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This collection of reviewed resources from TeachersFirst is selected to help students explore careers and ways to share what they learn from visiting their parent's work place on Take Your Child to Work Day or any other career visit. Make Take Your Child to Work Day an opportunity to connect the classroom with the real world and for students to share and collaborate about careers visits and educational trips. Make Take You Child to Work Day a meaningful day ON instead of a "day off." Use these ideas to spark discussions about careers and planning for life.
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Stem Career - Rich Feller
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7 to 12
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What is STEM? With so much emphasis on pursuing STEM, find great resources here about careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Find articles, surveys, and other information...more
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What is STEM? With so much emphasis on pursuing STEM, find great resources here about careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Find articles, surveys, and other information about STEM careers. Find information geared towards students, teachers, counselors, and parents about pursuing STEM careers. Search through STEM disciplines, degree profiles, or other information.
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In the Classroom
Share some of the infographics on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Allow time for students to search careers to report to the rest of the class using conventional or multimedia posters and other products. Use an online poster creator, such as Wallwisher, (reviewed here). Include the skills required for the job, the education needed, and what that person does. Challenge students to create an advertisement for a STEM career they might enjoy.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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We Use Math - BYU Mathematics Department
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6 to 12
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This site is a non-profit website dedicated to answering the question, "When Will I Use Math?" The site describes the importance of mathematics and many career opportunities available...more
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This site is a non-profit website dedicated to answering the question, "When Will I Use Math?" The site describes the importance of mathematics and many career opportunities available to students who discover mathematics. Although there is a store and social links on the site, it is worth the visit for the information provided. The Careers link provides an extensive list of careers that use mathematics along with the approximate salary scale. Clicking the title of the career leads you to a biography of someone with this career, their education, math required and used in this career, potential employers, and other facts. Other interesting sections of the site include How To Succeed (tips for being successful with math) and Did You Know? (tidbits and trivia related to math). There is also a link for teachers with a link to a forum, other math resources, and information about math competitions. A blog on the site offers other math problems and information.
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tag(s): biographies (24), careers (78), statistics (79)
In the Classroom
Challenge students to create a list of jobs requiring mathematics and see how many they can find that are provided on the site. Ask students to estimate average salaries of jobs listed on the site and compare to actual salaries. At Take Your Child to Work Day time, have students use this site to explore the connections between math and the careers they visit. Share this site with students when studying careers.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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CurriConnects Book List - What do you do? - TeachersFirst
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K to 12
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Use this CurriConnects list to find books related to careers. CurriConnects thematic book lists include ISBN numbers for ordering or searching, interest grade levels, ESL levels and...more
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Use this CurriConnects list to find books related to careers. CurriConnects thematic book lists include ISBN numbers for ordering or searching, interest grade levels, ESL levels and Lexiles'''''® to match with student independent reading levels to challenge, not frustrate. Don't miss other CurriConnects themes being added regularly.
tag(s): book lists (56), careers (78), reading lists (57)
In the Classroom
Build student literacy skills, reinforce what students are learning about Careers, and help students build the important reading strategy of connecting what they read to prior (classroom!) knowledge. Share this link on your class web page or wiki so students can select independent reading books to accompany your unit on careers. Don't forget to share the list with the school and local libraries so they can bring in some of the books on interlibrary loan. CurriConnects are a great help for teachers who have lost school library/media specialists due to budget cuts.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Coloring Spot - Torn Bread Network
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K to 3
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Do you need a coloring sheet to go along with your themed unit? Or perhaps students need a particular animal or object for their reports? This site is loaded with ...more
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Do you need a coloring sheet to go along with your themed unit? Or perhaps students need a particular animal or object for their reports? This site is loaded with hundreds of coloring pages, from aardvarks to zebras, from dinosaurs to careers. You name it, there is probably a printable coloring page waiting for you to use. Find the wealth of coloring pages by clicking on 'themed categories.'
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tag(s): colors (36), preK (99), printables (21)
In the Classroom
Use this website to find coloring pages. If laptops (or the computer lab) are available, use the interactive online coloring activities to talk about color, topics studied in science, or other thematic units. Special ed teachers may find these activities helpful in teaching color names, as well. As you are teaching young students about various careers, use the accompanying coloring worksheets for art and/or writing projects.
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Dream It. Do It. - The Manufacturing Institute
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6 to 12
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This site has a wide variety of tools to help with basic career exploration. The Dream Career Quiz is a good place to start. The answers, which seem to be ...more
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This site has a wide variety of tools to help with basic career exploration. The Dream Career Quiz is a good place to start. The answers, which seem to be based loosely on the Holland Scales, lead to further areas to explore. There are also links to information and videos about specific jobs, with an emphasis on manufacturing (hey, the site is sponsored by the Manufacturing Institute!). This may not be the best site if a student is sure she is going to college, but would be an interesting springboard for discussion--among students, between the student and parents, or for a classroom discussion--for any student regardless of her plans.
tag(s): careers (78)
In the Classroom
Save this site in your favorites and allow students to access it when they are ready for a break or have some extra exploration time. Consider using the Dream Career Quiz results as a writing prompt. Use as a resource for students who are starting to think about what they might want to major in, or where they'd like to study next. Create a class wiki for students to share and comment regarding their own results or to profile different careers including ones they observe during Take Your Child to Work Day. Not comfortable with wikis? Have no wiki worries - check out the TeachersFirst's Wiki Walk-Through.
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Engineer your life - National Science Foundation and Berkeley
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5 to 12
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The tag line says it all: A guide to engineering for high school girls. Find answers to common questions or thoughts such as: "Why engineering," "Meet Inspiring Women," and "Find ...more
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The tag line says it all: A guide to engineering for high school girls. Find answers to common questions or thoughts such as: "Why engineering," "Meet Inspiring Women," and "Find your dream job." Become a fan on Facebook, follow on You Tube, or view the multitude of links to open up other career alternatives to girls. There are also links for counselors and parents.
tag(s): careers (78), engineering (50)
In the Classroom
Click on the links for Counselors or Parents to find great information to help girls find all of the possibilities for their future. Find and write about career opportunities as an exploration topic. Discover how many careers use engineering, math, and science and it is not just for boys anymore! Search for other possible engineering related careers and create posters that inform others of the possibilities. Create newsletters outlining job descriptions, locations, and educational requirements. Have cooperative learning groups create multimedia presentations to share their findings such as an infomercial video. Share the videos on a site such as Teachers.TV reviewed here. This resource is also terrific for girls spending the Take Your Child to Work Day with at a STEM-related workplace. Have the young woman use her workplace visit experience and information from this site to share a Glog about a STEM career. Read more about Glogster reviewed here here.
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Job Voyager - ipums.org
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8 to 12
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This interactive graph (created with information from the 2000 U.S. Census) shows all jobs and the percentages of people who worked them from 1850-2000. Students can scroll up over...more
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This interactive graph (created with information from the 2000 U.S. Census) shows all jobs and the percentages of people who worked them from 1850-2000. Students can scroll up over any given year to see any job and the percentage of Americans working that job during that year (gender indicated). A few do have "missing data," but most are complete. By clicking on the job, a new screen appears which shows the percentage of workers but divides the workers into male and female (pink and blue traditional colors help to differentiate between the genders). The site reflects the growing number of female workers, the loss of agrarian occupations, and the changing fields of importance, to name a few trends. Besides viewing the breakdown of male and female employees, you can also select one field and analyze its place in society today and during any given year. Occupations range from teachers to salesman to farmer to clerical worker and countless others. You can also search by letter and all the occupations beginning with that letter will come up graphed by percentages across the span of years.
tag(s): time (93)
In the Classroom
This is a great find for the interactive whiteboard or projector. Share this site with career counseling staff, as well. Use this site when studying U.S. history and economics. Compare the role in society of various occupations (such as a farm laborer) from the 1850s to 2000. Have students hypothesize about why the changes occurred and predict what might show in census data in 2010 and beyond. Use this when teaching graph reading and graph creation, as well. As with any data on the Internet, you will want to challenge students on how they know whether this data set is reliable -- what is the source?
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CareerZone Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Department of Education
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7 to 12
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This website offers a fairly comprehensive like/dislike work personality profile. (There are other quizzes and occupation information available at the homepage). It is a very long survey...more
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This website offers a fairly comprehensive like/dislike work personality profile. (There are other quizzes and occupation information available at the homepage). It is a very long survey (180 questions at the time of this review), but it can be saved in process which is a very helpful feature. Students answer simply "like," "dislike," or "not sure." Once the profile is completed, an interest profile is developed and the meanings of the interests can be referenced in the first type of assessment. Jobs that are highly related to the individuals' interest profile are linked here. The specific occupations are linked to information on the career including descriptions, education requirements, experience and skills needed to perform the job. Also, basic career information is also available by search without doing the interest assessment.
tag(s): careers (78)
In the Classroom
This site could be applied to any course. It could be invaluable to guidance classes, family and consumer sciences, and business courses. This would be a great introductory lab for any of those classes as well as others. Demonstrate on an interactive whiteboard or projector and then have students work on individual computers to take the survey. Have students access the site and complete the survey and do a simple research into three different possibilities. Then have students reflect on the careers that surprised them as well as the ones with which they thought they would want to do. Have students create "a day in the life" blog entries related to a day on the job of one of the careers suited for them.
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Math Apprentice - mathapprentice.com
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4 to 12
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"When will we ever use this?" Answer this question using Math Apprentice. Users choose a character and then begin their journey. Walk (or skateboard) to different work sites, buildings,...more
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"When will we ever use this?" Answer this question using Math Apprentice. Users choose a character and then begin their journey. Walk (or skateboard) to different work sites, buildings, or businesses. Learn how many is used every day in these work places: architecture, bike and toy makers, cafes, and more! Listen to a brief introduction of the concept. Solve problems or free play to identify math concepts in real life. No account or login is required. Some concepts are advanced but it can take the teaching of standards one step further and create better understanding. This site is a terrific example of STEM integrated learning.
tag(s): business (42), careers (78), equations (73), measurement (103), ratios (26)
In the Classroom
This is a great site to share on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Have cooperative learning groups explore different careers or buildings and share how math is used at their locations. Why not have groups create a video using a tool such as Teachers.TV (reviewed here) or a podcast using PodOmatic (reviewed here), to share their mathematical discoveries! At the end of an introduction of a concept, use this site for specific math practice using a real life concept. For example, visit the bike shop to use math to determine pedal gear to wheel gear ratios and resultant bike speeds. Use as an individual activity, a team activity, or with the entire class using an interactive whiteboard. Follow up with a personal problem to solve. In this example, students can measure the two gears on their bikes (or their teachers bike brought into the classroom) to use the information for further understanding.
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The Fun Works - Educational Development Services, Inc.
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6 to 12
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Have students that are not sure what they want to be when they grow up? Do many students think that there are not many job opportunities in Math or Science? ...more
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Have students that are not sure what they want to be when they grow up? Do many students think that there are not many job opportunities in Math or Science? Share this site with students. Answer the quiz to uncover possible interests for future careers. Students can choose categories such as Music or Sports to view additional possible careers that many students would not think about. Click on Teachers and Instructors to view Lesson Plans and other activities, Resources, or Career Counseling.
In the Classroom
Introduce this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students explore this site independently. Many students are not aware of careers associated with Math, art, music, technology, and Science. Create a greater awareness through use of the quiz and lesson plans/activities. Interest in careers may create a spark of interest in topics by your students.
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The Weather Channel Kids - Weather Channel
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K to 8
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This site contains multiple resources for elementary learning about weather. Check out the daily forecast, the current temperatures, information about weather emergencies, weather games...more
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This site contains multiple resources for elementary learning about weather. Check out the daily forecast, the current temperatures, information about weather emergencies, weather games (interactive and printables), resources on careers in meteorology, a lesson plan bank (including science, math, language arts, and social studies), a weather encyclopedia, a glossary, weather preparation guides, and plenty of video clips illustrating weather phenomena. The site has a lot to explore. Be aware: there are unobtrusive advertisements at this site.
In the Classroom
This site provides a good introduction to meteorology and weather science. Use it for a beginning class discussion on weather experiences or for developing vocabulary about weather for ESL/ speech/language or world language students. The video clips on this site are ideal for an interactive whiteboard or projector. Take advantage of the FREE interactives, reference information, and lesson plans. With older students, have cooperative learning groups investigate various weather phenomena. Have the groups create a multimedia presentation: wiki, blog post, Power Point, or narrated image demonstrating their "phenomenon." Use a tool such as Voicethread (reviewed here) to narrate an image (in English or in the language of study).
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Get Clobbered - Planet Science
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3 to 8
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Students get to dress their scientists in protective gear. They must choose the correct safety clothing depending on the type of job the scientists have and the hazards they are ...more
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Students get to dress their scientists in protective gear. They must choose the correct safety clothing depending on the type of job the scientists have and the hazards they are facing. They either choose to dress them first, or click on hazard. With each hazard that comes up, they choose appropriate clothing. With each situation, hints scroll across the bottom of the page. Students also learn little tidbits of information about each different job. Learn about chemists, pathologists, and other science professions at this interactive site.
In the Classroom
Use this activity to introduce your students to the idea that protection varies with the situation. Students interested in science careers can learn here about job tasks and protective gear necessary for a variety of jobs.Share this site on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Divide your class into two teams and have the groups take turns trying to dress the scientists. Or have students work with a partner on this activity.
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What Do You Like? - Bureau of Labor Statistics
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7 to 12
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This site explores careers for high school students. Students can click on one of twelve choices based on "What Do You Like." Some of the choices include Law, Helping People, ...more
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This site explores careers for high school students. Students can click on one of twelve choices based on "What Do You Like." Some of the choices include Law, Helping People, Managing Money, Science, Reading, and Building and Fixing Things. Once students click on "what they like," they are guided to another page that lists specific jobs in that area (each area provides about 5-6 job descriptions). Students can click on the specific job to learn about necessary preparation, pay, job availability, and possible futures. There is very thorough information about each career. Also included are links to jobs that share some of the same qualities and general links for further research. Teachers, don't miss the Teacher's Guide link.
tag(s): careers (78)
In the Classroom
Share this website with students as they plan for life after high school. Put this link on your teacher web page for families to use as well. This is definitely a link that guidance counselors should save in their favorites, along with any other teacher helping students make post-high school decisions. More advanced ESL and ELL students will enjoy learning about culture in the U.S. by looking at job descriptions here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Community Club - Scholastic
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K to 3
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This website introduces students to people in their neighborhood: veterinarian, librarian, pizza maker, utility worker, mayor, police officer, firefighter, and pediatrician. Students...more
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This website introduces students to people in their neighborhood: veterinarian, librarian, pizza maker, utility worker, mayor, police officer, firefighter, and pediatrician. Students can click on any of the "people" and be walked (and talked) through an informative tour about that particular career. Students can click on the audio button to have the information read aloud. There are also lesson plans and standards available at the Teachers Guide link that is available with each of the "people." The site also features online quizzes, lots of pictures, printables, and more. Use this site to help your students understand the concepts of community and community helpers.
tag(s): fire (27)
In the Classroom
Use your interactive whiteboard or projector to share these useful people with your class. Highlight a career each week (or day) during a unit about community. Divide students into 8 groups (2-3 students per group) and have each group learn about a different career. Have the groups create simple PowerPoint presentations to share with the class on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Remember that PowerPoint shows print well into "big books." Extend your "community" by creating a class wiki about your school community, complete with digital pictures and interviews!
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Savings Quest Game - A.G. Edwards
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5 to 9
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This practical and inventive website presents students with a fictional budget. Students can choose their "character" and career. Then students choose the type of living space they...more
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This practical and inventive website presents students with a fictional budget. Students can choose their "character" and career. Then students choose the type of living space they wish to rent, what short term goal they would like to save towards (for example, a new computer or vacation), how much money they need each month for entertainment and food, and other NEEDS or WANTS. Students are also presented with the choice of 4 careers (Copy Editor, Accountant, Detective, or Archaeologist). After students have made their choices, the game of "Life" begins. Students are presented with their monthly work task (for example the copy editor needs to correct everyday grammar mistakes). This continues for six months, as students work towards their short term savings goal. The career choices turn this website into an opportunity for grammar, math, science, and geography practice.
In the Classroom
This website offers a fabulous resource for some "real-life" math practice. Have students work on individual computers, while you display the introduction on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students share their short-term goals. Allow students time to work independently at this website (and at their "jobs") using a classroom computer cluster, laptops, or a lab . Once students have completed the 6-month assignment (which takes approximately 15-20 minutes), see how many students have reached their goals. Discuss what "life" dealt the students, how they could have saved more money, and how they could budget better for the future. Extend the project by having them create spreadsheets for a mythical budget with a job they find in the local newspaper.
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I was wondering - National Science Academies
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5 to 10
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This site encourages young women (especially middle school age) to become scientists by celebrating the lives and contributions of 10 female scientists, sharing hands-on, "sharable"...more
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This site encourages young women (especially middle school age) to become scientists by celebrating the lives and contributions of 10 female scientists, sharing hands-on, "sharable" science activities and including games that make science fun. Book suggestions and amazing links associated with the women scientists' fields complete the offerings of this site designed to dispel the myth that girls can't do science.
In the Classroom
The topics range from robots to subatomic particles, from biology to astronomy to social science. Use this site as a jumping off point to for scientist biographies and study of science careers in a variety of areas. Many of the links make excellent curriculum resources, as well. Be sure to make this site available from your teacher web page and encourage students to try some of the hands-on activities at home. Most are designed to be "social events" where students can invite friends to join in. Mention this to parents, as well, so they can encourage their young scientists with science parties!
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TryEngineering - TryEngineering
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2 to 12
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Whether you are teaching about plastics, robots, electricity or many other science topics, check this website out! This site provides information about the world of engineering and...more
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Whether you are teaching about plastics, robots, electricity or many other science topics, check this website out! This site provides information about the world of engineering and engineering careers, as well. There are 42 lesson plans that are ready to go, and many involve technology. The lesson plans have standards, objectives and age levels. Counselors will like the career section's detailed and helpful information. The website also provides numerous interactive games.
tag(s): circuits (9), electricity (55), engineering (50), machines (26), plastics (5), simple machines (26)
In the Classroom
The lesson plans are detailed and simple to follow. The interactive games will have your students' talking about the activity long after class is over. Share the link on your teacher web page so they can visit over and over. Be sure to take advantage of the opportunity for students to ask questions to real-live engineers, as well. Bring the real world into your classroom.
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AstroVenture - NASA
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5 to 9
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This interactive site uses a simulated scientific inquiry activity -- evaluating planets for the likelihood of human habitation and designing a habitable planet-- to also teach about...more
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This interactive site uses a simulated scientific inquiry activity -- evaluating planets for the likelihood of human habitation and designing a habitable planet-- to also teach about scientific careers, such as astronomers, geologists, biologists, and other scientists. Students can go on virtual tours to learn about jobs and to meet famous scientists from these fields. They also "experience" the inquiry process along with the scientists. Teachers can use a variety of Educator Guides to plan lessons and incorporate the site offerings into their curricula. Career fact sheets and even career trading cards will help keep the excitement going after the lesson is done.
tag(s): careers (78), geology (62), nasa (38), scientists (27)
In the Classroom
Assign small groups of students to select one of the scientific careers profiled and make a "wanted" poster for such a scientist. Or use the lesson plans provided to teach sound lessons, aligned to standards, and lure both boys and girls into possible scientific careers as they experience the inquiry process and apply what they know about . The concluding "Design a Planet" activity is an ideal way to pull together understanding and apply scientific modeling. Separate educator guides designed for each scientific emphasis (biology, geology, atmospheric science, and/or astronomy)require Acrobat Reader.
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Instant Replay--Eye Wonder - South Carolina ETV Commission
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3 to 8
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Do you have students who are always wondering how things work, or are curious about what is entailed in different careers? How cell phones work and how a pit crew ...more
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Do you have students who are always wondering how things work, or are curious about what is entailed in different careers? How cell phones work and how a pit crew works together to maintain a race car in such short time are just two examples of the unusual topics that you will find on this site. The videos (10 minutes or less) look at science and career topics through the eyes of the cameraman. His zany and off-the-wall presentations are sure to keep students watching and asking for more. Some topics, such as Fire Fighter, are also appropriate for units on "community helpers."
tag(s): careers (78), communities (18), dance (17)
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As you start a new unit or lesson, show a video from this site to share a "real world" connection to the topic as an anticipatory set or activator using a projector or interactive whiteboard to hook your students. Save this site in your favorites on a classroom computer for students to view when finished with other work. Have them use it as a writing prompt for journal entries!
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Part of a larger Canadian site designed to help secondary school students make career and educational decisions, this section is focused on career choice. There are a number of ...more
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Part of a larger Canadian site designed to help secondary school students make career and educational decisions, this section is focused on career choice. There are a number of nice personality and abilities quizzes that offer career guidance. Some of the questionnaires are printable worksheets (requiring Acrobat Reader), and some are on-line and generate feedback automatically. One of the instruments generates a Myers-Briggs style personality type.
tag(s): careers (78), psychology (28)
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College and career planning cause significant angst among high school students. While none of what is posted on the site will tell students what they ought to do or where they ought to go, they will certainly provide some good insight and can help open a dialogue about these important choices. These activities should not be limited to the guidance counselors, but can be used in other classroom contexts with high school students. Be sure to provide this link on your class website for families to explore together.
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