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Thursday, September 9, 2010
HOME ECONOMICS
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The WholeFamily Center - The WholeFamily Center is an award winning interactive site which addresses the concerns of modern families. Featuring an on-line magazine, and separate marriage, parenting and teen centers, sensitive topics like infertility, anorexia, infidelity and teen suicide are discussed. WholeFamily uses RealAudio and Drama to portray problems and solutions. Psychologists comments add authenticity to the many subjects dealt with in an honest, straight-forward way.
Grade Level: High School, College, Adult/Professional
Content Area(s): Health & Physical Education (Family Living),
Community Interest (Parenting/Families),
Vocational Education (Home Economics) Application type(s): Resource |
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Food Zone - This site includes information for middle and high-school students on food and nutrition, energy, cellular respiration, the digestive system system, basic chemistry, and the cell. Insructions for experiments and a Teachers' Resource Page will help teachers integrate use of this site into their curriculum.
Grade Level: Middle School, High School
Content Area(s): Science (Life Science),
Health & Physical Education (Nutrition),
Vocational Education (Home Economics) Application type(s): Resource |
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Dole's 5 A Day Homepage - an award-winning multimedia site focusing on why fruits and vegetables are so important for healthy living. |
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Food and Nutrition Information Center - a resource site maintained by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that includes a section on healthy school meals |
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Food Finder - nutrional information on over 1,000 fast food items, with opportunities to specify calories, fat, cholesterol and sodeium levels, and find out which foods fill the bill. |
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Kid's food Cyber Club - information and activities for teachers, parents and students, such as Food guide Pyramid, Rate your Plate, Food facts, and Hunger in Our Land |
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Nutrition Cafe - play Nutrition sleuth, the Grab A Grape quiz game, and build meals and have them evaluated nutritionally |
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Fabric University - The course curriculum has been developed to provide consumers with the knowledge to make informed decisions regarding the purchase and care of apparel, home fashion and other textile products. |
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Epicurious - The heart of this site is its huge recipe database, but home ec teachers and students should also appreciate the dictionary and "Playing With Your Food" etiquette section as well.
Grade Level: High School, Adult/Professional
Content Area(s): Vocational Education (Home Economics), Community Interest (Reference Desk) Application type(s): Resource, Reference/Tool |
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The Virtual Garment Center -- source for apparel, textile, fashion industries |
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Louisiana School to Work |
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Louisiana School to Work Initiative |
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National School to Work |
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Vocational Education --Tech-Prep |
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VOCNET - A listserv for issues relating to vocational education, including School-to-Work, Tech Prep, and other initiatives related to preparing students for work. To subscribe, send a message to LISTSERV@cmsa.berkeley.edu. In the body of the message put: subscribe vocnet [firstname lastname]. Example: subscribe vocnet carl perkins. |
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The VIA Grant Project (Vocational Integration with Academics) |
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Vocational Education Resources - A wealth of diverse information and links related to all aspects of vocational education. |
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A Nation at Risk - Full text of the report is available for reading, downloading, or ordering. |
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ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education (ERIC/ACVE) |
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Goals 2000 and Related Items |
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The Hudson Institute - Full text for the Executive Summary of Workforce 202 |
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Lighthouse Technology Institute - A collection of information, products, resources, and workshops by the Southern Bershire Regional School District to share expertise in the application of advanced educational technology with other districts. |
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National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE) |
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National Schol-to-Work Learning and Information Center |
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New American High School Showcase Sites |
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New Urban High School Network (NUHS) |
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Thomas - The Library of Congress maintains the history and up-to-date information about current legislative bills (Carl D Perkins vocational-Technical Education Act Amendments of 1997 |
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U.S. Department of Education |
| BUSINESS
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What is a dollar worth? |
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Business Education Content Areas - Lesson Plans, in the business education content areas of Filing and Records Management, Locating Information, Computers and Word Processing, and Business Math. |
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Business Education resource on the web! - a good source for lesson plans for accounting, business law, computers, economics, general business, Internet, keyboarding, and office technology. |
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Business Education - Lesson Plans in the areas of business law, business procedures, computer applications, entrepreneurship, international business, keyboarding, marketing personal finance, and technical writing |
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Business Education - lessons for business education subjects listed as follows: accounting, business communications, computer applications, international business, career planning, Internet, on-line activities, and entrepreneurship |
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Business Education - links to lesson plans in the areas of business law, careers, international business, and office technology |
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Biztools, Business Tools - A growing set of educational tools designed to help students understand business concepts: break-even analysis (break-even point, sensitivity analysis, pricing, tutorial), ratio analysis (32 ratios to choose from, with meaningful comments, and a tutorial), financial calculator (a real one) |
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A Free Business Education on the Web! - Success on the Web |
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School to Work Program |
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Small Business Administration |
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United Nations Development Databases |
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An 'educational system online,' group containing postings related to business education curricula. |
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The PointCast Network -- A free Web news service financial information and stock quotes |
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Accounting |
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Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce |
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Business History |
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Business History References |
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Labor History |
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Commodity Market Review 1995-96 |
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NEW ONLINE ENTREPRENEURIAL NEWSLETTER -- Small Business Information and Computer Guide |
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Consumer Law Page -- Product liability litigation |
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Global Trade Center -- links to trade resources and sites worldwide |
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Women In Business -- Cyberspace Field of Dreams |
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Affordable Housing Finance -- Financing sources, tax credits, government program information |
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JobMagic -- Internet Resumes, Resume Banks, Online Resumes |
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