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Students will identify the skills that employers look for in potential employees.
Students will recognize that they have skills and abilities that align with employer needs.
Students will make personal connection between their interests and current skills with the person in the career profile.

Students will be introduced to career development and begin thinking about different career options.

Students are introduced to career development as a lifelong process as they visualize who, what and where they want to be when they graduate.

Students will recognize the benefit of seeking advice from those experienced in specific career areas that interest them.

Students will identify employability skills in which they are strong and those that need work, create an Employability Skills Profile and develop plans to improve their employability skills.

Learn how test foods for starch.

How do the green leaves of summer change to vibrant colours in fall? Explore plant pigments in this chromatography activity.

Let them bop ‘til they drop! What causes these raisins to reach new heights in this hands on activity?

Ever wondered why we have two eyes (and not one, three or more)? Find how your two eyes work together in this hands-on activity.

Learn why we have seasons in this hands on activity.

Make a model of the water cycle and find out how water moves around on planet Earth.

Creating mixture of liquids can be very useful, but why do some liquids not mix well? Learn what causes liquids to be immiscible.

Make a model of blood and learn about the function of each of the parts that makes up blood.

Learn about the properties of materials and the challenges of cleaning up an oil spill in this activity.

Do you weigh the same on Jupiter as you do on Earth? Learn to calculate your weight on a different planet.