STEM Concepts

● Working with available equipment and software/applications ● Working with network/cloud and fle-management techniques effectively ● Seeking additional technology to improve work processes and products. ● Using the Internet effciently and ethically ● Identifying the risks of posting personal and work information on the Internet (e.g., on social networking sites, job search sites) ● Taking measures to avoid Internet security risks (e.g., viruses, malware). 7. Demonstrating time-, task-, and resource-management skills. ● Organizing and implementing a productive plan of work (e.g., setting and meeting short-and long-term goals) ● Working effciently to make the best use of time ● Maintaining equipment to ensure longevity and effciency ● Using natural resources (and products made from them) sustainably.

End of Unit Competency ● Students can narrate and explain self-representation/professionalism skills.

● Students can narrate and explain effective speaking and listening skills.

● Students can narrate and explain teamwork skills.

● Students can argue the importance of creativity and resourcefulness skills in the workplace.

● Students can identify and explain critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

● Students can identify and explain common information technology skills necessary in the workplace. ● Students can explain how time, task, and resource management skills are for the workplace. Language Functions & Features: ■ Verbs to defne career pathways or attributes (eg.; have, be, belong to, consist of) ■ Expanded noun groups to defne key concepts, add details, or classify information ■ Reporting devices to acknowledge outside sources and integrate information into the report as in saying verbs and direct quotes ■ Technical word choices to defne and classify the entity ■ Adjectives and adverbs to answer questions about quantity, size, shape, manner ( descriptions) ■ Generalized nouns to introduce a topic and/or entity ■ Opening statements to identify the type of information

Differentiation in Action