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STEM to FCS Crosswalk

Addressing the need for STEM education and STEM success has a connection to Family and Consumer Sciences at the foundational level.

Family and Consumer Sciences has many connection to STEM which range from food technology, nutrition science, and textile industry to early STEM skill development. This includes critical and innovative thinking to effective communication and The ability to work in teams successfully.

FCS is applied science, technology, and math through context such as nutrition, food science, apparel, textiles, and interior design. FCS promotes the STEM philosophy through problem-based instruction pulling from social, biological, and chemical sciences. FCS is foundational STEM including a plan process model which offers instruction to the engineering design process.

Below is a crosswalk between STEM Standards of Practice and NASAFACS National Standards and Competencies. This is not a comprehensive crosswalk, but a beginning document to promote conversations about how FCS and STEM are interconnected at all levels.
STEM to FCS Crosswalk
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  • Upcoming Events
  • Job Postings
  • Professional Development
  • 2022 IFACSTA Conference Pictures
  • Awards
  • Executive Committee
  • About
  • Membership Application
  • Regional Representation
  • 2021 IFACSTA Conference Recap and Pictures
  • 2018 and 2019 IFACSTA Conference Pictures
  • 2019 IFACSTA Conference
  • 2018 IFACSTA Conference
  • Resources
    • The Butter Book
    • FCS Advocacy
    • How to Enhance an IEP in FCS
    • "Say Yes to FCS" Lesson Plan
    • AAFCS Credential Assessments for FCS
    • New FSSMC Instructor Qualifications
    • Danielson for FCS
    • STEM to FCS Crosswalk
    • MIddle School Rationale
  • By-Laws
  • By-laws: Region Officer Handbook