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Historical Fiction Research: A Cross-Curricular Unit
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This represents an entire unit designed to be cross curricular in nature for English 11 and VA/US History. The Historical Fiction Research Unit Google Doc can be found here and contains various links to additional resources to support this unit of study.The "before", "during", and "after" are included in each day for this series.  The unit will take approximately 12 days.

Subject:
American History
Communication and Multimodal Literacy
Cross-Curricular
English
Non-fiction
Research
Writing
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Primary Source
Unit of Study
Author:
Bridget Mariano
Catherine Bailey
Date Added:
04/28/2021
Hot Job: Investigate Illness as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist
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How do you track a disease? How do you determine if a blood sample contains a virus or a bacteria that could make millions of people sick? What type of information would you need to know to stop a disease from spreading? If you are interested in these questions then being an “Illness investigator” or a Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) might be the right career path for you. 

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CTE
Career Connections
Cross-Curricular
Health and Medical Sciences
STEM/STEAM
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Activity/Lab
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Lesson Plan
Visual Media
Author:
Trish Reed
Timothy Couillard
Allison Couillard
Date Added:
01/23/2020
Hot Job: Investigate Illness as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist
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How do you track a disease? How do you determine if a blood sample contains a virus or a bacteria that could make millions of people sick? What type of information would you need to know to stop a disease from spreading? If you are interested in these questions then being an “Illness investigator” or a Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) might be the right career path for you. 

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CTE
Career Connections
Cross-Curricular
Health and Medical Sciences
STEM/STEAM
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
Allison Couillard
Date Added:
02/27/2020
Hot Jobs: Advanced Manufacturing's High Tech Career Paths
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Manufacturers today are rapidly innovating the way things are made, creating new manufacturing techniques and scrambling to make sure our workforce has the skills needed to fill the jobs. In Virginia there is a projected annual shortfall of 11,000 skilled technicians for career opportunities in modern manufacturing.

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CTE
Career Connections
Cross-Curricular
STEM/STEAM
Trade and Industrial
Material Type:
Visual Media
Provider:
VPM
Date Added:
01/07/2020
Hot Jobs: Biomechanical Engineering of a Nano-Tattoo
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Biomechanical engineering is an interdisciplinary field of science that applies the rules and principles of mechanical engineering to biological systems. It combines elements of many disciplines, including biology, engineering, physics, chemistry, and mathematics to better understand how physical forces influence living organisms. A biomechanical engineer may find work in the medical, scientific, industrial or governmental sectors. It is also sometimes considered a subset of Mechanical Engineering or Biomedical Engineering.

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CTE
Career Connections
Cross-Curricular
Health and Medical Sciences
STEM/STEAM
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Visual Media
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Date Added:
01/04/2020
Hot Jobs: Bioscience and Drug Discovery with “Organs on a Bench”
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Jobs in drug discovery and bioscience use math, biology and computer science to improve the lives of very sick people in a faster, safer way. If you do well in these subjects, this might be the field for you!

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CTE
Career Connections
Cross-Curricular
Health and Medical Sciences
STEM/STEAM
Material Type:
Reading
Visual Media
Author:
Trish Reed
Timothy Couillard
Allison Couillard
Date Added:
01/23/2020
Hot Jobs: Cyber Security Analysts Fight Crime
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Cyber Security, the protection of our information via computers and the internet is one of the fastest growing industries in Virginia and around the world. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Cyber Security Analysts (also known as Information Security Analysts) will grow by 37% over the next 10 years. That’s a much faster growth rate than the average for all other occupations.

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CTE
Career Connections
Cross-Curricular
Cybersecurity
STEM/STEAM
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Lesson Plan
Visual Media
Author:
Trish Reed
Timothy Couillard
Allison Couillard
Date Added:
01/23/2020
Hot Jobs: Cyber Security Analysts Fight Crime
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Cyber Security, the protection of our information via computers and the internet is one of the fastest growing industries in Virginia and around the world. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Cyber Security Analysts (also known as Information Security Analysts) will grow by 37% over the next 10 years. That’s a much faster growth rate than the average for all other occupations.

Subject:
CTE
Career Connections
Cross-Curricular
Cybersecurity
STEM/STEAM
Material Type:
Homework/Assignment
Visual Media
Author:
Sherri Pillow
Trish Reed
Timothy Couillard
Allison Couillard
Date Added:
05/19/2020
Hot Jobs:  Engineering Solutions
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Why is Engineering a Hot Job? Listen to 3 students from Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Engineering to find out. During the recent VCU Capstone (Senior) Design Expo hundreds of engineering students solved problems and developed new products that will make a difference. Learn why these three students went into Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering.

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CTE
Career Connections
Cross-Curricular
STEM/STEAM
Material Type:
Visual Media
Date Added:
06/01/2020
Hot Jobs: Engineering Solutions
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Why is Engineering a Hot Job? Listen to 3 students from Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Engineering to find out. During the recent VCU Capstone (Senior) Design Expo hundreds of engineering students solved problems and developed new products that will make a difference. Learn why these three students went into Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering. Presented by Science Matters

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CTE
Cross-Curricular
STEM/STEAM
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Visual Media
Author:
Chris Ammon
Allison Couillard
Timothy Couillard
Trish Reed
Date Added:
06/01/2020
Hot Jobs:  Engineering Solutions
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Why is Engineering a Hot Job? Listen to 3 students from Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Engineering to find out. During the recent VCU Capstone (Senior) Design Expo hundreds of engineering students solved problems and developed new products that will make a difference. Learn why these three students went into Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering.

Subject:
CTE
Career Connections
Cross-Curricular
STEM/STEAM
Material Type:
Visual Media
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VPM
Date Added:
01/06/2020
Hot Jobs: Making Our Daily Vitamins Effective—And Tasty!
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Gummie vitamins have become a popular way to get a good dose of nutrients each day. Check out three “Hot Shots and Hot Jobs” involved in the development and design of gummie vitamins: Product Design Scientist, Confection Technologist, and Analytical Chemist.This visual media resource is designed for grades 6-12.

Subject:
CTE
Career Connections
Cross-Curricular
Health and Medical Sciences
STEM/STEAM
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Visual Media
Author:
Trish Reed
Timothy Couillard
Allison Couillard
Date Added:
01/23/2020
Hot Jobs:  Pilots Enjoy Breathtaking Views
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The possibilities for trained pilots are varied—from piloting huge passenger jets across the ocean to guiding small aircraft for police, fire and medical operations—and the job prospects are higher now than ever.
This is a visual media resource for grades 6-12.

Subject:
CTE
Career Connections
Cross-Curricular
STEM/STEAM
Material Type:
Visual Media
Provider:
VPM
Date Added:
01/06/2020
Hot Jobs: Powering Up with Renewable Energy
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Providing electric power can take a heavy toll on the environment. In recent years, that has led to increased interest in renewable energy. It’s a big responsibility, and doing it well requires all kinds of people with different skills and talents. Let’s meet three Dominion Energy employees (Project Engineer, Groundman, and Biologist), who are doing very different jobs to bring power safely to our communities. This visual media resource is designed for grades 6-12.

Subject:
CTE
Career Connections
Cross-Curricular
STEM/STEAM
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Visual Media
Author:
Trish Reed
Timothy Couillard
Allison Couillard
Date Added:
01/23/2020
Hot Jobs: Software Engineers Create Solutions Through Code
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Just about everything you can do on a computer—checking your email, posting to Facebook, online banking and shopping—is powered by software. The people who come up with that software, and keep it working efficiently, are behind the scenes of a big portion of our lives.  Software engineering is an exciting career,.

Subject:
Algorithms and Programming
Business and Information Technology
CTE
Career Connections
Cross-Curricular
STEM/STEAM
Material Type:
Reading
Visual Media
Author:
Trish Reed
Timothy Couillard
Allison Couillard
Date Added:
01/23/2020
Hot Jobs:  Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Go Soaring for a Bird’s Eye View
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In just a few short years, the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, sometimes called drones) has risen dramatically. You may know someone who flies one as a hobby, and you’ve certainly seen the breathtaking bird’s-eye footage they can produce for movies and television.  Piloting one of these may be an interesting career path.

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CTE
Career Connections
Cross-Curricular
STEM/STEAM
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Visual Media
Author:
Trish Reed
Timothy Couillard
Allison Couillard
Date Added:
01/23/2020
Hot Jobs:  Urban Design
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HOT JOBS: URBAN DESIGN

Urban designers are in charge of arranging city structures. They design plazas and parks, groups of buildings, and the roads and sidewalks that connect them all.

This is a digital classroom resource for grades 6-12.

Subject:
CTE
Career Connections
Cross-Curricular
STEM/STEAM
Material Type:
Visual Media
Provider:
VPM
Date Added:
01/03/2020
Hot Jobs in Nanotechnology
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Nanotechnology has enormous job growth potential. According to a recent survey by the National Science Foundation, by 2015 the need for technology professionals working in Nanotechnology will increase to 800,000 employers in the US and more than 2 million worldwide.   Learn more about the rapidly emerging field of Nanotechnology at VCU in this Science Matters video.

Subject:
CTE
Career Connections
Cross-Curricular
STEM/STEAM
Scientific and Engineering Practices
Material Type:
Visual Media
Author:
Trish Reed
Timothy Couillard
Allison Couillard
Date Added:
01/21/2020