Career & Vocational Education
Career and Vocational Education standards help equip students with knowlege, skills, and characteristics to be creative, critical thinkers who are able to access and use information from a variety of sources to solve problems and make informed workplace decisions.
(Wyoming Department of Education, 2014)
Career Develoment & Readiness
AG3- Lesson 5: Stewardship Spotlight - Livestock Lifestyle
Students recognize that livestock face multiple challenges, and many people are involved in solving those challenges.
ORT3- Lesson 5: Careers Demonstrating Stewardship
Students describe one of three occupations involved in land use and explain how being a good steward impacts the culture of Wyoming.
ORT4- Lesson 6: Stewardship - A Team Effort
Students identify that Wyoming's Outdoor Recreation and Tourism industry requires the cooperation of many different groups.
Communication & Collaboration
ORT3- Lesson 6: Engineering Solutions to Real-World Problems
Students solve a real-world problem regarding Wyoming's lands in such a way that benefits current and future generations.
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
AG3- Lesson 3: Hooves on the Ground
Students identify how Wyoming's land is unique in its ability to accommodate livestock.
ME4- Lesson 9: Good to the Last Drop
Students utilize the engineering design process to refine a model for extracting oil from a rock formation.
ORT3- Lesson 5: Careers Demonstrating Stewardship
Students describe one of three occupations involved in land use and explain how being a good steward impacts the culture of Wyoming.
ORT3- Lesson 6: Engineering Solutions to Real-World Problems
Students solve a real-world problem regarding Wyoming's lands in such a way that benefits current and future generations.
ME4- Lesson 9: Good to the Last Drop
Students utilize the engineering design process to refine a model for extracting oil from a rock formation.
Technical Literacy
ME2- Lesson 8: Show Me What You Know
Students create a final project regarding Wyoming's mineral and energy resources.
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