In this lesson, students will have the opportunity to work in teams of two to solve a workplace problem in a way that is efficient, practical, and simple. This career lesson plan is especially geared toward students with cognitive disabilities.
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A specific need that was shared during the teacher externship experience was new hires’ inability to read a tape measure and measure accurately. In this lesson, students will gain experience in problem solving and teamwork as they practice using a tape measure by measuring a variety of objects.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
This lesson plan is for a cross-curricular project that helps students investigate their electricity use and devise a plan for how they could maintain their normal activities for two days without using power (such as during a power outage). The idea came from the need many companies have for a back-up plan when they lose power during a storm but still need to maintain their operations.
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“What do you want to be when you grow up?” How many times does a young adult get asked this question? This is an important decision and definitely not an easy one. This lesson (semester project) allows the student to take a closer look at what they might enjoy as a career or more importantly – what they might discover isn’t what they want in a job!
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The Pipe Bender lesson allows students to review measurement. In speaking with those in working in the shipyard, they emphasized the important skills of measurement, system of measurement conversion, and diagram reading.
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In this unit, high school juniors will research one career of their choice, based on analysis of results of their three assessments on Career Cruising (Career Matchmaker, Ability Profiler and Learning Styles Inventory). In this process, students will develop the skills necessary to writing a high-quality, well-founded research paper. Topics will include source integrity, works cited pages (both formatting and the creation of citations for works cited page), the correct format for various in-text citations, stages of research, development of graphic organizers, translation of graphic organizer in the creation of an outline, transferring outline topics to paragraphs, developing strong introductory and concluding paragraphs, creating effective transition sentences, formatting cover pages, editing, revising, peer editing and submission of final draft.
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Students will brainstorm a list of careers/jobs that may be available at a papermill. From that list they will then take 1 of those jobs and do an in depth study of one of those potential jobs/careers.
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Students will increase their understanding of the forest as a renewable resource by learning about forest management techniques and developing a forestry management plan.
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You will choose from list of jobs at Green Valley Dairy. Your work will include researching this career, interviewing personnel from Green Valley Dairy within these positions, and creating a presentation which you will share with class.
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Students will research a career of their choice and present information about their chosen career in the form of a wax museum where they dress like the people would in that career and report basic facts about the chosen career path, such as education, salaries, and daily activities.
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Measurement and common math are required to perform your job duties in nearly every aspect of conveyor manufacturing. I have compiled a list of skills relating to math and measurement that are essential for successful job performance. This include being able to: Read a tape measure accurately Add or subtract fractions Convert fractions to decimal form Use a decimal equivalent card or chart (drill gage)
Material Type: Unit of Study
Students will be able to determine tolerance intervals and whether dimensions fall within those limits. It is recommended that teachers follow this lesson with the Analyzing Tolerance Lesson Plan by Michele Longsine.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Students will be using real-life energy use data to learn how to use spreadsheets and create graphs to better organize and view data. Discussions can then follow to analyze the data and explain the usage. Real rates are then provided, and students can use the electricity consumed data to create a utility bill for the consumer and compare the standard Residential Service charges to if the member were instead billed by the “Time of Use” rate.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Data Set, Lesson Plan, Primary Source
This lesson would be used to follow up with the “What’s in the Water? Lab Activity.” You are employees of competing Water Testing companies. You recently received a request from the municipality of Cavour to test their water for an unknown/suspected parasite that they suspect has been causing nausea and intestinal distress in their community. Your mission after developing the Method for testing for the parasite found in the City of Cavour’s water is to submit your report for approval by the City of Cavour. Your report and presentation will be used to determine whether Cavour accepts your bid for the contract.
Material Type: Assessment, Lesson Plan
You are an employee of Green Valley Dairy and your job is to determine the mass of the company’s corn silage pile. Your boss knows that this pile is the limiting factor as to whether or not he can add animals to the herd. He is contemplating adding 500 head of cattle and needs to make sure there is enough feed in storage before they make the expansion...don’t mess up your measurements and calculations, as this is pivotal information.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
This lesson emphasizes the importance of properly answering job interview questions and better prepares the students for mock interviews.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
After an introduction to the hit show "Shark Tank," students will identify an area of improvement for a product and attempt to sell their idea and/or prototype to potential (mock) buyers in the "Bear's Tank."
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You are employees of competing water testing companies. You recently received a request from the municipality of Cavour to test their water for an unknown/suspected parasite that they suspect has been causing nausea and intestinal distress in their community. Your mission is to develop the proper Method for testing for the parasite and provide a detailed lab report.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
A specific skill that was shared by the Laboratory Scientist during the teacher externship experience at HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital was the ability to use a bulb pipette accurately. In this lesson, students will gain experience in problem solving and teamwork as they practice reading graduated marks on the side of a pipette and filling a pipette to several different requested levels.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson
A specific skill that was shared by the respiratory therapist during the teacher externship experience at HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital was the ability to read a Broselow Pediatric Reference Tape accurately in an emergency situation. In this lesson, students will gain experience in problem solving and teamwork as they practice using a Broselow Pediatric Reference Tape to measure a variety of “patients” and then apply that measurement correctly when answering associated questions.
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