Resource Materials List

Do you have everything you need to teach the Ford PAS modules? Videos, software programs, online simulations, and other materials needed for Ford PAS are listed below. (Costs do not include shipping.)

TIP: Videos may also be available through such resellers as www.amazon.com or www.ebay.com.

Module Title*

Materials

Calculating Your Future: Personal Finance No additional materials needed
Careers, Companies, and Communities (4) No additional materials needed
Closing the Environmental Loop (5) VIDEO—The Next Industrial Revolution
$20; purchase from the Ford PAS online catalog (Item #: DVDMOD)
Different by Design (11) SOFTWARE (optional)—CAD Software, PTC Pro/DESKTOP
Cost varies according to license (free with training course); click here for information about Pro/DESKTOP
Energy for the Future (12)
Energy from the Sun: Biomass Materials list coming soon.
Ensuring Quality (8) SOFTWARE (optional)—MINITAB® Statistical Software
Up to $100 per seat; purchase from Minitab Inc. (acadsales@minitab.com)
Notes: Students may use Microsoft Excel instead.
From Concept to Consumer: Building a Foundation in Problem-Solving (1)
VIDEO—The Incredible Adventures of Wallace and Gromit (Episode: The Wrong Trousers)
$20 (VHS) or $26 (DVD); purchase from the Ford PAS online catalog, or find at your local library or video store
From Data to Knowledge (9)
Global Citizens (15) No additional materials needed
Is Hydrogen a Solution? Materials list coming soon.
Markets Without Borders (14)
Media and Messages: Building a Foundation of Communication Skills (2)
The Nuclear Revolution Materials ListInformation about the items you’ll need to teach the module.
  1. Items included in the Materials Kit (available from the online store)
  2. Items NOT included in the Materials Kit
  3. Cloud Chambers (available from the online store)
People at Work: Building a Foundation of Research Skills (3) VIDEO—Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement
$375; purchase from www.shopPBS.org or find at your local library or video store.
Note: For Activity 5, an optional viewing of a 15-minute segment of Eyes on the Prize—Episode 4: No Easy Walk (1962–1966) is recommended. Earlier editions of the single episode on VHS may be available at your library, video store, www.amazon.com, or www.ebay.com.
Planning for Business Success (7) ONLINE SIMULATION—Rags to Riches
No cost; access through the Module Resources.
Planning for Business Success (math-enriched) Coming soon.
Planning for Efficiency (6)
  • VIDEO—Modern Times (1936)
    $30 (DVD); purchase from the Ford PAS online catalog, or find at your local library or video store
  • VIDEO—People’s Century: On the Line – Mass Production Creates Mass Consumption
    $20 (VHS); purchase from the Ford PAS online catalog (Item #: VHSONT) , or find at your local library or video store
  • VIDEO—Ford PAS Videos (Episode: The Ice Cream Shop)
    View online or download the video file or purchase from the Ford PAS online catalog; $6 (VHS) or $10 (DVD). Ford PAS Videos also contains videos used in Media and Messages and The Wealth of Nations.
  • SOFTWARE—Enterprise Dynamics
    No cost; included with the purchase of the Planning for Efficiency Teacher Guide from the Ford PAS online catalog
Reverse Engineering (10)
We All Run on Energy Materials ListInformation about the items you’ll need to teach the module.
  1. Items included in the Materials Kit (available from the online store)
  2. Items NOT included in the Materials Kit
The Wealth of Nations (13) VIDEO—Ford PAS Videos (Episode: Is the Time Ripe for Guava?)
View online or download the video file or purchase from the Ford PAS online catalog; $6 (VHS) or $10 (DVD). This video is also used in Media and Messages, and Planning for Efficiency
*Numbers in parentheses following module titles correspond to numbers that were assigned to the 15 modules originally published in 2004. With the addition of new modules and the reconfiguring of modules into thematic sequences in 2008, module numbers are no longer used as a primary identifier.

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1/7/2010