FAMILY &
CONSUMER SCIENCES
2008-2009
FACS IA
Course Number: 5012
Semesters: 1
Grade
Level: 9, 10
Prerequisite: None
This
course includes units on career exploration, housing, consumer education, and
sewing construction. This course begins
with exploring career possibilities and employment practices. Students will complete a floor plan including
color, home furnishings and personal living space. Students will study consumer awareness and
decision making with their purchasing power.
Clothing analysis and construction, including pattern and fabric selection,
and using sewing equipment will complete the semester.
FACS IB
Course
Number: 5013
Semesters: 1
Grade
Level: 9, 10
Prerequisite: None
This course includes
units on childcare, foods, and health.
This course includes units in early child development and related
careers (7 weeks; lab projects: write a
child’s story, conduct an interactive preschool lesson with the class and
conduct a one-day childcare lab). Using
self directed teamwork lab sheets, students will study food habits and health issues
(9 weeks; lab projects: quick breads,
cakes, homemade pasta, homemade ice cream, egg dishes, outdoor cooking and
taste testing, health analysis).
Personal growth and human relations completes the course. Extra credit opportunities: Electronic Baby and community experience
FACS IIA
Course
Number: 5014
Semesters: 1
Grade
Level: 9, 10
Prerequisite: None
This
course includes units in leadership, consumer education (banking and credit),
clothing and textiles (labels, textiles, purchasing and garment construction,
and housing and home furnishings (interior design and architectural design;
home tours, when available; model room construction) and career exploration
(obtaining a job, progress and success on the job). Each unit has field trips, guest speakers, or
numerous lab experiences. Fabric and
sewing supplies will be needed. Optional use of computerized sewing machine.
FACS IIB
Course Number: 5015
Semesters: 1
Grade
Level: 9, 10
Prerequisite: None
This
course emphasizes parenting, foods, and relationships. This course includes units in child development
and parenting (7 weeks; lab projects:
PowerPoint presentation on interactive presentation screen, analysis of
childhood behavior, and conduct a one-day child care lab); food habits and
health issues (7 weeks: lab projects: yeast breads, meat dishes, pies, dehydrating,
bread machine, vegetable dishes, comparison of latest technology, ex: halogen vs. convection vs. conventional
ranges); building stronger family relations and understanding the
disabled. Extra credit opportunities: Electronic Baby and community experience.
Teen Life Skills
Course
Number: 8611
Semesters: 1
Grade
Level: 9, 10
Prerequisite: None
This
is a sampler course, which covers all areas of Family and Consumer
Science. This course is designed to help
develop skills needed in everyday living.
Areas of emphasis are career enhancement skills, study skills,
communication, responsible dating, choosing a marriage partner, healthy relationships
with family and friends, consequences of teen pregnancy and childbirth, budgeting
time and money, principles of design, care, and repair of clothing, nutrition
and simple cooking techniques. Lab
projects include Empathy Belly, health analysis, and electronic baby
project. Teen Life Skills fulfills the complete set of Priority Academic Student
Skills (PASS) competencies in Health and Safety Education, 9-12.
Career Exploration
Course
Number: 8609
Semesters: 1
Grade
Level: 9, 10
Prerequisite: None
This course emphasizes
career choice and skills for entering the world of work. This course begins with interest assessments
and personal value inventories and use of a software package called Oklahoma
Career Search. This course is designed
to help students develop study skills, attitudes, perceptions and motivation
toward good work habits to be used during school and to continue in the
workplace. Conceptual skills such as
planning and time management, computer skills and PowerPoint presentations,
communication and problem-solving techniques are taught in this course. Guest speakers, field trips, and career
shadowing introduce students to career opportunities.
Housing
and Home
Furnishings
Course
Number: 8606
Semesters: 1
Grade Level:
11, 12
Prerequisite:
None
The purpose of the Housing
and Home Furnishings class is to increase knowledge and develop skills in
living space and its design, home selection and home finance, housing exteriors
and interiors, selection and purchase of furnishings, and employment opportunities
in the area of housing and home furnishings.
Housing and Home Furnishings fulfills the complete set of Priority
Academic Student Skills (PASS) competencies in Visual Art, 9-12.
Nutrition
and Food Science
Course
Number: 8605
Semesters: 1
Grade
Level: 11, 12
Prerequisite: None
Nutrition and Food Science is an in-depth course
designed to increase knowledge and skills in nutrition, consumer food planning,
purchasing, preparation, and preservation.
Eating disorders and special diets are supplemental areas. Science concepts and theories in the area of
personal nutrition are presented as well as food-related occupations and
developing social and entertainment skills.
Parenting and Child
Development
Course Number:
3243
Semesters: 1
Grade level: 11, 12
Prerequisite: None
This in-depth study is designed to provide basic knowledge of
child development as well as develop skills necessary to care for children and
foster children’s development, child health, first aid, and nutrition; plus
information and activities in guiding children’s behavior and meeting the needs
of special age groups. Careers in
childcare are explored.