After students understand and explore manufacturing as a career, they should then explore the sub-industries of manufacturing. The teacher can show the various companies that make up manufacturing sub-industries (Slides 8-11). The sub-industry can be identified or the teacher can have the students do a web search to explore and find what sub-industries each of the companies involve.
Here are the sub-industries that the students should be familiar with and the corresponding companies: (slides 12-13)
This information is on pages 26-31 in textbook.
Student Activity: Jigsaw Activity
Students can be divided into groups of 2 or 3 and each group is assigned 2-3 sub-industries to research and learn about. Each group researches what their assigned sub-industries involves and how it relates to manufacturing in general. Each group will then present the information about their sub-industries to the class and all students take notes.
Student Assignment – Sub-industry Company Search
Choose 3 of the companies that were shared in the sub-industry presentations that you might be interested in learning more about and possibly working at someday. Do a web search for each company’s website and collect the following information: