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Rx for Tired Classrooms: Vocational Ed to the Rescue
Secondary carpenters apply their skills to improve display spaces in classrooms at their campus. Includes a contract between workers and teachers who sign on for improvements in the their rooms. Concurrent exploration of building and...
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Estimating Concrete Volume
Students identify rectangular volume calculations, and calculate using formula, concrete table, and calculator.
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Bridge Building
Learners design and build their own balsa wood model bridges. The technological development of bridges, the science principles that apply to bridge building, and the construction techniques and skills necessary for creating a bridge be...
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Shingle Application
Students study shingles and the process of shingling a roof. They demonstrate how to lay shingles and determine the amount of materials needed to shingle a roof of a given size.
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Technical Writing Assignment
High schoolers demonstrate, in writing, the proper technique to measure, square, and cut a piece of stock to length using a circular saw.
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Wall Systems of Residential Structures
Students layout and frame-up a scaled-down model of a wall with one door and one window.
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Garden Variety Geometry
A home improvement plan can help adult learners preparation for the GED exam. They review vocabulary, prepare diagrams, complete a worksheet, calculate perimeters and analyze how to approach a story problem. They identify many geometry...
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Install Bridging
Students measure layout, and cut and install floor bridging to trade standards (100% accuracy) following all safety rules and regulations.
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Garden Variety Geometry
Learners prepare to take the GED by reviewing basic math concepts. In this geometry activity, students review vocabularies such as formula, perimeter, circumference and other important geometric terms. They convert between the English...