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Imagine solving real-world problems while collaborating with an engineer! Or picture yourself exploring data patterns with a financial analyst. If you’re excited about applying your math skills to real-world careers, our VLACS Projects are the perfect fit for you!
This engaging learning pathway allows students to explore various career fields while mastering key concepts and skills. For each competency, you can choose to complete a pre-designed project that simulates real-life career tasks or create your own unique learning experience. Regardless of your choice, you’ll engage in thorough research and apply what you learn to authentic career scenarios.
With the pre-designed projects, you’ll tackle real-world tasks that align with each competency. If you decide to design your own experience, you’ll collaborate with your instructor and a mentor to design and complete meaningful career tasks that demonstrate your understanding. We have partnered with hundreds of mentors you can work with if you choose to design your own experience. Check out our Career Mentor Catalog here.
Take a look at the competency statements and pre-designed options below. We’re excited to support you on this exciting and open-ended learning adventure!
Note: This is a project-based course. If you’re looking for a traditional format, please return to the learning catalog and select the course.
Projects
Marketing Manager
Competency: Algebra Fundamentals
You are a Marketing Manager, developing strategic campaigns and using data-driven insights to promote products or services effectively. Your role requires the ability to interpret quantitative information and solve complex problems, which will require an understanding of Algebra Fundamentals.
You will create a marketing analysis report that will analyze algebraic expressions and solve equations and inequalities.
Head Chef
Competency: Linear Functions
You are a Head Chef, leading a kitchen team to create exceptional dining experiences while managing inventory, costs, and meal preparation efficiency. Your role involves using mathematical precision to adjust recipes, monitor budgets, and optimize kitchen operations, which will require an understanding of Linear Functions.
You will create a menu cost analysis that will analyze relations and functions, analyze graphs of linear functions, and solve linear equations and functions.
Consumer Loan Officer
Competency: Exponential Functions
You are a Consumer Loan Officer, assisting clients in making informed financial decisions by evaluating loan options and repayment strategies. Your role involves analyzing financial growth and repayment schedules, which will require an understanding of Exponential Functions.
You will create a financial growth projection report that will simplify exponents and radicals and analyze graphs of exponential functions.
Business Owner
Competency: Systems of Equations of Inequalities
You are a Business Owner, managing operations, making strategic decisions, and ensuring the financial stability of your enterprise. Your role involves optimizing resources and making data-driven decisions, which will require an understanding of Systems of Equations and Inequalities.
You will create a business operations plan that will analyze methods of solving systems of equations and linear inequalities.
Sport Scout
Competency: Statistical Analysis
You are a Scout, tasked with identifying and evaluating potential talent, opportunities, or resources for an organization. Your role involves assessing patterns and making informed recommendations, which will require an understanding of Statistical Analysis.
You will create a scouting report that will analyze data sets and visual representations of data and explain correlation and causation.
Agricultural Manager
Competency: Polynomial Operations
You are an Agricultural Manager, responsible for overseeing crop production and ensuring efficient farming practices. Your role involves managing resources and predicting outcomes, which will require an understanding of Polynomial Operations.
You will create a crop yield optimization plan that will analyze characteristics of polynomials and perform operations with polynomials.
Civil Engineer
Competency: Factoring and Graphing Polynomials
You are a Civil Engineer, tasked with designing and analyzing infrastructure projects to ensure safety, efficiency, and functionality. Your work requires advanced problem-solving and predictive modeling, which will require an understanding of Factoring and Graphing Polynomials.
You will create a structural analysis report that will analyze factoring methods and graphs of polynomial functions.
Track Coach
Competency: Quadratic Functions
You are a Track Coach, focused on optimizing athletes’ performance through training plans and performance analysis. Your role involves using mathematical modeling to evaluate and enhance training strategies, which will require an understanding of Quadratic Functions.
You will create a performance analysis chart that will analyze graphs of quadratic functions, use factoring to solve quadratics, and analyze quadratic function applications.
Competencies
Algebra Fundamentals
Students will demonstrate an understanding of algebra fundamentals by analyzing algebraic expressions, and solving equations and inequalities.
Linear Functions
Students will demonstrate an understanding of linear functions by analyzing relations and functions, analyzing graphs of linear functions, and solving linear equations and functions.
Exponential Functions
Students will demonstrate an understanding of exponential functions simplifying exponents and radicals and analyzing graphs of exponential functions.
Systems of Equations and Inequalities
Students will demonstrate an understanding of systems of equations by analyzing methods of solving systems of equations and linear equalities.
Statistical Analysis
Students will demonstrate an understanding of statistical analysis by analyzing data sets and visual representations of data and explaining correlation and causation.
Polynomial Operations
Students will demonstrate an understanding of polynomial operations by analyzing characteristics of polynomials and performing operations with polynomials.
Factoring and Graphing Polynomials
Students will demonstrate an understanding of factoring and graphing polynomials by analyzing factoring methods and graphs of polynomial functions.
Quadratic Functions
Students will demonstrate an understanding of quadratic functions by analyzing graphs of quadratic functions, using factoring to solve quadratics, and analyzing quadratic function applications.
