elements to build a better knowledge of web page construction. They write a simple web page using HTML elements.
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Firefighters: Community Helpers
Pupils, after reading the book, The Fire Station Book, discuss how a firefighter helps people in a community. They also participate in songs and games about firefighting.
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Creating an Electronic Resume for a Job Search
Learners develop an appropriate resume for posting on a website for a job search. They create a web page using filamentality, and explore the web to find established career sites.
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Using Computers to Produce Spreadsheets and Bar Graphs
Students review graphing terminology and how to plot data points, how to input data into a spreadsheet, and how to make a chart using a computer.
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Career Development (Career Exploration)
Ninth graders identify factors that influence the changing career patterns of women and men. They identify mentors and resources to support career plans and identify volunteer and leisure activities that relate to their career goals.
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Career Development (Career Skills Awareness)
Students assess their transferable skills and relate them to occupational and lifestyle choices. They apply research skills to acquire information related to job possibilities and career interests.
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Career Development (Career Exploration)
Eighth graders identify and describe career opportunities in a changing society
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Career Investigation Project
Students explore a career of their choice to learn about a career that interests them. In this career exploration lesson plan, students research a variety of careers and select one in particular. Students create a project to tell others...