8th Grade
Career and Technical Education


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Technical Education:
Automation and Robotics

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Family Consumer Sciences:
Kitchen Review;
Cooking Foundations;
Food and Culture

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Business and Finance:
Career Exploration

Skills and Student Outcomes

  • Develop automated systems that are controlled through software

  • Develop logical/sequential thinking to create programs that operate automated systems

Skills and Student Outcomes

  • Demonstrate nutrition and wellness practices that enhance the well-being of individuals and families

  • Use safe cooking techniques and appropriate food safety and kitchen sanitation methods

  • Develop an understanding of the relationship between food and culture

Skills and Student Outcomes

  • Complete inventory of skills, strengths, and interests

  • Explore and discover career pathways

Online Resources

  • National Standards in K-12 Personal Finance Education (2017)

  • International Society for Technology Education (ISTE) Standards for Students (2016)

  • Family and Consumer Sciences National Standards 3.0 (2018)

  • Technology Education Standards (2014)


Texts and Resources

  • American Red Cross Babysitter's Training Video

  • Babysitting handbook

  • Mechanical CAD software