Introduction to Family & Consumer Sciences
About the Course
iCEV’s Introduction to Family & Consumer Sciences course focuses on a broad range of topics in Family & Consumer Sciences such as human services, employability skills, consumer practices, leadership skills, community service, apparel construction and interior design. Additionally, the course offers FCS Challenge lessons where students are prompted with a problem and use skills they have learned in the course to meet the challenge.
SAMPLE LESSON
FCS Challenge: Community Service Project
Each lesson includes media-rich presentations, a pre-made lesson plan, assessments and engaging real-world projects and activities. To get an idea of what iCEV offers, explore the sample lesson and resources below.
Lesson Resources:
Lessons Available in This Course
- Basic Principles in Apparel Selection
- Basic Principles of Apparel Construction
- Basic Principles of Apparel Maintenance & Repair
- Basic Principles of Child Development - Coming Soon
- Basic Principles of Healthy Meals
- Basic Principles of Interior Design
- Basic Principles of Interior Maintenance
- Communication & Conflict Resolution
- Community Service
- Consumer Practices & Responsibilities
- Creating a Human Services Career Plan
- Employability Skills in Human Services
- Exploring Personal Care Services
- Family Dynamics
- FCS Challenge: Community Service Project
- FCS Challenge: Crisis Care Compass
- FCS Challenge: Micro Chef
- FCS Challenge: Room Revamp
- FCS Challenge: Spill Seekers
- FCS Challenge: Wellness and You
- Goals & Decision Making
- Identifying Personal Priorities
- Leadership in Human Services
- Navigating Life's Challenges
- Nutrition Over the Lifespan
- Personal Practices for Success
- Principles of Human Services
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