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The Career Explorations 2 course is designed to give seventh- and eighth-grade students an opportunity to explore various CTE subjects. Specifically, students will be able to learn about careers involving various technical fields from computers to agriculture.
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Each unit introduces one particular field and explains its past, present, and future. The goal is to whet students’ appetites for these careers. Students can then explore that career in more detail as a high school student.

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Career Explorations II

Unit 1 – Information Technology
  1. Course Overview
  2. Computer Systems and Networks
  3. Network Ethics and Security
  4. Project: Benefit Analysis Study: Small Business Expansion
  5. Information Storage
  6. Project: Correspondence Between Stringer and Newspaper Editor: Media Preview
  7. Quiz: Computer Systems and Networks
  8. Internet in Business and Society
  9. Human-Centered Technology
  10. Mobile Computing
  11. Quiz: Internet in Business and Society
  12. Test
  13. Glossary and Credits
Unit 2 – Introduction To Information Support
  1. Supporting the Business Workflow Model
  2. Project: Understanding Software Development Models
  3. Operating Systems, Hardware, and Software Selection
  4. Project: Building a Mind Map
  5. Implementation and End-User Training
  6. Project: Preparing a Support Plan
  7. Quiz: On-Premise Systems
  8. Public Clouds
  9. Project: Moving to the Cloud
  10. Private Clouds
  11. Hybrid Clouds
  12. Quiz: Cloud-Based Systems
  13. Test
  14. Glossary and Credits
Unit 3 – Introduction To Network Systems
  1. Networking Concepts
  2. Project: Report: Technology Devices
  3. Network Devices and Components
  4. Network Topologies
  5. Project: Hardware Awareness
  6. Quiz: Computer Networks
  7. The OSI Reference Model
  8. ​The TCP/IP Networking Model
  9. Data Encapsulation
  10. Project: Slide Show: Data Encapsulation
  11. Quiz: OSI and TCP/IP Networking Models
  12. ​Test
  13. ​ Glossary and Credit
Unit 4 – Introduction To Agriculture, Food, And Natural Resources
  1. People and Agriculture
  2. Project: People, Agriculture, and Society
  3. Advances in Agriculture
  4. Today’s Agricultural Consumer
  5. Quiz: Overview of Agriculture
  6. Sustainable Agriculture
  7. Project: Research and Learn: The Power of Poo!
  8. Agriculture and the Economy
  9. Project: Research and Learn: Commodities and Exchanges
  10. Food Distribution and Safety
  11.  Quiz: Agriculture’s Role in Society
  12. Test
  13. Glossary and Credits
Unit 5 – Introduction To Stem
  1. What is STEM Education?
  2. The Great Discoverers and Discoveries
  3. Project: Timeline of Great Discoverers and Discoveries in the STEM Field
  4. Identify Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
  5. Project: Exploring Careers in the STEM Field
  6. Quiz: Introduction
  7. Get Organized: Outlines and Outliners!
  8. Project: Create a Google Website
  9. Get Organized: Mind Maps and Mind Mapping!
  10. ​Education and Training in STEM
  11. Quiz: What Lies Ahead?
  12. Test
  13. Glossary and Credi
Unit 6 – Course Project, Review, And Final Exam
  1. Review
  2. Exam
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