APPLY
14
Aug

AIM Mobile Career Technology Lab

August 14, 2019
,

Lesson Resources

Students will carry out challenges related to energy generation, agricultural machinery and plant sciences.

Typical Careers: Agricultural Engineer, Agricultural and Food Science Technician, Farm Equipment Mechanic, Precision Agriculture Technician

K-1st Grade
  • Length & Area
  • Mixing Machine
  • Pollination
2nd-3rd Grade
  • Origin of Soil
  • Soil and Water
  • Solving Multiplication and Division Problems
  • Basic Needs of Plants
  • Plant Structures
  • Life Science Zspace
  • Mathematics Zspace
  • Earth and Space Science
4th Grade
  • Life Science Zspace
  • Mathematics Zspace
  • Earth and Space Science
5th Grade
  • Agricultural Machinery
  • Life Science Zspace
  • Mathematics Zspace
  • Earth and Space Science

Students will carry out challenges related management, marketing and business.

Typical Careers: Office Clerk, Inventory Manager, Administrative Assistant, Ledger Clerk, Accountant, Office Manager, Retail Assistant

K-1st Grade
  • Communications
  • Flying the Flag
  • Sharing Into Equal Groups
2nd-3rd Grade
  • Value of Money
  • Estimating Using Rounding
  • Savings Plan
  • Mathematics Zspace
  • Social Science Zspace
4th Grade
  • Working to a Budget
  • Designing a Toy
  • Mathematics Zspace
  • Social Science Zspace
5th Grade
  • Communications
  • Mathematics Zspace
  • Social Science Zspace

Students will carry out challenges related to structures, construction and the use of energy in building systems.

Typical Careers: Construction and Building Inspector, Structural Engineer, Architectural and Civil Drafter, Civil Engineer

K-1st Grade
  • Mathematics Zspace
2nd-3rd Grade
  • Deposition
  • Erosion
  • Faces, Edges, Vertices
  • Heat Transfer
  • Engineering and Design
  • Mathematics Zspace
4th Grade
  • Introducing Mixtures-Concrete
  • Bridge Building
  • Engineering and Design
  • Mathematics Zspace
5th Grade
  • Solar Energy in Buildings
  • Energy Generation
  • Construction machine
  • Engineering and Design
  • Mathematics Zspace

MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON

Students will carry out challenges related to the application of stem principles in the real world.

Typical Careers: Health and Safety Engineers, Robotics Engineer, Planetary Scientist, Aerospace Engineer, Mechatronics Engineer, Electronics Technician

K-1st Grade
  • How Sun Effects the Earth
  • Investigating Habits
  • Temperature
2nd-3rd Grade
  • Experimental Investigation (magnets)
  • Modeling Day and Night
  • Electric Circuits
  • Physical Science Zspace
  • Engineering and Design Zspace
  • Earth and Space Science Zspace
  • Mathematics Zspace
4th Grade
  • Mixtures (sand and iron fillings)
  • Forces at a Distance
  • Electricity in Circuits
  • Temperature
  • Physical Science Zspace
  • Engineering and Design Zspace
  • Earth and Space Science Zspace
  • Mathematics Zspace
5th Grade
  • Analyze and Interpret Information
  • Physical Science Zspace
  • Engineering and Design Zspace
  • Earth and Space Science Zspace
  • Mathematics Zspace

Students will carry out challenges related to the human body and medical technology.

Typical Careers: Radiation Therapists, Medical Electronics Technician, Medicine, Radiologic Technologists

K-1st Grade
  • The Human Body
  • Bones
  • Life Science Zspace
  • Mathematics Zspace
2nd-3rd Grade
  • Human Body Systems
  • Life Science Zspace
  • Mathematics Zspace
4th Grade
  • Investigating Heartrate
  • Measuring Temperature
  • Life Science Zspace
  • Mathematics Zspace
5th Grade
  • Determining Liquid Volume
  • Bones
  • Neural Processing (card shuffling)
  • Effects of Exercise
  • Life Science Zspace
  • Mathematics Zspace

MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON

MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON

Students will carry out challenges related to robotics, data analysis, and computer controlled machines.

Typical Careers: Applications Software Developer, Computer Programmer, Software Quality Assurance Engineer, Robotics Engineer, Mechatronics Engineer

K-1st Grade
  • Sending a Message
  • Mathematics Zspace
2nd-3rd Grade
  • Controlling Robots
  • Making Tables
  • Digital Communication
  • Mathematics Zspace
4th Grade
  • Robots
  • Programming Robots
  • Making Bar Graphs
  • Mathematics Zspace
5th Grade
  • Programming Machines
  • Mathematics Zspace

MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON

Students will carry out challenges related to manufacturing machines, mechanical and fluid power systems.

Typical Careers: Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerk, Production Engineer, Machinist, Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Operator

K-1st Grade
  • Gears and Gear Trains
2nd-3rd Grade
  • Sawing and Drilling
  • Mathematics Zpace
4th Grade
  • Plastics Materials
  • Turning
  • Conveyor System
  • Mathematics Zspace
5th Grade
  • Rapid Manufacturing
  • Milling
  • Gears and Gear Trains
  • Building a Hydraulic Circuit
  • Mathematics Zspace

K-1st Grade
  • Forces and Motion
  • Odd and Even
2nd-3rd Grade
  • Forces and Motion
  • Variable Speed Vehicle
  • Effects of Force (springs)
  • Mathematics Zspace
4th Grade
  • Introduction to Engineering
  • Forms of Energy (car and track)
  • Electric Wiper
  • Ideas from Nature in Design
  • Mathematics Zspace
5th Grade
  • Speed, Energy and Collisions
  • Designing a Lifting System
  • Electromagnets
  • Mathematics Zspace

What is the AIM Lab?

The goal of the AIM Lab is to introduce K-5 students in the VSCTC district to in-demand careers by allowing them to explore Career Technical Education (CTE). The AIM Lab provides a variety of resources including interactive, challenging and comprehensive activities, hardware and trainers to give younger students a foundation in a wide range of careers in the following clusters. Our educational partners in the VSCTC districts are invited to explore below to discover resources available to them to complement their lessons.

General Information

  • Lessons can last between 30-40 minutes and are easily adaptable to the needs of students.
  • There are multiple lessons in each cluster to choose from
  • Interactive challenges are designed for students to work in pairs or small groups
  • AIM Mobile Lab Activities can accommodate 12-15 students depending on activity
  • Classroom-to-World Challenge activities utilizing hardware resources, innovative educational trainers and zSpace (Virtual reality technology)

Who Can Use the AIM Lab?

  • Elementary Schools throughout our school district
  • Business Partners looking to promote careers and opportunities in our Program areas.
Sign Up to Use the AIM LabQuestions? Contact Us