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1. Agriculture Practice That Improves Water Quality- For students to know how farmers can help improve the local ground water quality.
2. Appliance Demonstration- Students are informed of the technological aspect of cooking at little cost to school. Students are able to form a better idea of what appliances are needed to run a home.
3. Basic Nail Services: Shaping, Buffing, and Polishing Nails- This lesson will introduce students to the current tools needed to shape, buff, and polish nails.
4. Cameras and Careers- "Katherine Hummel had students photograph their parents (or other adults) on the job, focusing particularly on the place of work, tools and equipment, goods or services produced, and how school subjects relate to the job."
5. CELCEE- The CELCEE database contains abstracts of materials on entrepreneurship education at all levels.
6. Co-op on Camera-Slides Promote Occupational Understanding- "Lillian McCammon and two groups of 20 students each, created and utilized a slide/tape presentation to enhance understanding of the nature of office work and to familiarize students with the office environment. McCammon intended the project to make students aware of not only the skills, knowledge, and personal qualities required for success in office occupations but also the equipment and supplies used for such jobs."
7. Examination of Our Community- The overall goal was to improve the students' abilities to analyze, provide leadership, plan, and organize sequentially; it also gave them a chance to view local job opportunities and to practice the communications skills they would need for future job interviews.
8. Gingerbread Project- Build and sell gingerbread's.
9. How Stuff Works- Adopted from the book series. A wonderful site!
10. Implementing Sustainability in Home Landscaping- To show students an alternative to the current practice of maintaining "sterile" lawn environments through the use of extensive pesticides and chemical fertilizers.
11. Land Judging- "To increase students' awareness of the importance of conserving land resoures and to give them the basic soil science skills necessary to insure that they efficiently use and conserve these resources to sustain global development as well as being able to sustain future generations without destroying the land."
12. Me, Myself, and My Future Job- It is never too soon to think about the future! Students, in just a few short years, will become life long learners and workers; it is important for them to know themselves, their abilities, and their interests in order to fulfill their working potential.
13. Midwest Farm Communities- Students will understand different types of farming communities in the Midwest.
14. Preparation of an Application Letter and Resume- To be able to write and format an application letter and resume in preparation for a successful job search.
15. Projecting Professional Images... Through the Eyes of Photo Lenses- Ten fields covered in the project were general management, office administration, banking, fashion, advertising, executive secretary, teaching, school administration, law, and insurance. Each student focused on one of these career areas.
16. Promoting Yourself Through Advertising- A lesson from Kodak.
17. Teachers on the Horizon- The focus of this project was to demonstrate that teaching is a rewarding profession by providing meaningful experiences for students ready to make career choices.
18. Vocational Lesson Plans- How to fix a toilet lesson.