Home Maintenance

Month

Content

Learning Outcome

Assessment

August

Home Maintenance:

           Defining Home Maintenance

           Understanding your Home

           House Fixtures

Making you home a safer and more comfortable place to live

Enhancing Your Home’s Value

Saving Money on repairs and energy

Class discussion

Quiz

September

Home Exterior

Home Infrastructure

Roof, Siding, windows, doors,

& Insulation.

Hand Power Tools

Hand Tools

Common Maintenance Tasks:

         Exterior

         Infrastructure

         Roof

         Siding

         Windows

         Doors

Safety and proper use of common house hold tools

Class Discussion

Question and Answer

Quiz

Home Maintenance Plan

Lab

October

 Safety in the home

Home Interior: Plumbing, Fixtures,

Heating, Cooling, Ventilation,

Floors, Interior Doors, Home

Safety System.

Good work habits when dealing with Power,

Gas, & Water.

Common Maintenance Tasks:

   Plumbing-Drain, Waste, & Vent System

   Furnace-Passive and Active Ventilation

Dry Wall and Plaster Repair

Class Discussion

Question and Answer

Quiz

Home Maintenance Plan

Lab

November

Home Interior: Plumbing, Fixtures,

Heating, Cooling, Ventilation,

Floors, Interior Doors, Home

Safety System.

Preventing your water pipes from Shaking,

Rattling, and Rolling

Maximizing Hot Water

Making water look, smell, and taste better

Replace a damaged section of pipe

Class Discussion

Question and Answer

Quiz

Home Maintenance Plan

Lab

December

Home Interior: Plumbing, Fixtures,

Heating, Cooling, Ventilation,

Floors, Interior Doors, Home

Safety System.

Protecting pipes in cold weather

How to fix a burst pipe

Maintenance on hot water heater

         Gas

         Electric

How to soften your water

Class Discussion

Question and Answer

Quiz

Home Maintenance Plan

Lab

January

Home Interior:

         Fixtures: Stainless Steel,

Cast iron, and Fiber glass

Cleaning Plumbing fixtures

Taking care of your toilet

Maintaining your tub and shower

Class Discussion

Question and Answer

Quiz

Home Maintenance Plan

Lab

February

Sewer and Septic System

Understanding how your sewer system works

Keeping your sewer system or septic

Running clog free

How to eliminate most common clogs

Maintaining your septic system

Class Discussion

Question and Answer

Quiz

Home Maintenance Plan

Lab

March

Heating, Ventilating, and

Air-Conditioning Systems

Maintenance on your furnace and boiler

Ventilating your home from top to bottom

Keeping your air conditioner cool

Balancing your heat through-out your house

Interior ventilation

Class Discussion

Question and Answer

Quiz

Home Maintenance Plan

Lab

April

Walls and Ceilings

         Drywall

         Plaster

Keeping walls and ceiling looking good

Patching cracks in walls and plaster

Painting

Maintaining wallpaper and paneling

Class Discussion

Question and Answer

Quiz

Home Maintenance Plan

Lab

May

Floors and Interior Doors

Appliances

Cleaning and maintaining all types of floors

Taking care of common door problems

Keeping your door hardware in good working

Order

Extending the life of your appliances

Home safety when using appliances

Class Discussion

Question and Answer

Quiz

Home Maintenance Plan

Lab

Ind. Arts I

Month

Content

Learning Outcome

Assessment

August

Measuring/reading a ruler

Correctly identify 1/16^th, 1/8^th, 1/4^th, and ½ inch increments on a ruler.

Mechanically draft drawings using Architect scale.

Worksheets

Sketches

Class discussion

Quiz

Lab

September

Introduction of Fundamentals of Mechanical Drafting.

Introduction of Isometric objects

Introduction of Three View Sketches

Using Mechanical Drafting Instruments such as 2H and H pencils, 45 and 30-60 degree triangles, erasing shields.

Develop quality sketches of Isometric objects.

Develop quality Three View Sketches

Discussion Question and Answer

Complete a series of sketches

Sketch Isometric Objects

Sketch Three View Objects

Lab

October

Project Procedures

Project Plans

Demonstrating board feet of lumber used for their project, finishing costs. Price project based on school material and price project based on local access. 

Ex. Lowe’s, Local Hardware…

Class Discussion

Question and Answer

Board foot worksheets

Project Plan Sheet

Lab

November

Safe Use of Power woodworking tools

Demonstrate safe and correct operating procedures for the Jointer, Planer, Drill Press, Power Miter Box, Band Saw, Table Saw

Discussion Question and Answer

Safety Videos

Teacher Demonstrations

Safety Tests

Lab

December

Safe Use of Power woodworking tools

Demonstrate safe and correct operating procedures for the Jointer, Planer, Drill Press, Power Miter Box, Band Saw, Table Saw

Discussion Question and Answer

Safety Videos

Teacher Demonstrations

Safety Tests

Student Demonstrations

Lab

January

Sketching and P.O.P. of a class project

Safe use of power and hand wood working tools

Correctly operate woodworking equipment

Band saw, planer, and jointer by students alone. Table Saw and Power Miter Box by assisting Teacher

Discussion Question and Answer,

P.O.P. update daily keeping a log of measurements and tasks per day.

February

Woodworking practices

Safe use of power and hand wood working tools.

Demonstrate knowledge of woodworking practices

Discussion Question and Answer,

P.O.P. update daily keeping a log of measurements and tasks per day.

Project

March

Woodworking practices

Safe use of power and hand wood working tools.

Demonstrate knowledge of woodworking practices

Discussion Question and Answer,

P.O.P. update daily keeping a log of measurements and tasks per day.

Project

April

Woodworking Practices

Safe use of power and hand wood working tools.

Demonstrate knowledge of woodworking practices

Discussion Question and Answer,

P.O.P. update daily keeping a log of measurements and tasks per day.

Project

May

Woodworking practices

Safe use of power and hand wood working tools.

Demonstrate knowledge of woodworking practices

Discussion Question and Answer,

P.O.P. update daily keeping a log of measurements and tasks per day.

Project