Unit C: Heat and Temperature

Students share examples of responsible risk-taking and reflect on how they can take risks.

Students learn about different ways that people take risks in their careers.

Students explore careers that involve the concepts of form and function.

Students use their understanding of form and function to design an innovative object or device.

Students will explore STEM career sectors and the skills required for a variety of STEM careers.

Students will develop critical thinking skills as they investigate STEAM careers locally and internationally.

Students complete a matching activity to explore how interests and education relate to careers.

Students learn about how to gain experience and be exposed to, or “test the waters,” of careers that align with their personal occupational goals.

Students will use online tools and job search engines to explore career possibilities and the job market.

Students reflect upon the influences on their career path journeys to date and summarize these in an autobiographical poem or Powerpoint presentation.

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Learn why we have seasons in this hands on activity.

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