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Big Idea: Career-life choices are made in a recurring cycle of planning, reflecting, adapting, and deciding.

Timothy Burkhart

Query a Career Profile

Lessons

Students will explore career profiles and relate them to what they are learning in science class.

Confident STEM student

STEM Skills and Self-Exploration

Lessons

Students learn how the STEM skills that they develop in class apply to future career options. 

Working group analyzing reports

How Does STEM Support Non-STEM Careers?

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Students will explore how STEM skills are needed in non-STEM careers.

Career sector representatives

Exploring Career Sectors and Skills

Lessons

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

Hand holding a baseball

Responding to Life’s Curveballs

Lessons

Students will explore what it means to be adaptable and flexible, and learn how to solve problems in a proactive way with respect to career planning.

Stethoscope on globe

STEAM Jobs Around the World

Lessons

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

Astronomer technician in observatory

Careers in Physics

Lessons

Students explore careers in the area of physics and relate their science classroom learning to specific careers.

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Global Competency Skills Inventory

Lessons

Students will take inventory of their Global Competency skills, reflect on their strengths, and set next steps for mastery of these skills.

Young woman speaking in sign language

Communication is Key

Lessons

Through hands-on activities, students will distinguish how social and work situations require both verbal and non-verbal means of communication.

building a website

My STEAM Portfolio Website

Lessons

Students will create a personal website to demonstrate the STEAM skills and concepts they have learned in class/school.

Girl dreaming about flying

What do you want to DO when you grow up?

Lessons

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

Engineers at work

Exploring Engineering Careers

Lessons

Students will learn about the different types of engineering and the various post-secondary pathways available.

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Cybersecurity Career Exploration

Lessons

Students will explore different possible working environments related to the field of cybersecurity.

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Coding is For Everyone!

Lessons

Students will learn the importance of computer programming skills across a variety of career areas and how these skills can make them more employable.

Outdoor crime scene

You Be the Crime Scene Investigator

Lessons

Students will learn about crime scene investigation and its connections to cell biology and careers.