Grade 8 CTE SOL Standards

Exploring Food Science

Exploring Horticultural Sciences

Exploring Natural Resources

Exploring Animal Science

Understanding Agricultural Mechanics

Understading AFNR Businesses

Understanding Global Agriculture

Becoming Oriented to Agriscience Technology

Exploring Leadership Opportunities through FFA

Exploring Work-Based Learning

Addressing Elements of Student Life

Demonstrating Professional Competencies

Demonstrating Interpersonal Skills

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.

Categorize breeds of animals.

Identify equipment used in the care of companion and/or livestock animals.

Evaluate types of companion and/or livestock animal feed.

Explore healthcare and maintenance practices for companion and/or livestock animals.

Identify the importance of natural resource management.

(Optional) Determine the volume and value of timber.

Identify Virginia trees as sawtimber, pulpwood, and/or ornamentals.

(Optional) Explain soil fertility.

Discuss the importance of water to agriculture.

Analyze a water sample.

Identify common garden, landscape, and interior plants.

Describe integrated pest management.

(Optional) Explore the principles of floral design.

(Optional) Explore the principles of landscape design.

(Optional) Identify common horticultural and landscape tools, equipment, technologies, and practices.

Explore the food industry as it relates to agriculture, agriscience, and agribusiness.

Research foodborne illnesses.

Describe methods of food processing and preservation.

Explain food labels.

Collaborate with team members.

Demonstrate conflict-resolution skills.

Demonstrate listening and speaking skills.

Demonstrate respect for diversity.

Demonstrate customer service skills.

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.

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.

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.

Identify the role of supervised agricultural experiences (SAEs) in agricultural education.

Participate in an SAE.

Identify the benefits and responsibilities of FFA membership.

Describe leadership characteristics and opportunities as they relate to agriculture and FFA.

(Optional) Apply for an FFA degree and/or an agricultural proficiency award.

Identify class rules, safety precautions, and procedures.

Explore new and emerging technologies in agriculture and agriscience.

Identify the components of an agricultural/agriscience research project.

Identify safety procedures in performing experiments.

Perform an agriculture/agriscience experiment.

Define terms related to trade.

Explore global agriculture.

Explain the relationship of global trade to Virginia agriculture.

Identify the significance of agribusiness in agriscience.

Identify risks inherent in agribusiness.

Identify characteristics of an entrepreneur.

Explore career opportunities related to agriculture, food, and natural resources (AFNR).

Demonstrate safety practices.

Demonstrate measuring skills.

Interpret plans for constructing an agriculture project.

Identify new and emerging equipment and tools in agriscience.

Identify portable hand tools, portable power tools, equipment, and accessories.

Demonstrate the use of hand tools, portable power tools, equipment, and accessories.

Demonstrate woodworking skills.

Explain the principles of electricity.

Demonstrate basic electrical wiring skills.

(Optional) Shape metal.

(Optional) Explain the arc-welding process.

(Optional) Operate arc-welding equipment.

Explain the operating principles of small engines.

Identify types of agribusiness.

Communicating on the Job

Developing an Academic and Career Plan

Discovering More about Yourself

Exploring Career Plan Options and Possible Destinations

Compare the concepts of work, job, and career.

Describe education and career terms.

Explore the 17 career clusters.

Explore career pathways and occupations of interest.

Investigate a career of interest.

Identify opportunities for education/training to prepare for a career.

Explain the cost of education and/or training.

Identify personal assets.

Examine personal assets in light of one�s responsibilities as a family member, student, or community member.

Complete a career interest assessment.

Relate your skills, interests, talents, and values to a career.

Identify short-term and long-term goals.

Research options associated with courses in your school division and regional center related to career interests.

Review a decision-making process to course options.

Review the student Academic and Career Plan Portfolio.

Draft an Academic and Career Plan.

Describe self-advocacy strategies. (optional)

Communicate verbally and nonverbally in a professional manner. (Optional)

Demonstrate telephone etiquette.(Optional)

Compose written professional communication (e.g., emails, letters). (Optional)

Describe the importance of active listening skills. (Optional)

Troubleshoot workplace problems, issues, or conflicts to find a solution. (Optional)

Describe the importance of inviting and responding to constructive feedback. (Optional)

Provide constructive praise and criticism. (Optional)

Respond to praise or criticism. (Optional)

Demonstrate public speaking skills (e.g., large group, small group). (Optional)

Describe the privacy issues related to online communication media.

Identify privacy policies and issues related to employees using or misusing online communication media.

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.

Solving Ethical and Security Problems Relating to Technology

Identify security issues related to hardware, software, and data.

Explore problems involving integrity, courtesy, and confidentiality related to information and communications systems.

Identify the effect of regulations such as copyright and licensing agreements in computer software applications.

Solving Problems Relating to Computer Maintenance

Identify safety precautions associated with computer use.

Describe the care necessary for internal and external storage devices.

Describe methods of preventing the spread of computer viruses.

Using Presentations to Solve Problems

Identify presentation applications.

Identify the components of an effective presentation.

Build a multimedia presentation.

Apply a multimedia presentation to solve a problem.

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 professionalism.

Demonstrate reading and writing skills.

Demonstrate workplace safety.

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.

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.

Using Word Processing Software to Solve Problems

Format existing documents.

Describe the writing process.

(Optional) Create documents.

Using Spreadsheet Software to Solve Problems

Identify the structure of a spreadsheet.

Input data and formulas.

Edit data within the spreadsheet.

Create graphs and charts to visually represent data.

Apply spreadsheet skills to solve a problem.

Using Database Software to Solve Problems

Identify the structure of a database.

Create a database by defining fields and designing formats.

Apply database skills to solve a problem.

Using Technologies to Solve Problems

Identify emerging technologies available to solve specified problems.

Identify local and worldwide network communication systems.

Use electronic search strategies to retrieve and evaluate relevant electronic information.

(Optional) Analyze a problem to determine the technological options needed for a solution.

(Optional) Apply technological skills to solve a communications problem.

Explore coding skills to solve real-world problems.

Developing Leadership Skills

Managing Career, Community, and Family Connections(Optional)

Applying Education and Early Childhood Concepts(Optional)

Applying Textile, Fashion, and Apparel Concepts(Optional)

Maximizing Consumer and Family Resources

Enhancing Nutrition and Wellness

Analyzing Living Environments (Personal Environments)(Optional)

Strengthening Family Relationships(Optional)

Managing Interpersonal Relationships

Facilitating Human Development

Analyze multiple life roles and responsibilities as a community member.

Examine cultural and community factors that influence personal development.

Design a plan to manage change.

Describe differing social norms across cultures.

Demonstrate caring and responsible interactions with peers.

Describe the importance of belonging within society.

Apply conflict-resolution strategies.

Demonstrate teamwork in the family, school, and community.

Examine the roles of families in society.

Identify community services available to help families solve problems.

Demonstrate communication skills that contribute to positive family relationships.

Examine global concerns related to the community.

Implement strategies to conserve natural resources in the school and community.

Develop a design project.

Research Family and Consumer Sciences career clusters.

Explore entrepreneurship as a career choice.

Develop an individual plan of study for a Family and Consumer Sciences career pathway.

Describe how volunteerism develops and sustains community resources.

Research the effects of food choices on long-term health.

Evaluate the importance of considering food allergies and special dietary needs when making food selections.

Demonstrate the use of kitchen tools and equipment.

Demonstrate kitchen safety and sanitary food-handling practices.

Prepare a nutritious meal.

Analyze nutrients and their effects on the body.

Compare the cost and taste of made-from-scratch, convenience, and ready-made foods.

Research nutritional benefits of fresh and local foods vs. convenience foods.

Research the effects of science and technology on food composition and safety, from production through consumption.

Research lifespan wellness practices and related community resources.

Analyze the risks of personal choices throughout the lifespan.

Analyze the effects of career choice, education, and skills on income and goal attainment.

Develop a savings and spending plan for personal financial management.

Research the services offered by financial institutions.

Demonstrate the ability to manage an account in a financial institution.

Examine credit options.

Explain consumer rights.

Explain consumer responsibilities.

Describe a decision-making process when purchasing clothing.

Demonstrate basic construction skills.

Produce a storyboard using apparel and textile design technology.

Repurpose textile products and apparel.

Analyze the stages of early childhood development.

Demonstrate childcare skills.

Explore childcare training and employment opportunities.

Use the FCCLA planning process.

Complete a national FCCLA program project and/or a state-level competitive event.

Identifying the Contexts of Technology and Engineering

Examining Systems (Optional)

Using the Engineering Design Process

Designing Solutions

Examining Resources of Technology

Investigating the Effects of Technology

Introducing Technology

Define technology.

Identify historical examples of technology.

Identify how technologies have emerged through the use of engineering.

Research careers and the technologies used in them.

Describe how society affects technology and technology affects society.

Analyze how an invention or innovation was influenced by its historical context and future need.(Optional)

Identify emerging technologies.(Optional)

Predict future technological changes.

Identify resources used in technology and engineering.

Identify the six simple machines that make mechanical technology work.(Optional)

Differentiate between types of materials.(Optional)

Select materials based on their properties when designing a technology.(Optional)

Demonstrate the safe use of a minimum of three tools and/or pieces of equipment as part of the design process.

Explain the ethical and moral use of technologies.

Demonstrate types of measuring.

Create sketches and drawings.

Describe the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) engineering design process.

Demonstrate the use of an engineering design process.

Define the goal of a challenge.

Design a device using criteria and constraints.

Evaluate viable solutions.

Select a solution.

Plan the model or prototype.

Produce a model or prototype.

Assess the design.

Describe how the solution could be improved.

Communicate the results.

Use the engineering design process as part of a team.

Illustrate how processes change inputs to outputs in any system.

Identify the parts of a system within a device.

Identify contexts of technology and engineering.

Describe the energy and power context of technology and engineering.(Optional)

Describe the medical and health-related technologies contexts of technology and engineering.(Optional)

Describe the agricultural and biological technologies contexts of technology and engineering.(Optional)

Describe the information and communication contexts of technology and engineering.(Optional)

Describe the built environment contexts of technology and engineering.(Optional)

Describe the transportation and logistics contexts of technology and engineering.(Optional)

Describe the material conversion and processing contexts of technology and engineering.(Optional)

Describe the computation, automation, AI, and robotics contexts of technology and engineering.(Optional