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Students will come to see themselves as people who have skills and knowledge that are valuable to entering the world of work.
Students will recognize that skills and abilities are developed in both formal and informal settings.

Students recognize the importance of the connection between life choices and their personal characteristics. Students will make connections between who they are now, the people they wish to become (their future selves), and their connections with work.

Students will deepen their understanding of the concept of employability skills. Students will develop an awareness of opportunities available for those who have well-developed employability skills.

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.

Find out what happens if you spin the colours of the rainbow in this hands-on activity.

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What is a reflex? Test your reaction time and find out why reflexes are important in this challenge activity.

Put on your running shoes and sharpen your pencil! Investigate the mathematical connection between work and power in this hands-on activity.

Be a biochemist! Learn how to extract DNA from an onion and find out what DNA looks like.

Can you think like an engineer? Try to solve a tricky size and shape problem in this activity.