2015 Manufacturing Day/Month Toolkit for Educators

Sept. 3, 2015 - PRLog -- Manufacturing Day/Month kicks starts this year on October 1 & 2 with statewide events planned for the entire month. In addition to “Made in Florida” industry tours, open houses, career fairs, expos and “American Made” movie screenings will be held across Florida as students, educators and Floridians across the state will be celebrating and learning about what’s “Made in Florida.” To support students and educators learning and engagement in manufacturing, FLATE has developed an extensive array of resources specifically designed for educators to use as part of the Manufacturing Day/Month celebrations. These comprehensive resources are lesson plans that provide a quick overview of “what is manufacturing,” and can be taught as a one-day lesson plan, or as in-depth, multii-day lessons that merge manufacturing-related technical content with the language skills of common core. There is even a 2015 Manufacturing Day in Florida poster that teachers can use as a curriculum tool and/or to decorate their classroom. To access these resources, visit the FLATE’s Wiki at:http://flate.pbworks.com/w/page/10889505/FrontPage andhttp://madeinflorida.org/manufacturing-day

The Manufacturing Day/Month Educator toolkit is geared to help educators spark students’ interest/ awareness about high-tech, high-skilled, high-paying jobs in manufacturing. Some of the resources in the FLATE educator toolkit includes:

Manufacturing Day Poster: Downloadable

Made in Florida Video Curriculum for Educators

Career & Education Resources

Comprehensive Instructional Sequence (CIS) Model lesson plans for Industry Tours

Other resources that teachers can use during and after manufacturing day include the:

· Made in Florida STEM lesson plans

· Advanced Technological Education and STEM-based careers

· FL DOE Career Resources

· FLATE Focus monthly newsletter

· Resources for Recruiting Girls to STEM based careers in manufacturing

If you have any questions about these resources email us at curriculum@fl-ate.org, or visit http://flate.pbworks.com/w/page/10889505/FrontPage. For information on statewide Manufacturing Day events and the Made in Florida industry tour for manufacturing day visit FLATE’s all new http://mfgday-fl.comand http://madeinflorida.org/manufacturing-day.

FLATE is a National Science Foundation Regional Center of Excellence, committed to ensuring Florida has a well prepared workforce for advanced and emerging technologies. Created in 2004, FLATE is one of 42 Advanced Technological Education Centers in the United States funded by the National Science Foundation focused on improving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and training to meet the needs of American advanced technology industries. For more information visit www.fl-ate.org.