November 3-7

11/3/14

Architecture design activity

11/4/14

Guest Speaker from Texas Parks and Wildlife

11/5/14

Research careers in Architecture & Construction.

11/6/14

Research careers in Audio Video Technology

11/7/14

Guest speaker

October 27-31

10/27/14

Introduce Business & Industry - 

Develop questions for the guest speaker

10/28/14

Guest speaker - Cheyenne Martinez from Toyota

10/29/14

1. Pick a career in business or industry. If you have problems thinking of something, look at some suggestions I have listed below.
2. Create a Google Presentation with a minimum of 5 slides that describe this career.

Presentation Requirements:

• Slide 1: Career Title with picture of someone doing this job
• Slide 2: Describe what this person does (include at least 2 pictures)
• Slide 3: Provide education requirements (are there certain schools that specialize in this field….example: Texas A&M - Vet School) Include pictures of the school
• Slide 4: Provide salary range information either in a graph or data table
• Slide 5: A collage of pictures of people doing this job (at least 6 pictures)

Suggestions:

Accountant

Market Research Analyst

Operations Research Analyst

Financial Advisory

Business Operations Manager

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Audit Clerk

Marketing Manager

Financial Manager

Event Planner

Compliance Officer

Bill Collector

Insurance Agent

Real Estate Agent

Financial Analyst

HR Specialist

Sales Manager

Logistician

Administrative Assistant

Customer Service Representative

Loan Officer

10/30/14

Complete the Google Presentation - be prepared to share with the class.

10/31/14  HALLOWEEN!!!

Presenting Slide Show

***Homework: measure one room in your house and all the furniture in it, you will need know the measurements in order to create a floor plan of the room on Monday.

October 20-24

10/20/14

Complete the Robotic hand

10/21/14

Investigate careers in mathematics.

10/22/14

Guest speaker for Math

10/23/14

Choose a career in mathematics, research the salary, educational/experience needed and job employment opportunities (numbers), you will teach (share you statistics) with 2 other students about you career and they will share theirs with you.

10/24/14

PGP for STEM

October 14-17

10/14/14

Intro to the Stem Endorsement in the Engineering Pathway.

Research the different type of Engineering careers. Find one career that requires a high school diploma, one that requires some college (such as an associates degree), one that has requires a Bachelor’s degree, certification requirements, salary, etc. Fill out the Careers Research Template (online).

10/15/14

Robotic Hand construction - complete construction and then add information related to a specific engineering field.

10/16/14

  Complete robotic construction with description .

Film yourself using the robotic hand and describing the engineering career of your choice.  Upload and share this video on the online portfolio

10/17/14

Guest speaker - a robotics engineer.

October 6 - 10

Day 5 - 10/6/14

Complete electronic Flyer/Advertisement for job posting and upload to online portfolio

Day 6 - 10/7/14

Guest Speaker from MD Anderson - David Mitchell

Day 7 - 10/8/14

Brainstorming/ Researching/ Discussing Technology Pathway in STEM endorsement

Day 8 - 10/9/14

          Research technology based job (using their interests) Create a screencast to share the information found on the job ie job description and what makes it fun/likable, availability, salary, locations, education/certification requirements upload to online portfolio

Day 9 - 10/10/14

Guest speaker for technology- video game designer/ IT computer guy/ computer programmer/ Apple Genius Bar Tech