SC.912.CS-PC.3.3 (Discontinued after 2024-2025)

Using the case study, “A Busy Day in X-Ray,” students will examine the impacts of staffing shortages for a department at a hospital. Students will determine how effectively a radiographer can complete her daily job with the available staffing. Then students will identify ways to address staffing issues and create a new schedule.

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Using the case study, “Building Positive Team Relationships,” students will research the characteristics of effective teams and effective leaders, discuss ways to build positive team relationships, and compose an outcome to a teamwork scenario.

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Students will be able to define hard and soft skills and why they are important to the workplace. Students will also research specific Information Technology hard skills and self-assess their own hard and soft skills. Students will develop strategies and goals to strengthen their career skills in this lesson plan.

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Using the case study, Guilt Trip, students will have a better understanding of market segmentation and how it is not only defined by demographics but also lifestyle preferences. They will also have a better understanding of how their own personality types influence their choices as well as their relationships with others, including their friends. Accordingly, this will further facilitate their understanding of how individual personality traits influence travel decisions, particularly where two or more travelers are involved.

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Using the case study, “The Healthy Meal Choice,” students will survey and discuss their ideas about personal choices regarding food lifestyle choices, and the impact on changing meal planning to include dietary changes for medical condition and family integration. Upon consensus within the group, students will research and plan updated meals for the family in the case study.

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Using the case study, “Dining Out Dilemma: How to Meal Plan and Budget for Busy Families," students will research and identify meal planning, budgeting and comparative shopping strategies that families can use to save money.

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Using the case study, “What if I Used A.I. To Build My Site?” students will research the historical, legal, and ethical impacts of A.I. and write an argument for or against the use of A.I. in a competitive business situation.

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Using the case study, “Summer Job or Future Career?” students will research possible careers in the agriculture industry. They will research how many years of college they will need and the projected pay. They will also investigate the job outlook, or need, for this field in Florida.

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Using the case study, “A Journey to Becoming Debt Free,” students will engage in a discussion about the case, do research on what good versus bad credit looks like, consider the causes and effects of incurring debt, and research different methods for avoiding debt. Students will summarize their findings and post their summaries on a discussion board to share with the class.

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Using the case study, “SWOT Analysis” (Resource ID# 208693), students will collaborate in small groups and create a Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats (SWOT) analysis for a company they choose. Then, groups will take turns sharing their SWOT analyses with the class. At the end of the lesson, students will summarize their learning in an exit ticket.

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Using the case study, “Inspiration vs Copyright Infringement,” students will use the case study to create arguments to affirm and negate both sides of an argument presented in the case. The students will use their notes, research, and personal knowledge to build their cases. At the end of the class, students will write a summary explaining the case using evidence and research.

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Using the case study, “Will this Stay be ADA compliant?” students will identify federal regulations that public and private businesses must adhere to for guests.

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Using the case study, “Building Piece by Piece,” students will conduct research in small groups on different design criteria and design constraints encountered in product design. Each student group will be assigned a specific value (sustainability, safety, cost, parents input, material selection, durability, etc.) that will be deemed as their design team's “top priority” in designing a new toy. Students will apply this research as they complete a decision matrix.

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Using the case study, “Waking Up to Go to Sleep,” students will discuss how proper sleeping habits lead to success in school. Students will also be able to share ways the teacher can support the character in the case study as well as things the student can do to improve their classroom behavior to be an active participant in class.

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Using the case study "Oh Anabel," students will work in groups to research data regarding bullying and its effects on the school climate. Additionally, students will present their research to discuss the impact that bullying has on learning.

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Using the case study, " Current Trends That Will Shape the Workplace", students will engage in small group discussions on innovative technology skills revolutionizing the traditional trends in the workplace.

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After reading the case study, “Breaking Barriers: Miguel’s Path to Prosperity in America," students will research key concepts in entrepreneurship and business to determine strategies for a financial action plan. Students will reflect on how financial planning contributes to personal wealth and wellbeing.

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Students will explore the concepts of pricing structures and their impact on business profitability using the case study "How Much for a Cup of Coffee?" They will examine various pricing strategies, such as value and prestige pricing, and understand how these strategies influence revenue.

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The lesson provides an opportunity for students to discuss technological innovations like Artificial Intelligence and its potential impact on society. This lesson introduces a probable scenario in the future where A.I. is used to provide customer service. The case study is CPALMS resource ID# 215710. This lesson can be used to introduce subsequent lessons and a deeper dive into A.I. and changes in cultural, social, economic, and political uses of technology. On its own, this lesson can be used to illicit student understanding of Artificial Intelligence, and their understanding of how technology impacts their lives. Ideally, the teacher is guiding the whole class discussion with the aid of the case study to discuss the cultural, social, and economic impacts by technology.

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Using the case study, “Who Owns the Logo?,” students will research copyright laws as they relate to original digital design work, and discuss the findings. Students will then discuss how the characters in the case study could resolve the conflict using professional and appropriate interpersonal communication.

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Using case study, Employers Supporting Employees, students will conduct research on a variety of employer-provided benefits. Students will then use their research to brainstorm an idea for an outcome to the case study.

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Using the case study, “Challenges in Neonatal Goat Care and Nutrition”, students will work in groups to conduct research on various livestock and present their findings to the class.

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Using the case study, "Trash Talk!," students will research the practice of recycling and consider potential costs and benefits of alternative recycling strategies.

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Using this case study, ”Edu-tech-ing Future,” students will explore the integration of technology in education through research, discussion, and reflection. Students will analyze a case study, examining challenges and proposing options for effective technology use in classrooms.

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Using the case study resource #215405, "Building a Sustainable Future," students will learn the importance of sustainable construction, especially how to reduce the negative environmental impact. Students will research and compare different sustainable construction methods and discuss their impact on the environment.

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Using the case study, “Supporting Children’s Growth and Development”, students will research the advantages and disadvantages of various observation tools. Students will create an observation tool specifically for collecting information about one of the children presented in the case study.

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Using the case study, "Helping Students Succeed," students will discuss major theories on learning. Students will then research one theory and apply it to the case study by drafting an email as the teacher in the scenario with how they will adjust their teaching and expectations accordingly.

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This lesson has students do research into potential desired IT careers, the specific skills needed for these careers, and how these skills might be acquired.

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Students will research a developmental theory related to early childhood education. After a brief introduction to principal developmental theories of Piaget, Vygotsky, Erikson, Maslow, Kohlberg, and others, students will then use a research graphic organizer to compile information on one of the developmental theories, including the focus of the developmental theory and the stages of development presented in the theory.

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Students will gain a base knowledge of copyright, public domain, and Creative Commons. Students will be able to explain what copyright law is, decipher different licenses under Creative Commons and understand what categories are safe under fair use in this integrated lesson plan.

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This lesson grows student awareness of the many roles photography plays in our personal and political lives, helping them develop strength in discerning how images may be attempting to persuade them and ways to identify its veracity. Students will explore visual examples (in attachments or teacher-sourced), guided discussion, critique, and exploration of their own found examples. Reflection at the end of the lesson will reinforce the importance of telling the truth with images as well as the role they play in creating & sharing trustworthy imagery. This is lesson 1 of a 3-part unit.

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Students will research, plan, and create a public service announcement (PSA) in Scratch to inspire social change. The PSA will be about manatee mortality and seagrass reduction due to fertilizer runoff. This is lesson 3 in a 3-part integrated civics and computer science mini-unit.

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This is lesson 1 in a 3-part unit. Students will conduct research and describe how using public/government resources for communication can affect change while identifying the civic responsibility of being informed. Students will analyze the impact of civic engagement as a means of preserving or reforming institutions in this integrated lesson plan.

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Students will research potential threats to manatees that cause an increase in mortality rates. This is lesson 1 of 3 of an integrated computer science and civics mini-unit.

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Students will learn how to conduct research using online books of the Library of Congress (www.loc.gov) to create a comparative chart showing the differences between economic systems. This is part one of a three-part Computer Science (Coding) and Civics integrated series.

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Using the case study, Spending Your Life Away: Budgeting for the Future, students will create a monthly budget sheet. Students will analyze and identify ways in which saving for a future life event can be accomplished and research different ways to save.

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Students conduct research to discover the dangers associated with concussions and why it is an important public health concern in this integrated lesson. They will explore legislation and public policy aimed at mitigating the risks of sports-related head injuries as well as different ways technology can be used to prevent, diagnose, and assess concussions among athletes. This is the first lesson in a series of three where students will investigate how public policy and technology influence the identification and response to potential sports-related head injuries. In part 2, students will plan a simulation or model to demonstrate how technology and public policy influence our response to sports-related head injuries, and in part 3, students will program their simulation or model using Scratch.

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Using the case study, "Training Day: The Importance of Professionalism in the Workplace," students will research proper business etiquette and effective workplace communication. 

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