Unit 2: Career Exploration

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

Students define workplace discrimination and analyze scenarios.

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

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

Students will create career profiles based on interviews they conduct with community members.

Students will plan the development of a bike lane and explore careers associated with such a development.

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

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

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

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

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

Students learn how to find a volunteer and work experience and then develop a detailed plan to apply for one of these experiences.

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