Curriculum Grid
Vocabulary:
transportation,
cargo, goods,
location, import,
export, compass
Vocabulary: first
responder,
extinguish, gavel
Vocabulary: agriculture,
produce, conserve,
natural resources, cow,
bull, orchard,
thermometer
Activities: Word
Scramble (x2)
Activity:
Categorizing,
Directional Words
Introduction of
Cardinal directions:
North, South, East,
West
Activity: Is the object metal?
Introduces different types of farms
and farmers: crops & animal farms;
dairy farmers, ranchers,
aquaculture, agriculture
Science Careers: animal scientists,
wildlife biologists, foresters,
conservationists, water treatment
workers, nursery worker,
veterinarian, vet tech
Explains what plants need to live
Activities: Fruit and Vegetable Sort,
Find the Natural Resources,
Choose the Garden Tools, Match
Pets to Items
Public Safety Careers: police
officer, K-9 dogs, firefighters, first
responders, paramedics (EMT),
lawyers, judge, security officer,
bailiff, court reporter Visits: fire
station, courthouse, police station
Tools: hose, oxygen mask, turnout
gear
Activity: Matching – Recall of
Learning, Content Assessment,
Content Assessment – Safety
Skills
Introduces Different Methods of
Transportation: ships, trucks, trains,
airplanes
Transportation Careers: logistic
coordinators, pilots (planes),
engineers (trains), captains (ships),
crane operators, conductor, pilots,
traffic controllers, freight pre-
loader Visits: China, port, Shanghai,
train yard, distribution center
Introduction and History of: The
Great Wall of China, items invented
in China (paper, clocks, umbrellas,
compass)
Activity: Matching, Exploring the
Map
Image Scramble (x2),
Badge Puzzle
Activity: Image Scramble
(x2), Badge Puzzle
Activity: Image Scramble,
Badge Puzzle
Responsibility
Teamwork,
communication
Problem-solving,
teamwork,
dependable,
organized
Reading
Writing
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual Arts
Technology
Character
K-1
K-1
K-1
Agriculture
Law & Public Safety
Transportation
Reading
Writing
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual Arts
Technology
Character
Vocabulary: role
model, emulate,
advocate
Activity: Word
Scramble
Vocabulary: vital
signs, monitor,
pediatrics, triage,
examine,
ultrasound
Activity: word
scramble
Vocabulary:
tourist,
native, scuba
diving, souvenir,
currency,
exchange,
orchestra Activity:
Job Sort, Journal
Time, Word
Scramble
Vocabulary:
medium,
collaborate
Activity:
vocabulary
categorizing,
hotspot (content,
)Word Scramble
Activity: Write
about your role
model.
Activity:
written
answer
(careers in the
arts)
Activity:
Ordering
Least to
Greatest
Careers: doctor, nurse, dentist,
pharmacist, radiologic
technician, physical therapist,
athletic trainers, home health
aide, certified nursing
assistant, patient care tech,
pediatrician, sonographer
What is an Ultrasound?
Activity: Career Choice, Body
Systems, Choose the Tools
Great Barrier Reef:
clownfish, starfish, turtles,
dolphins, sharks
Activity: Does it live in the
reef?
Visits: Paris; Eiffel
Tower; Milan, Italy
History of: Eiffel
Tower
Defines: human services
Careers: social workers,
home health aides, public
health professionals, clergy
members, therapist,
occupational therapist,
family counselor
Introduces:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Activity: Identifying Human
Services Careers, Content
Recall, American Advocates
Careers: travel agents, tour
guides, adventure guides,
animal trainers, chefs, bakers,
hotel employees, visitor services
officer, clerk, usher, hotel
manager Visits: Australia
(koalas, kanga- roos, the
Outback, Great Barrier Reef,
Sydney, the Sydney Harbour
Bridge) Activity: Explore
Australian Plants and Animals,
Money Match, Career Bingo
Activity:
Image
Scramble
(x2), Badge
Puzzle
Activity: Image
Scramble (x2),
Badge Puzzle
Activity: Image
Scramble (x2),
Badge Puzzle
Careers: visual artists, multi-
me- dia designers, dancers,
actors, wardrobe designers,
theatrical directors,
journalists, reporters,
photographers, camera
opera- tors, video editors,
sound engineers, artists,
sculptors, painters, artist
agent, potter, textile designer,
musician Intro of: Claude
Monet; Duomo di Milano (and
history), Leonardo da Vinci,
Mona Lisa How to: make
pottery Impressionism
Activity: Matching Jobs in the
Arts, Image Scramble (x2),
Matching – Textile Design,
Badge Puzzle
Collaboration
Responsibility
Open
communicati
on, honesty
Explains: I
Can
Statements
Activity: I
Can
Statements,
Feeling Sort
2-3
2-3
2-3
2-3
Health Science
Human Services
Hospitality & Tourism
Arts, A/V Technology,
Reading
Writing
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual Arts
Technology
Character
Vocabulary:
revise
Activity:
Revising
Multiple
Choice
Vocabulary:
diverse,
jazz, terrain
Vocabulary:
reservoir, crust,
magma, convert
Activity:
Geothermal
Energy (steps in
a process), Word
Scramble
Vocabulary:
scholarly,
idiom Activity: word
scramble, idiom
bingo, fill in the
blank (new vocab)
Activity:
What is
Culture?
Combining
sound waves
into
harmonies
Career: sound
engineer, audio
technician How
music is made
What is
Entomology?
Butterfly facts
Activity: Learning
About Butterflies
Careers: scientists
(geologists, physicists,
hydrologists, geophysicist),
engineers (electrical,
mechanical), technicians,
solar panel technician,
sustainability architect
Resources: fossil fuels (coal,
oil, gas)
Alternative Energy Sources:
geothermal reservoirs Visits:
geothermal power plant and
learn how it works, Blue
Lagoon, California
Visits: Iceland,
Reykjavik (capital)
Activity: Where in the
World is Iceland?
Activity: sources of
energy, inside the
earth, personal
protective equipment,
content recall (energy
terms)
Visits: Rome, Colosseum,
St. Peter’s Basilica,
Stanza della Segnatura,
Florence History of:
Roman Empire,
Renaissance Careers:
journalist Activity: Where
in the World is Volt?
Ancient Rome True/False
Careers: teachers: early
childhood (daycare and
preschool), elementary,
middle, junior, and high
school; principals, school
counselors, corporate
trainers Visits: college
campus Activity: Level
Up in Education
Visits: Koreatown in Los
Angeles, Canyon de Chelly
within the Navajo Nation
(Arizona, New Mexico, Utah),
Spider Rock, New Orleans,
Louis Armstrong Park
Petroglyphs, Anasazi people
Landforms: landscape, forest,
great plains, mountains,
coastline, mesa, butte,
canyon Careers: server, tour
guide, concierge Activity: U.S.
Geography Hot Spot, Korean
Cuisine Matching, Hospitality
& Tourism Professionals,
Navajo Nation Facts, Careers
in Hotels
Activity:
Image
Scramble,
Badge Puzzle
Activity: American
Music Word
Scramble
“School of Athens” by
Raphael, Michelangelo
Careers: painter, sculptor,
writer, musician, art
director, graphic designer
Activity: Works of Arts
Memory, Michelangelo
Image Scramble, Behind
the Scenes Matching,
Cluster Career Bingo,
Image Puzzle, Badge
Puzzle
Activity: Image
Scramble, Badge
Puzzle
Careers:
animators,
filmmakers,
designers, tech
programs,
graphic
designer How
computers are
used in the
making of music
Respect
Activity:
Respectful
Travelers
Persistence
Compassion,
kindness
Activity:
Encouraging
Kindness
2-3
2-3
4-5
4-5
Energy
Hospitality & Tourism
Education &
Training
Arts, A/V Technology,
and Communications
Reading
Writing
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual Arts
Technology
Character
Vocabulary: living
organisms, non-
living matter,
prototypes,
extraterrestrial,
extremophile
Vocabulary:
organic,
sustainable,
humane, fertilize,
preserve Activity:
Word Scramble
Vocabulary:
services,
profitable,
entrepreneur,
revenue, profit,
supply and demand,
entrepreneurs,
startup, advertise,
brand
Activity: Supply
and Demand,
Ordering (steps in
order)
Vocabulary: fossils,
prehistoric, credible,
Trilobite, educate,
paleontologist,
accurate,
invertebrates
Activity: Word
Scramble
Activity:
Creative
Writing
Why is it
important to
work hard?
Activity:
Profit
Practice
Career:
statisticians
Activity:
Interpret- ing
Scientific Data
(fractions)
Visit: Florida aquarium
Career: curator
Content: pterodactyls,
tyrannosaurus rex,
triceratops, plesiosaur,
ichthyosaur, ammonoid,
Cambrian Period,
invertebrates, horseshoe
crab Activity: Prehistoric
Hotspot
Visits: farmer’s market
Careers: farm workers,
animal scientist, water
resource specialist,
fishing boat jobs
(deckhand, captain)
Activity: Career
Matching, Farm
Equipment, Healthy
Habits, Food Web
Hotspot
Visit: aerospace engineering
facility, Horizons
Oceanographic Institute
Careers: biologist,
astrophysicist, engineer
(mechanical, structural,
aerospace, chemical),
volcanologist Content:
meteoroid, scientific method,
matter, planet, solar system,
galaxy Activity: Planet Hotspot,
Inventions Activity,
Categorizing Living, and Non-
living Things, Ordering the
Scientific Method, STEM Terms
Visit: Alaska
Activity: Alaskan
Facts
Visits: Library, Natural
History Museum Career:
librarian Activity: What
it Takes to Educate
Visits: Boulder, Colorado
Careers: human resource
managers, managers,
business executives,
secretaries,
administrative assistant,
cashier, stockers, bakers
Activity: Content Recall,
Content Engagement
(catego- rizing),
Business Lingo Bingo
Activity: Badge
Puzzle
Activity: Badge
Puzzle
Activity: Image
Scramble, Badge
Puzzle
Activity: Image Puzzle
(x2), Badge Puzzle
Activity:
Credible
Sources
Activity
Humane,
kindness,
hardworking,
dependability,
initiative,
teamwork
Activity:
Written,
Taking
Initiative
Strengths,
weaknesses,
leadership
Activity:
Strengths and
Weaknesses
Activity: The
Art of
Feedback,
Public
Speaking Like a
Pro
4-5
4-5
4-5
4-5
Stem
Business &
Administration
Education & Training
Education & Training
Agirculture, Food, and
National Resources
Reading
Writing
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual Arts
Technology
Character
Vocabulary: lathe,
assemble,
assembly line
system
Activity:
Understanding
Efficiency,
Geometry
Bingo, Ordering
(steps in a
process)
Careers: engineers,
programmers, machinists,
technicians, manufacturing
engineer
States of Matter: solid,
liquid, gas Learn: turbo fans
and how they work Activity:
Explore a Turbofan Engine,
Matter Matters,
Metalworker Tools Activity
Visit: Michigan,
Lake Michigan,
factories
Careers:
assemblers,
managers, metal
turners, welders,
woodworkers,
technical manager
Activity:
Badge
Puzzle
Teamwork,
communicat
ion
4-5
Manufacturing
Vocabulary:
software,
code,
hardware,
avoid
Vocabulary:
pharaohs,
replica, excavate,
insulate, glazier,
theodolite
Activity: Content
Recall, Word
Scramble
Vocabulary: products,
service, analytical,
persuaded, target,
data, outbound and
inbound marketing,
campaign Activity:
Inbound vs. Outbound
Marketing
Activity:
Write a
Campaign,
Word
Scramble
Activity:
Content
Reflection
Activity:
Organizing
Data
Activity:
Charting
Data
Content
Words:
algebra,
geometry,
measuring
angles and
distance,
protractor
Careers: engineers
(structural and civil),
electricians
Civil Engineers: build
bridges,
tunnels, and other
structures Activity:
Equipment Sort, Career
Bingo
Careers: creative
directors, advertising
professional, marketing
research analysts,
sales representative
Activity: Logo Bingo
Visit: San Francisco Bay
area, California, Golden
Gate Bridge (and
history) Activity: Bay
Area Hot Spots
Visit: Africa, Egypt, Pyramids of
Giza (historical facts), Sphinx,
New York City, Empire State
Building (history), Brooklyn
Bridge (history) Types of Bridges:
arch, truss, beam, suspension,
cantilever, cable-stayed
Tallest Buildings in the World:
The
Burj Khalifa, Shanghai Tower,
Petronas Tower, Sears Tower,
Empire State Building, Taipei 101,
Lotte World Tower, Makkah
Royal Clock Tower, International
Commerce Centre, Al Hamra
Tower Careers: construction
workers, architects, land
surveyors, plumbers, roofer,
carpenter, mason, iron worker,
glazier, sheet metal worker,
surveyor
Natural Disasters: earthquakes
Tools: jackhammers, bulldozers
Activity: Ancient Architecture
Around the World, Tallest
Buildings in the World, Matching-
Building Bridges
Activity: Badge
Puzzle
Activity: Image
Puzzle, Badge
Puzzle
Activity: Image
Puzzle, Badge
Puzzle
Content
Words:
software,
design, GIS
mapping
software
Social Media
platforms,
websites Career:
social media
manager
Careers: IT
professionals,
software developer,
information security
analyst, computer
network architect,
computer support
specialist, digital
forensics analyst,
database
administrator
Activity: Anatomy of
a Computer,
Memory (Coding
Language)
Teamwork
Teamwork,
good
communicati
on, creativity
Activity:
Communicati
on Activity
Active
Listening,
time
management
Activity:
Active
Listening
Techniques,
Time
Management
4-5
4-5
4-5
Marketing
Information Technology
Architecture & Construction
Reading
Writing
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual Arts
Technology
Character
Vocabulary: federal
and local
governments,
democratic, republic,
majority, diplomatic
Activity: Interpreting
a Speech, word
scrambles
Activity: Write
about an issue
that concerns
you. Explain what
the issue is and
what you think
should be done.
Visit: Washington DC, Naval
Academy in Annapolis,
Maryland
Government Careers:
Federal Gov: congress,
secretary of state, U.S
ambassador Local Gov: mayor,
council, managers, town
council, transportation
analyst, treasury officials,
media relation specialist
Branches of Gov: legislative
(congress – made up of senate
and house), executive
(president), judicial (supreme
court justices) Buildings: US
Capitol, Library of Congress,
Supreme Court of US, White
House, US Department of
Treasury, US Department of
State, Federal Bureau of
Investigation
Branches of Military: Army,
Navy,
Marines, Coast Guard History:
Abraham Lincoln and the
Gettysburg Address, Women’s
Armed Forces Integration Act
Activity: Branches of the US
Government, Government
Building Memory,
Understanding Congress,
Branches of the Military
Activity
Activity: Image
Puzzle, Badge Puzzle
Collaboration,
teamwork,
communication
skills,
respectful,
kindness
4-5
Government & Public Administration
Vocabulary:
navigation, goods,
cargo (freight),
adaptable
Vocabulary:
evaluate,
empathy, body
language, apprentice
Activity: Evaluate:
Does this Make
Sense?
Activity:
Self
Expression
Activity:
Adaptability
and You
Coordinating
shipments
using maps
and GPS
Visits: counselor’s office
Careers: social worker,
caseworker, nutritionist,
counselor, occupational
therapist, hair stylist
Activity: Career
Exploration, Careers, and
Talents
Visits: New York City, Time
Square, NYC Subway System,
Staten Island Ferry Careers:
subway operator, conductor,
ferry boat captain How to: ride
an NYC subway (pass,
turnstiles, platform) Activity:
Learn About NYC landmarks,
Memory (famous trains),
Reading Subway Map,
Sequential Order, People or
Goods
Activity: Image
Scramble, Badge
Puzzle
Activity: Image
Scramble, Badge
Puzzle
Adaptability
Activity:
Adaptability
and You
Empathy, body
language, building
confidence,
listening
techniques
Activity: Practicing
Empathy, Facial
Expression
Interpretation,
Building
Confidence, Self
Expression, Active
Listening
Techniques
4-5
4-5
Human Services
Transportation
Vocabulary: surgeon,
medicine, physician,
urgent care, symptom,
fracture, sprain,
ligament Activity:
Word Scramble,
Ordering (steps in a
process)
Activity:
Having
Grit
Visits: urgent care, imaging
center Careers: doctor
(pediatrician, surgeon,
cardiologist, dermatolo- gist,
ER doctor, sports medicine,
medical receptionist, radiologic
technologist, dentist, physical
therapist, laboratory assistant
tech Content Terms: bones,
ligaments, x-ray, nerves,
muscles, brain, blood vessels,
lungs, heart, skin, ultrasound,
MRI, CT scan, PET scan
Activity: Memory, Bingo
Important People:
Michael Jordan, JK
Rowling
Activity: Image
Scramble, Badge
Puzzle
Grit, collaboration
Activity: Having
Grit (written
answer),
Collaboration 101
4-5
Health Science
Reading
Writing
Math
Science
Social Studies
Visual Arts
Technology
Character
Vocabulary:
circuits,
alternative, hydro,
hydro-electric,
eco-system
Vocabulary: loan,
deposit, savings
accounts,
withdrawals,
transfers, invest,
income, expense, debt
Activity: Banking
Terms
Activity:
Calculating
Amperes
Activity:
Converting
Fractions,
Budgeting
Basics,
Budgeting
Practice,
Interpreting
Graphs
Visits: hydro-electric plant
Careers: electrician
(industrial), physicist,
petroleum engineer,
environmental Protection
specialist, civil engineer
Content Terms: power lines,
service wires, meter, circuit
breaker panel, outlets,
alternative energy source
(sun, wind, water), fossil fuels
(coal, oil, gas), hydroelectric
energy Activity: Learning
Content, Sources of Energy,
Energy Cluster Trivia
Visits: Central America,
Costa Rica Content
Terms: coffee beans, sloth,
San Jose, volcano, beach
Activity: Costa Rica Facts,
Animals and Their
Habitats
Visits: bank
Careers: bank tellers,
financial advisors,
bookkeepers, accountants,
debt counselors Terms:
investment strategies, long-
term financial planning,
credit card Activity: Finance
Job Matching, Checking
and Savings Activity,
Financial Lingo Bingo
Activity:
Image
Scramble,
Badge Puzzle
Activity: Image
Scramble, Badge
Puzzle
Critical thinking
Activity: Critical
Thinking Analogies
4-5
4-5
Energy
Finance
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