Title: Sustainability and Renewable Technologies (21053)

Demonstrating Personal Qualities and Abilities
  Demonstrate creativity and innovation.
  Demonstrate critical thinking and problem solving.
  Demonstrate initiative and self-direction.
  Demonstrate integrity.
  Demonstrate work ethic.
  WorkplaceReadinessSkillsPoster2019.pdf
Demonstrating Interpersonal Skills
  Demonstrate conflict-resolution skills.
  Demonstrate listening and speaking skills.
  Demonstrate respect for diversity.
  Demonstrate customer service skills.
  Collaborate with team members.
Demonstrating Professional Competencies
  Demonstrate big-picture thinking.
  Demonstrate career- and life-management skills.
  Demonstrate continuous learning and adaptability.
  Manage time and resources.
  Demonstrate information-literacy skills.
  Demonstrate an understanding of information security.
  Maintain working knowledge of current information-technology (IT) systems.
  Demonstrate proficiency with technologies, tools, and machines common to a specific occupation.
  Apply mathematical skills to job-specific tasks.
  Demonstrate professionalism.
  Demonstrate reading and writing skills.
  Demonstrate workplace safety.
Examining All Aspects of an Industry
  Examine aspects of planning within an industry/organization.
  Examine aspects of management within an industry/organization.
  Examine aspects of financial responsibility within an industry/organization.
  Examine technical and production skills required of workers within an industry/organization.
  Examine principles of technology that underlie an industry/organization.
  Examine labor issues related to an industry/organization.
  Examine community issues related to an industry/organization.
  Examine health, safety, and environmental issues related to an industry/organization.
Addressing Elements of Student Life
  Identify the purposes and goals of the student organization.
  Explain the benefits and responsibilities of membership in the student organization as a student and in professional/civic organizations as an adult.
  Demonstrate leadership skills through participation in student organization activities, such as meetings, programs, and projects.
  Identify Internet safety issues and procedures for complying with acceptable use standards.
Exploring Work-Based Learning
  Identify the types of work-based learning (WBL) opportunities.
  (Optional) Reflect on lessons learned during the WBL experience.
  Explore career opportunities related to the WBL experience.
  (Optional) Participate in a WBL experience, when appropriate.
Introducing Sustainability and Renewable Resources
  Interpret sustainability as it applies to social, economic, and environmental issues.
  Explore the interconnectedness of the global community.
  Contrast renewable and nonrenewable resources.
  Differentiate between exhaustible and inexhaustible resources.
  Evaluate a variety of media and informational sources for reliability and bias.
  Analyze the effect of an individual’s carbon, ecological, and water footprint.
Examining Social Sustainability
  Differentiate between needs and wants.
  Research quality-of-life issues in developed and developing countries.
  Compare quality of life in developing nations with quality of life in developed nations.
  Research the relationships among standard of living, economic growth, and energy consumption.
Exploring the Economics of Sustainability
  Illustrate the interconnectedness of needs and wants and resource availability.
  Identify factors that influence consumer choices.
  Analyze economic interests as a motivating force behind sustainable technology decisions.
  Investigate the role of government and budgetary allocation in providing access to and distribution of resources.
  Perform a life-cycle cost analysis.
Analyzing Environmental Issues
  Analyze the relationship between population and carrying capacity.
  Examine the environmental effects of the extraction and reliance on fossil fuels.
  Outline a major environmental issue that affects human health and the viability of the planet.
  Demonstrate a major technological environmental issue’s effect on global and local human health and the viability of the planet.
  Debate strategies for responding to major environmental issues.
  Explain basic concepts of ecology and environmental science.
  Examine the interconnectedness between man-made structures and the natural environment.
Examining Technology's Effect on the Environment and Natural Resources
  Examine definitions of climate change.
  Examine the scientific research regarding climate change.
  Research how climate change will effect different regions of the United States.
  Examine the economic effects of climate change.
  Research the effect of mankind's use of technology on the environment.
Evaluating Sustainable Practices
  Compare sustainable alternatives in agriculture.
  Identify sustainable alternatives in construction and building management.
  Explain the environmental effect of new construction vs. renovation.
  Design methods to reduce energy consumption in a given process in building and facilities design and management.
  Research how effects from climate change can be mitigated.
  Analyze linear and cyclical approaches to life cycles of common technological products.
  Investigate the role of innovation in minimizing waste.
  Create a new product from existing products using the cradle-to-cradle approach.
Examining Renewable Energy
  Explain different energy technologies and their capacity to meet the social, economic, and environmental needs for a sustainable future.
  Predict the ability of renewable and nonrenewable energy resources to meet future demand.
  Analyze barriers to implementation of renewable technology and practices.
  Propose methods of overcoming barriers to implementation of renewable technology and practices.
  Assess the accessibility of renewable technologies within a given geographical area.
  Measure energy output of a renewable energy source using proper instruments.
  Explain the function of the basic components of a PV system.
  Produce a working wind turbine.
  Investigate the effects of light intensity and color on the energy output of a PV array.
  Construct a model of a renewable energy system that powers a small device.
  Investigate how wind speed and direction affect wind turbine power output.
  Explain the basic principles of geothermal and geo-exchange systems.
Examining Emerging Technology
  Identify emerging technology.
  Research emerging sustainable technologies or a new sustainable innovation or invention.
Additional Course Information
  8414 Student Competency Record_Copyright 2022.xlsx
  8414 Standards Correlations.pdf
  8414 Credentials-Sequences-Clusters.pdf
  8414 Acknowledgments and Copyright Information.pdf