Materials & Content 

Food & Safety

Students will correctly and safely use kitchen equipment. Demonstrating understanding of correct food handling, sanitations, and kitchen terminology.  Follow and prepare the following recipes from scratch:

• Egg recipe 

• Pizza

• Cookies

• Smoothie

• Curry

• *Choice Lab

Finance

Students will practice financial skills by completing a google sheets portfolio. Tasks to include:

• Researching jobs

• Researching places to rent

• Car loans

• Grocery costs

• Balancing a budget

Computers

Cover basic computer tools, functions, vocab, and safety. Working with Code.org using block style coding. 

Workplace skills to include typing skills. 

Introduction to frame by frame animation/stop motion.

Textile: Hand Sewing

Learn basics of hand sewing and demonstrate safety and techniques. 

• Practice fabric

• 2D felt animal (using a pattern)

• Textile Portfolio (includes the above)

Food & Safety

Students will correctly and safely use kitchen equipment. Demonstrating understanding of correct food handling, sanitations, and kitchen terminology.  Follow and prepare the following recipes from scratch:

• Salsa

• Stir Fry

• Cinnamon Rolls

• Pasta Lab

• Pie Lab

• *Choice Lab

Finance

Students will practice financial skills by completing lessons with Banzai Teen

• Test previous knowledge

• Life Scenarios

• The Game/simulation

• Vocab

• What was learned

App lab (Portfolio) & Interior Design

Students will cover computer safety, tools, functions, and vocab. Working with Code.org's app lab using block style coding. Create a portfolio app to showcase projects done in class. Introduced to basic principles of interior design, and researching real-estate. 

• Complete the app lab lessons in code.org

• Create App Portfolio for projects in class

• Build and design with homebyme

• Create a real-estate listing app with code.org

Textile: Machine Sewing

Learn basics of machine sewing and demonstrate safety and techniques. 

• Textile Practice Portfolio linked to app to include:

  • Practice fabric

  • Felt practice

• Final Project shows the step by step tutorial they created, using Google Slides, while making their choice project that shows manipulation of fabric (does not have to be completed on the sewing machine)

Food & Safety

Students will correctly and safely use kitchen equipment. Demonstrating understanding of correct food handling, sanitations, and kitchen terminology.  Follow and prepare the following recipes from scratch:

• Waffles or Crepes

• Soft Pretzel or Bread sticks with Soup choice

• Cupcakes with frosting & chocolate garnish 

• Puff pastry lab

• Taco Lab

• *Choice Lab

Finance

Students will cover basic financial vocabulary, intro to resume building, managing a budget, and practicing online banking. Similar but more in-depth as what the 6th graders do. 

Website Portfolios 

Students will cover computer safety, tools, functions, and vocab. Working with Code.org's web lab using block style coding (and some script). Create a portfolio website to showcase projects done in class. Introduced to basic principles of web design. Their website will include:

• Group page

• Homepage

  • Kitchens

  • Child Development

  • Creative

  • Textile

Child Development 

Students will cover basic overview of topics relating to health to include, before, in the womb, birth facts through stages of development during the elementary years (middle school appropriate). 

Why are we covering CD in middle school? Many of our students have younger siblings, or young family friends and the goal is for students to gain a better understanding and build healthier relationships. An opportunity for students interested in or currently babysitting. For students who are interested in a career with children. 

Students are required to complete ONE of the following projects for Infant and Toddler Years unit:

• Baby simulator 

• Toddler Book

• Baby/Toddler toy

• Alternative Report

Students are required to complete ONE of the following projects for Preschool and Elementary: 

• Story & Activity

• Create a Story

• Game

• Observation

Creative Project

The creative unit is a chance for students to work on an interest area and design a webpage to showcase their creation. Students will complete ONE of the following projects to include on their websites:

• Animation

• Stop Motion

• App/Game

• Interior Design

Textile: Explore & Design

A chance to explore different options of textile by completing one of the following (or presenting an option to Mrs. Neal for confirmation):

• Crochet

• Cross stitch

• Embroidery 

• Code to Stitch

• Hand sewing/machine sewing

Students will include this on their website showcasing their project and create an advertisement.