My name is Dr. Beth Hirose and I am a family consumer sciences teacher at Round Lake High School in Illinois. I just completed my doctorate in education at Argosy University in Schaumburg, IL.
This site was created to share lesson plans from family consumer sciences teachers. Each lesson plan uses technology in some way and requires students to use higher order thinking skills according to Bloom’s taxonomy. The lesson plans were obtained through my dissertation, “Family Consumer Sciences Teachers’ Use Of Technology To Teach Higher Order Thinking Skills.” I defended my dissertation July, 2009. All participants in the survey were made aware that their submitted lesson plans may be published online for others to use.
I researched what other family consumer sciences teachers were doing in regards to technology because there are limited resources for us online in terms of lesson plans. I wanted to create a source of ideas for my fellow colleagues to use so that we might expand our student’s learning opportunities. Please feel free to use any of the ideas listed. The lessons are categorized by both course and by higher order thinking skill. If you have any questions or comments about the content of this site you may contact me at bhirose@rlas-116.org.
Lessons are also posted on (http://sites.google.com/site/familyconsumerscienceslessons/). I would like to continuously add new lessons to this list. Please feel free to email me your lesson plans that include technology and higher order thinking skills.
(Lesson plans have been transcribed for the most part as they were given to me. I included lessons that combined family consumer sciences, technology, and one or more higher level thinking skill- Analysis, Synthesis, and/or Evaluation. Duplicate or incomplete lessons were not included.)
Listed By Course
Child Care/Child Development
- “Child Development and Parenting, The students had to research certain STDS on websites that were provided. They had to research in groups with each assigned to a specific task. Once they were finished, they had to create a PowerPoint, save it to a shared drive and then present it. It is a great project and I have been doing this one for 3 years.”
- “Child Development, the students have to design their own child care facility using Word, scanners, PowerPoint, Publisher, all of Microsoft office, and digital cameras and video. Also provide a bi-weekly newsletter for the parents using the same technology tools.”
- “Early Childhood Education utilizes many technology skills when putting together a 100 page portfolio”
- “Child Development II: Students create a lesson plan including activities that they research on the Internet for age-appropriate use in a student-led playschool”
- “Child Development TO SPANK, OR NOT TO SPANK? Students are asked to take a stance on the controversial topic of spanking and defend their position. They are required to research and obtain credible information. Our media center specialist provides support and assistance during computer lab time.”
- “In Practicum in Early Childhood Education, I created a webquest where students are given the assignment of a substitute preschool teacher. They have to find 3 activities on the web that deal with 3 different curriculum areas and are about a specific theme.”
- “Students create a lesson plan for a specific curricular area to teach three and four-year-old preschoolers. Students must use at least 3 resources (can be internet sites) to create their lesson. Students evaluate the age-appropriateness and practicality of the lesson plan ideas when creating their own lessons.”
- “Child Care: Baby Think It Over Simulator -Students will use the BTIO software (sheet produced by teacher) to analyze the percentage data. They will find the averages, medians, modes range, as well as the incorporation of graphs. This will help students determine their position, based on care percentage, out of all the students taking home the infant simulator.”
- “In an advanced child development course my students create a brochure for parents.”
- “The Baby Think It Over project requires students to analyze their life and how a baby would influence it. The project requires students to evaluate how a baby would change their lives.”
- “child development students planned a preschool day using internet resourced activities”
- “In Child Day Care Occupations the students test the preschooler’s abilities and put together a professional letter. This letter discusses the preschooler’s abilities, likes/dislikes etc in order to educate the parents on their child's readiness for kindergarten. They also give the parents suggestions of activities the parents can do at home to help the child improve their skills. I do allow 4 preschool days for the children to test the preschooler’s abilities.”
- “In our Child Abuse unit for Child Dev. we start the period out by asking the students to write a one page paper about the responsibilities of parenting while the sounds of screaming and crying children play in the background. Of course, the papers are horrible and no one ever writes a paper in 10 minutes. However, then we discuss via PowerPoint how they felt, etc. Then link it to child abuse. After that, we have a poem we analyze that may or may not be about abuse. We discuss clues, etc. Then we split up and they are all give scenarios about "possible" abuse situations. We discuss what makes them cases of abuse or not and debate them together.”
- “My students in my preschool lab create a case study power point presentation on a particular child. The students evaluate the child's different areas of development and compile the information into a presentation which they then present in a parent conference.”
- “Selection of suitable child care Advanced Child Development Challenge student to make suitable choice related to profile of assigned child.”
Consumer Education
- “Consumer Education, Students used the Internet to find information about potential automobiles they would like to buy. They then analyzed which car they could afford, why it would be good for them, and how they could lower the price. It was then put into a PowerPoint presentation and shown to the class.”
- “Consumer Education budget unit: They use the computer to present their project with a power point. they research using websites for housing, cars, renter's insurance, budget packages, comparison food prices, clothing, etc. The students develop interactive activities for the class when they teach it. Their tests are done on the computer and put in a dropbox.”
- “Stock market project students have to use the web, excel, and word to create, analyze, and predict future outcomes in the stock market. This is for consumer management”
- “The students work on a real life project in Consumer Management. At the end of the project, they use an excel spreadsheet to see how much money they have spent in a budget for a month.”
- “Consumers education: selection of housing in the area they need to calculate and figure cost to purchase a mortgage they need to select financial institutions in the area and compare them with reference to point, interest rates, down payments, difference in rates according to length of the term. They then need to present a power point presentation”
- “In consumer education, students research careers, prepare a budget based on the careers, find an apartment on line etc.”
- “Consumer Economics. Evaluating available credit and loan choices.”
- “Consumer Education Class: Using Excel to show the calculation of compounding interest over time (44 years).”
- “Consumer education: we evaluate different rental homes and homes to purchase. The students look at their needs and wants and evaluate what would be a good rental unit.”
- “Consumer Management. Putting together a Stock Portfolio, by researching different companies on the NYSE”
- “Real World Project Students are required to "rent" an apartment, "buy" a car, "furnish" their apartment, and "buy" appropriate interview attire all within the starting salary budget that came from a previous career project. The project forces them to make decisions about what is important to them and what they are willing to live without. Students are forced to analyze their own values and goals.”
- “In our Career unit, the students use technology throughout the whole unit. They do webquests, online scavenger hunts, research using the internet, create a PowerPoint presentation, and present their PowerPoint to the class.”
- “Life Resource Management For our housing unit the students had to research online to find living arrangements, and then set up a budget using the apartment they found and an income given to them.”
- “Consumer Mgmt--Budgeting--Using Excel”
Fashion Design/Clothing Construction
- “Fashion Design - Garment Line Design / Using Adobe Illustrator”
- “Advanced Fashion - Computerized pattern-making Students must design a garment, take their measurements, and use the information to take standard slopers and transform them into a pattern for their original design. They use Cochenille Design Studio's "Garment Designer" software, along with the reference and design manual. Students then construct the garment and finally, evaluate how well the final product matches the original design.”
- “Introduction to Fashion. They create a Professional Career Image Portfolio using the computer. Given a budget and a job that has specific dress code rules, they must create five outfits using the elements and principles of design to their body and stay within their budget. They more or less go fake shopping for these wardrobes noting the supplier and cost of each item. This project is also used in FCCLA competitions.”
- “A fashion research project using the internet to research different designers and colleges. The students then needed to create a presentation on the designer or school to present to the class.”
Fashion Merchandising
- “This lesson is in my highest level of Fashion - Students are required to create a url with their portfolio pictures for others to view and manipulate garments rotation. They are also required to do a cost analysis of their garments and what it would cost for the average consumer to buy. Much research, creativity, and time are devoted to this large undertaking.”
Foods/Culinary
- “Service Learning project requires students in Foods classes to research nutritional needs and problems of seniors. The students are then responsible to plan a nutritious snack that can be served at a nursing home facility that will meet nutritional needs as well as identify any special nutritional needs of some inhabitants. “Foods I: Students create a brochure, including 5 safety procedures, that can be use in home food preparation or within the food service industry.”
- “Professional Foods: We used a nutrition calculator program to analyze and advise outside adult "clients" to promote healthier living. The students were able to input and use data analyses to draw conclusions and draw up recommendations for their clients.”
- “In my best lesson I have used the internet for students to do research, and asked them to create a webpage using the research this was for a foods class.”
- “Creative Cooking 1 The USDA website for nutrition analysis. Students record what they ate for 2 or 3 days then enter it into the USDA MyPyramid website, after which they analyze and evaluate their consumptions.”
- “Nutrition Students create a healthy restaurant menu. Menu includes healthy meals they develop and a description of how/why meals are healthy and fit into a healthy eating plan. Menus are created on the computer.”
- “Students are asked to create a presentation involving the history of cakes. They need to create either a song or a rap and use the information in a way that is not usually presented in.”
- “Study of an international country to be presented in the classroom to peers. Quite a few steps of the process involve internet research as well as library databases.”
- “Advanced Foods-Yeast experiments. Students need to analyze the reaction between yeast and several other ingredients. They must then decide which ingredients are necessary for the proper functioning of yeast.”
- “The students input diets and analyze their nutrition using online software”
- “Health Occupations class - students use the smartboard to design fliers promoting hand washing at school - incorporate data/facts (such as % of high school students who wash their hands after using the washroom), attention getter, information source. We print the fliers & students post the fliers after strategizing the most effective placement”
- “Foods II: Students are given a recipe and required to gather all of the ingredients. They have to completely put the recipe together using the skills they have already learned in class. Students are evaluated by the finished product. Examples: Baked Alaska Cake”
- “create lesson plans, power points, investigate different countries, create pamphlets, etc. we do a lot. analyze meals for timing/pricing/taste”
- “In Pastry Arts, the students research how to change a cookie recipe using skills and knowledge learned in class. They create their own cookie recipe, write the recipe, then create the recipe.”
- “In foods 2 class I have the students keep track of their diet for one week. Before they begin I have them evaluate their eating happens and pick one thing they eat on a daily basis, be it pizza, chips, etc. They are asked to limit the amount of this food. At the end of the week the students are to analyze their diet and discuss their findings as a class.”
- “Restaurant Management - The students are responsible for planning and orchestrating a catering job. They have to design spreadsheets to organize the kitchen duties as well as the dining room staff. They must order their own recipes online and plan the entire menu.”
- “Eating Disorder Project Choice and Writing Assignment Introduction to Foods and Nutrition #1: Research an eating disorder and create a poster, or pamphlet, or presentation of research #2 Essay writing with self-evaluation of information that has had an impact during this unit. Graded with Illinois Writing Rubric.”
- “Students produce a purchase and inventory sheet for labs, analyzing the cost to make the item.”
- “In my advanced foods class, students expand their understanding of nutrition by acting as a nutrition counselor for an adult (of their choosing). They use MyPyramidtracker.gov to analyze information provided by their "client" and then evaluate the printouts. They use a variety of higher order thinking skills and additional research to develop a meaningful report which they word process for their client.”
- “Fitness & Nutrition course - Nutrition evaluation using computer program. Students analyze their specific information (dietary log and personal information) and then put together an evaluation piece on what they need to change according to the program and how they can change it in order to lead a healthier lifestyle.”
- “In Hospitality II the students used the Internet and Microsoft word to create their own restaurant. They were required to make a poster, draw how their restaurant would look from the inside, out, and write a paper describing their restaurant and why they chose the things they did in their restaurant. They need to take in consideration the front and back of the house, floor management, ect.”
- “[Through] an assignment given to my classes using the web to create recipes designed by them”
- “In my Nutrition & Fitness classes, my students are required to find media articles about nutrition. They write a summary of the article and have to analyze if the information in the article they read is valid based on the nutritional principles they have learned in class. They need to be able to defend their point of view.”
- “Students develop questions about GM corn and do research on the internet. Write conclusion and share.”
- “Menu planning for a restaurant. Objective: Make a pamphlet that will promote your made-up restaurant....using publisher Aim: use of technology to promote customer attendance at your restaurant”
- “Lifestyle Fitness: Students logged what they ate over Thanksgiving weekend. We then input their consumption and activity on fitday.com and students analyzed their diets, exercise, dietary trends, and needs.”
Generic
- “Child Development & Culinary Arts & ProStart -Have used this lesson in several classes. Good intro to any unit. Usually done with vocabulary but can be used for any key concepts. Child Development: Prenatal Terms Culinary Arts: Utensils/Culinary Terms ProStart: Foodservice Equipment Take students to computer lab. The day before each student signs up for a different vocabulary word for the unit. In the computer lab the students look up their word, its definition, and a picture of the word. They put that together on a PowerPoint slide. All the students save their slide to my flashdrive and I put their words in order to complete the presentation. The next day in the classroom, we have a PowerPoint presentation and they get to explain their word to the class. The only thing the teacher does is come up with what words/concepts they want learned and make the title slide. Notes/Vocab=Done”
- “Power Point presentations followed by a review game done with technology.”
- “In my Adult Living, Psychology, and Parenting Classes I require my student to submit weekly blogs to my online class-discussion site with higher levels topics being discussed.”
- “For my classes the best lessons that use higher order thinking skills would be those which the students gather information and put it together into a presentation and teach others. Teaching is the best way to learn and having to go out and find their own information using technology amplifies this learning.”
- “I think my best lessons involving technology are based on students researching a topic, creating a Power Point presentation and brochure highlighting the key points of the topic and presenting the information to the class.”
- “The students do a comparison shopping project. They compare three things and are required to use the internet to do research. They are also required to use epinions or those types of sites to gather information. They then make an informed choice. This is all typed and turned in.”
Interior Design
- “Students are required to use the World Wide Web to research different housing styles and where they originated from. This is for Interior Design”
- “Interior Design Students select one of 3 homes. They draft the home and interior rooms to meet the needs of their family. They peer and teacher review to solve problem areas. They search the web for furniture and decorating samples and organize the information into a Word chart. They present the drafts and room by room decorating into a binder presentation for their final exam project.”
- Living Environments-students study architectural styles identifying characteristic details to identify the "influence" of varied styles of architecture.”
Introduction to Teaching
- “At the end of first semester in Introduction to Teaching the students prepare and present a lesson on a topic related to the field of education. The students are graded on the mechanics of the lesson which includes format, topic, use of technology and presentation.”
Life Studies/Family Living
- “Life Studies Students analyze their diets using a web program. It shows them their caloric intake, nutritive values and everything they need to know about foods they consume. They then take what they learn and write a paper using the web as their resource”
- “In the Sociology of Marriage and Family course, students must utilize information about birth order, heredity, family structure and personality characteristics to create a "Future Family Portfolio.” The students must utilize the internet as well as the course textbook to complete various portions of the project. Students must create their 'future family' and explain if they want children, why or why not, how many, and how they will raise them based off their experiences growing up. They must also include what type of family they are a part of. They must also describe the role that they have in their family and what role they feel they will have in their future family.”
- “Class: HERO Cooperative Education Students choose from four articles and write/type a summary into Microsoft word - upon completion they check the reading grade level - then return to their summary and utilize synonyms, revise incomplete sentences, combine sentences utilizing transitions - then recheck the reading grade level - revise as many times as they want within a given class period. Goal is to increase their writing ability. I also like using a wide range of tools in Microsoft word or publisher to create an ad for their place of business.”
- “Learning parts of the brain for psychology/family living. Research using the Internet, label diagrams, fill in chart about part and function, actually make a brain and label parts using food.”
Parenting
- “Parenting Students take Baby-Think-It-Over home and care for it for 3 days and 2 nights. They must type summary of events that took place, reflect on their experience, and decide if they are ready to parent.”
- “My students do a Web Quest on meeting the nutritional needs of pregnancy. Prior to the quest, nutritional guidelines are covered. I use the University of Illinois NATS system, which requires the student to design a diet for a pregnant female, aged 19-30. The system will analyze their choices and they must analyze where they succeeded and where they are deficient. Another favorite activity, (you can choose the better!) is after a week of "Reality Parenthood" where new parents speak on the physical, social/emotional, educational and financial challenges of parenthood, (and newborn and OB nurses present), the students design a brochure in Publisher sharing their information for peer review. The brochures are placed in our nurses' office.”
- “My students develop a public service announcement of FAS. They search the internet and other professional journals online and develop a public service announcement. They also search the internet for examples, etc.”
Listed By Higher Order Thinking Skill(s)
Analysis
- “consumer Education budget unit They use the computer to present their project with a power point. they research using websites for housing, cars, renter's insurance, budget packages, comparison food prices, clothing, etc. The students develop interactive activities for the class when they teach it. Their tests are done on the computer and put in a dropbox.”
- “Stock market project students have to use the web, excel, and word to create, analyze, and predict future outcomes in the stock market. This is for consumer management”
- “Life Studies Students analyze their diets using a web program. It shows them their caloric intake, nutritive values and everything they need to know about foods they consume. They then take what they learn and write a paper using the web as their resource”
- “Students are required to use the World Wide Web to research different housing styles and where they originated from. This is for Interior Design”
- “Fashion Design - Garment Line Design / Using Adobe Illustrator”
- “In Practicum in Early Childhood Education, I created a webquest where students are given the assignment of a substitute preschool teacher. They have to find 3 activities on the web that deal with 3 different curriculum areas and are about a specific theme.”
- “Advanced Foods-Yeast experiments. Students need to analyze the reaction between yeast and several other ingredients. They must then decide which ingredients are necessary for the proper functioning of yeast.”
- “Consumer Management. Putting together a Stock Portfolio, by researching different companies on the NYSE”
- “Class: HERO Cooperative Education Students choose from four articles and write/type a summary into Microsoft word - upon completion they check the reading grade level - then return to their summary and utilize synonyms, revise incomplete sentences, combine sentences utilizing transitions - then recheck the reading grade level - revise as many times as they want within a given class period. Goal is to increase their writing ability. I also like using a wide range of tools in Microsoft word or publisher to create an ad for their place of business.”
- “Students produce a purchase and inventory sheet for labs, analyzing the cost to make the item.”
- “In my Nutrition & Fitness classes, my students are required to find media articles about nutrition. They write a summary of the article and have to analyze if the information in the article they read is valid based on the nutritional principles they have learned in class. They need to be able to defend their point of view.”
- “Selection of suitable child care Advanced Child Development Challenge student to make suitable choice related to profile of assigned child.”
- “Lifestyle Fitness: Students logged what they ate over Thanksgiving weekend. We then input their consumption and activity on fitday.com and students analyzed their diets, exercise, dietary trends and needs.”
- Living Environments-students study architectural styles identifying characteristic details to identify the "influence" of varied styles of architecture.”
Synthesis
- “Child Development and Parenting The students had to research certain STDS on websites that were provided. They had to research in groups with each assigned to a specific task. Once they were finished, they had to create a PowerPoint, save it to a shared drive and then present it. It is a great project and I have been doing this one for 3 years.”
- “Service Learning project requires students in Foods classes to research nutritional needs and problems of seniors. The students are then responsible to plan a nutritious snack that can be served at a nursing home facility that will meet nutritional needs as well as identify any special nutritional needs of some inhabitants.
- “Foods I: Students create a brochure, including 5 safety procedures, that can be use in home food preparation or within the food service industry.”
- “In my best lesson I have used the internet for students to do research, and asked them to create a webpage using the research this was for a foods class.”
- “Nutrition Students create a healthy restaurant menu. Menu includes healthy meals they develop and a description of how/why meals are healthy and fit into a healthy eating plan. Menus are created on the computer.”
- “Power Point presentations followed by a review game done with technology.”
- “Students are asked to create a presentation involving the history of cakes. They need to create either a song or a rap and use the information in a way that is not usually presented in.”
- “Study of an international country to be presented in the classroom to peers. Quite a few steps of the process involve internet research as well as library databases.”
- “Foods II: Students are given a recipe and required to gather all of the ingredients. They have to completely put the recipe together using the skills they have already learned in class. Students are evaluated by the finished product. Examples: Baked Alaska Cake”
- “In an advanced child development course my students create a brochure for parents.”
- “My students do a Web Quest on meeting the nutritional needs of pregnancy. Prior to the quest, nutritional guidelines are covered. I use the University of Illinois NATS system, which requires the student to design a diet for a pregnant female, aged 19-30. The system will analyze their choices and they must analyze where they succeeded and where they are deficient. Another favorite activity, (you can choose the better!) is after a week of "Reality Parenthood" where new parents speak on the physical, social/emotional, educational and financial challenges of parenthood, (and newborn and OB nurses present), the students design a brochure in Publisher sharing their information for peer review. The brochures are placed in our nurses' office.”
- “My students develop a public service announcement of FAS. They search the internet and other professional journals online and develop a public service announcement. They also search the internet for examples, etc.”
- “Restaurant Management - The students are responsible for planning and orchestrating a catering job. They have to design spreadsheets to organize the kitchen duties as well as the dining room staff. They must order their own recipes online and plan the entire menu.”
- “At the end of first semester in Introduction to Teaching the students prepare and present a lesson on a topic related to the field of education. The students are graded on the mechanics of the lesson which includes format, topic, use of technology and presentation.”
- “For my classes the best lessons that use higher order thinking skills would be those which the students gather information and put it together into a presentation and teach others. Teaching is the best way to learn and having to go out and find their own information using technology amplifies this learning.”
- “Eating Disorder Project Choice and Writing Assignment Introduction to Foods and Nutrition #1: Research an eating disorder and create a poster, or pamphlet, or presentation of research #2 Essay writing with self-evaluation of information that has had an impact during this unit. Graded with Illinois Writing Rubric.”
- “child development students planned a preschool day using internet resourced activities”
- “In Hospitality II the students used the internet and Microsoft word to create their own restaurant. They were required to make a poster, draw how their restaurant would look from the inside, out, and write a paper describing their restaurant and why they chose the things they did in their restaurant. They need to take in consideration the front and back of the house, floor management, ect.”
- “[through] an assignment given to my classes using the web to create recipes designed by them”
- “In our Career unit, the students use technology throughout the whole unit. They do webquests, online scavenger hunts, research using the internet, create a PowerPoint presentation, and present their PowerPoint to the class.”
- “Life Resource Management For our housing unit the students had to research online to find living arrangements, and then set up a budget using the apartment they found and an income given to them.”
- “Consumer Mgmt--Budgeting--Using Excel”
- “A fashion research project using the internet to research different”
- “Students develop questions about GM corn and do research on the internet. Write conclusion and share.”
- “Menu planning for a restaurant. Objective: Make a pamphlet that will promote your made-up restaurant....using publisher Aim: use of technology to promote customer attendance at your restaurant”
Evaluation
- “The students work on a real life project in Consumer Management. At the end of the project, they use an excel spreadsheet to see how much money they have spent in a budget for a month.”
- “Consumer Economics. Evaluating available credit and loan choices.”
- “Consumer Education Class: Using Excel to show the calculation of compounding interest over time (44 years).”
- “Parenting Students take Baby-Think-It-Over home and care for it for 3 days and 2 nights. They must type summary of events that took place, reflect on their experience, and decide if they are ready to parent.”
- “Consumer education: we evaluate different rental homes and homes to purchase. The students look at their needs and wants and evaluate what would be a good rental unit”
- “In my Adult Living, Psychology, and Parenting Classes I require my student to submit weekly blogs to my online class-discussion site with higher levels topics being discussed.”
Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation
- “Child Development, the students have to design their own child care facility using Word, scanners, PowerPoint, Publisher, all of Microsoft office, and digital cameras and video. Also provide a bi-weekly newsletter for the parents using the same technology tools.”
- “Child Development II: Students create a lesson plan including activities that they research on the Internet for age-appropriate use in a student-led playschool.”
- “Advanced Fashion - Computerized pattern-making Students must design a garment, take their measurements, and use the information to take standard slopers and transform them into a pattern for their original design. They use Cochenille Design Studio's "Garment Designer" software, along with the reference and design manual. Students then construct the garment and finally, evaluate how well the final product matches the original design.”
- “Real World Project Students are required to "rent" an apartment, "buy" a car, "furnish" their apartment, and "buy" appropriate interview attire all within the starting salary budget that came from a previous career project. The project forces them to make decisions about what is important to them and what they are willing to live without. Students are forced to analyze their own values and goals.”
Synthesis and Evaluation
- “Early Childhood Education utilizes many technology skills when putting together a 100 page portfolio”
- “Consumer Education, Students used the Internet to find information about potential automobiles they would like to buy. They then analyzed which car they could afford, why it would be good for them, and how they could lower the price. It was then put into a PowerPoint presentation and shown to the class.”
- “Students create a lesson plan for a specific curricular area to teach three and four-year-old preschoolers. Students must use at least 3 resources (can be internet sites) to create their lesson. Students evaluate the age-appropriateness and practicality of the lesson plan ideas when creating their own lessons.”
- “Health Occupations class - students use the smartboard to design fliers promoting handwashing at school - incorporate data/facts ( such as % of high school students who wash their hands after using the washroom ), attention getter, infor [information] source. We print the fliers & students post the fliers after strategizing the most effective placement”
- “My students in my preschool lab create a case study power point presentation on a particular child. The students evaluate the child's different areas of development and compile the information into a presentation which they then present in a parent conference.”
- “The students do a comparison shopping project. They compare 3 things and are required to use the internet to do research. They are also required to use epinions or those types of sites to gather information. They then make an informed choice. This is all typed and turned in.”
Analysis and Synthesis
- “Consumers education: selection of housing in the area they need to calculate and figure cost to purchase a mortgage they need to select financial institutions in the area and compare them with reference to point, interest rates, down payments, difference in rates according to length of the term. They then need to present a power point presentation”
- “In consumer education, students research careers, prepare a budget based on the careers, find an apartment on line etc.”
- “create lesson plans, power points, investigate different countries, create pamphlets, etc. we do a lot. analyze meals for timing/pricing/taste”
- “In the Sociology of Marriage and Family course, students must utilize information about birth order, heredity, family structure and personality characteristics to create a "Future Family Portfolio.” The students must utilize the internet as well as the course textbook to complete various portions of the project. Students must create their 'future family' and explain if they want children, why or why not, how many, and how they will raise them based off their experiences growing up. They must also include what type of family they are a part of. They must also describe the role that they have in their family and what role they feel they will have in their future family.”
- “Learning parts of the brain for psychology/family living. Research using the Internet, label diagrams, fill in chart about part and function, actually make a brain and label parts using food.”
- “The Baby Think It Over project requires students to analyze their life and how a baby would influence it. The project requires students to evaluate how a baby would change their lives.”
- “Interior Design Students select one of 3 homes. They draft the home and interior rooms to meet the needs of their family. They peer and teacher review to solve problem areas. They search the web for furniture and decorating samples and organize the information into a Word chart. They present the drafts and room by room decorating into a binder presentation for their final exam project.”
- “I think my best lessons involving technology are based on students researching a topic, creating a Power Point presentation and brochure highlighting the key points of the topic and presenting the information to the class.”
- “This lesson is in my highest level of Fashion - Students are required to create a url with their portfolio pictures for others to view and manipulate garments rotation. They are also required to do a cost analysis of their garments and what it would cost for the average consumer to buy. Much research, creativity, and time are devoted to this large undertaking.”
Analysis and Evaluation
- “Child Development TO SPANK, OR NOT TO SPANK? Students are asked to take a stance on the controversial topic of spanking and defend their position. They are required to research and obtain credible information. Our media center specialist provides support and assistance during computer lab time.”
- “Professional Foods: We used a nutrition calculator program to analyze and advise outside adult "clients" to promote healthier living. The students were able to input and use data analyses to draw conclusions and draw up recommendations for their clients.”
- “Creative Cooking 1 The USDA website for nutrition analysis. Students record what they ate for 2 or 3 days then enter it into the USDA MyPyamid website, after which they analyze and evaluate their consumptions.”
- “Introduction to Fashion. They create a Professional Career Image Portfolio using the computer. Given a budget and a job that has specific dress code rules, they must create five outfits using the elements and principles of design to their body and stay within their budget. They more or less go fake shopping for these wardrobes noting the supplier and cost of each item. This project is also used in FCCLA competitions.” [Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America]
- “Child Care: Baby Think It Over Simulator -Students will use the BTIO software (sheet produced by teacher) to analyze the percentage data. They will find the averages, medians, modes range, as well as the incorporation of graphs. This will help students determine their position, based on care percentage, out of all the students taking home the infant simulator.”
- “In Pastry Arts, the students research how to change a cookie recipe using skills and knowledge learned in class. They create their own cookie recipe, write the recipe then create the recipe.”
- “In foods 2 class I have the students keep track of their diet for one week. Before they begin I have them evaluate their eating happens and pick one thing they eat on a daily basis, be it pizza, chips, etc. They are asked to limit the amount of this food. At the end of the week the students are to analyze their diet and discuss their findings as a class.”
- “In my advanced foods class, students expand their understanding of nutrition by acting as a nutrition counselor for an adult (of their choosing). They use MyPyramidtracker.gov to analyze information provided by their "client" and then evaluate the printouts. They use a variety of higher order thinking skills and additional research to develop a meaningful report which they word process for their client.”
- “In Child Day Care Occupations the students test the preschooler’s abilities and put together a professional letter. This letter discusses the preschooler’s abilities, likes/dislikes etc in order to educate the parents on their child's readiness for kindergarten. They also give the parents suggestions of activities the parents can do at home to help the child improve their skills. I do allow 4 preschool days for the children to test the preschooler’s abilities.”
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