Lesson Title
Career Journey
Cluster
Pathway
All Pathways
Essential
Question
How are occupations related because of similar skills and job requirements?
TEKS
Career Portals:
1.A,
2.A,2.C,2.D,2.E
Prior Student
Learning
Students should have already been presented the Career
Module
Introduction.
Estimated time
45 minutes
Objectives
- Identify pioneers in the Health Science cluster and tell their story
- Review the common vocabulary found in the Health Science Pathway
Materials/Equipment/Handouts Needed
- Cluster Pioneers PowerPoint (computer, projector, screen, etc.)
- Occupational Lingo game card for each student
- Occupations handout for each student
- Occupation Information Cards for the teacher
- Markers for Lingo cards (candy, pennies, washers, buttons, etc.)
- Handout: Cluster Word Find Activity (Extension)
Introduction/Engage
- Ask students if they can name any famous people from the Health
Science Cluster.
Activities
- Lecture: Cluster Celebrities PowerPoint
- Activity: Occupational Lingo
Lesson Closure
- Review details of the Health Science pathways using questioning techniques
- Discuss upcoming career module experiences and expectations
Assessment
- Verbal responses to questions
- Participation in all activities
- Successful completion of “Occupational Lingo” game
Extension
- Handout: Cluster Word Find Activity
Accommodations for Learning Differences
- Guidelines and Procedures for Adapting Instructional Materials
- Sample Curriculum Customizations for Learning Differences
- Lesson Plan/Curriculum Modification Checklist
- Instructor Format for Curriculum Customization for Learning
Differences
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(with apologies to Bingo)
Materials needed:
Occupational Lingo game card for each student
Occupations handout for each student
Occupation Information Cards for the teacher
TEKS:
Markers for Lingo cards (candy, pennies, washers, buttons, etc.)
Index cards
(c)(1)(A)
(c)(2)(A),(C),(D),(E)
Approximate time:
30 to 40 minutes
Directions:
1. Give each student a copy of the Occupational Lingo game card and game markers (16 should be enough). Instruct the students to randomly write 24 health science vocabulary terms on the Occupational Lingo term card. Remember, term only -- no definitions.
2. Cut out Health Science Lingo Term Cards for yourself. Place your Health Science Lingo and Term cards into a container so they can be drawn randomly.
3. Instruct the students to remove everything from desks except the game card and markers.
4. Randomly draw Health Science Lingo and Term cards from the container and read only the definition of the term.
5. Students should then place a marker over the occupation or term they believe the information or definition describes.
6. The first student that gets covers five occupations in a row or the four corners calls out
“Lingo” and is a winner. Check the card for accuracy.
7. Continue play for three or four more “Lingo’s.”
8. *Optional: provide Lingo winners with a prize or reward.
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(Teacher uses these)
Therapeutic Services
Primarily focused on changing the health status of the patient over time
Support Services
Primarily focused on providing a therapeutic environment for the delivery of health care
Orthopedic
A branch of medicine that works with conditions involving the skeletal and
muscular systems
Diagnostic Services
Primarily focused on detection, diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders
Biotechnology Research
& Development
Primarily focused on discovery, research and development for new diagnostic testing, new treatments and medical devices to improve patient care
Health Informatics
Primarily focused on management of departments, agencies and patient data
Multidisciplinary Team
A team set up to work together using their areas of expertise to find a solution to problems effecting patients care and safety; team members may come from all pathways of health care
Rehabilitation
A branch of medicine that focuses on enhancement or restoring function and quality of life
Trauma emergencies
Damage caused by physical harm from external sources
Activities of Daily Living
Activities that people tend to do every day without assistance; examples include eating, bathing, walking…
Epidemic
A disease that spreads to many individuals at the same time.
Therapy
Treatment for a disorder: many different forms, including medication, counseling , or other medical procedures
Medical emergencies
Involve illnesses or conditions caused by disease; can be due to pathogens or genetics
Pathogen
A disease caused by a biological organism such as bacteria, virus,
parasites or fungus
Pandemics
Worldwide epidemic that affects large geographic regions
Radiology
A branch of medicine that uses images to diagnosis and treat disease seen inside the body
Endemic
A disease that is native to a local region
Contagious
An illness that can be passed on or spread to others
Vital Signs
Signs that are essential to life; include temperature, pulse, respirations and blood pressure
Signs
Used to assess the patient; signs can be seen and/or measured
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Symptoms
Also used to assess the patient; symptoms are described by the patient
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Phenotype
The expression of genes seen on any trait; for example eye color
Homozygous
Two genes that are alike, both recessive or both dominant
Recessive
Traits that only appear when the gene is inherited from both parents
Heterozygous
When the genes for a trait differ, the dominant one will show up
Dominan t
Traits that appear even when only one gene is inherited
Genotype
Pair of genes actually seen on a chromosome that makes up a trait; one from mother and one
from father
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Get Five In A Row
FREE
Or Four Corners
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Materials needed:
Copy of the Word Find Puzzle for each student
TEKS:
Varied, dependent on content
Approximate time:
10 to 15 minutes
Directions:
1. Give each student a copy of the “Health Science Word Find” handout. Go over the directions with the class.
2. Monitor the students as they complete the word find to make certain they have identified the correct terms from the clues.
3. *For difficult puzzles or modification, provide a word bank.
4. *An alternative activity is to divide the class into small groups and have them create a word find puzzle. Exchange the puzzles and have each group complete the puzzle they receive.
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O K N Q B M V L L I A I J C K O U D N H
Q V F R C B T R F V R Y P Y W C P T A K
T K A A K I Q K J N H Q S T R L P S I N
E Y D T F O M L W J I F Y O B Z H I C F
R X R G A M T M M T U V C T Z G Y N I Z
D Z O D O E S Y Q D Z B H E E X S E T Y
V O T T P D I J W T Z B O C Y W I I S I
I T A S H I R D E S R T L H L V C G I K
D S C I T C T M N I S F O N M G A Y T L
K I U N H A A R X G B R G O I P L H A Y
I R D O A L I P K O C J I L M F T L T Z
X T E I L E D H H L R N S O H K H A S W
V A H S M N O Y K O Y A T G R J E T O S
Z I T U O G P S C I P I C I J B R N I V
U H L F L I C I E D R C P S C A A E B X
A Y E E G E U I G R K T C Y S Q I L E S
P S H P I E F A M C I R O I K H S G O R
M P G Z S R I N D E L O M D F W T R T U
F M G D T L L X M X A M G T I L A Z J N
Therapist Engineer
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O K N Q B M V L L I A I J C K O U D N H
Q V F R C B T R F V R Y P Y W C P T A K
T K A A K I Q K J N H Q S T R L P S I N
E Y D T F O M L W J I F Y O B Z H I C F
R X R G A M T M M T U V C T Z G Y N I Z
D Z O D O E S Y Q D Z B H E E X S E T Y
V O T T P D I J W C Y W I I S I
I T A S H I R D E S R T L H L V C G I K
D S C I T C T M N I S F O N M G A Y T L
K I U N H A A R X G B R G O I P L H A Y
I R D O A L I P K O C J I L M F T L T Z
X T E I L E D H H L R N S O H K H A S W
V A H S M N O Y K O Y A T G R J E T O S
Z I T U O G P S C I P I C I J B R N I V
U H L F L I C I E D R C P S C A A E B X
M C A R O N T C T A D I W D D E
A Y E E G E U I G
P S H P I E F A M C I R O I K H S G O R
M P G Z S R I N D E L O M D F W T R T U
F M G D T L L X M X A M G T I L A Z J N
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