Unit 4: Job Seeking and Job Maintenance

Students explore the different branches of engineering and discover the similarities and differences between them.

Students will learn about work habits that can help them succeed in any career.

Students explore a variety of skilled trades careers and learn about training requirements.

Students will research careers and post-secondary pathways related to their current course. 

Students will learn and demonstrate skills required in a career of interest.

Students engage in self-reflection as they consider occupational fit and how various career options align with their personal strengths and preferences.

Students will learn about potential careers of the future and create their own job description.

Students explore careers related to outdoors and the land and then design and build a water filter prototype.

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 will produce a Help Wanted Ad that lists the skills, personality attributes and job conditions for a specific career/job title. 

Students construct a model of a volcano and explore the career of a volcanologist.

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