Family and Consumer Sciences
Mary Ann Adams
DE Consultant
Phone: 515-281-4716
FAX: 515-281-6544
Program Description:
The purposes of the AEA 9 Family and Consumer Sciences Content Area Teacher Network are to provide a communication apparatus for FCS teachers to address and solve problems in a common context; to support FCS teachers in their efforts to deliver high quality content; to increase student interest in Family & Consumer Sciences classes; and to increase student achievement in content areas by integrating literacy, mathematics and science content into FCS courses.
Relevant websites:
- Family & Consumer Sciences National Standards (2008)
- Iowa Family & Consumer Sciences Standards & Benchmarks
- American Assoc. of Family & Consumer Sciences
- National Extension Assoc. of Family & Consumer Sciences
- Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences
- Ohio State Family & Consumer Sciences
- Iowa State University Family & Consumer Sciences
- Family & Consumer Sciences Resources