Exploring Career Sectors and Skills
Lessons
Students will explore STEM career sectors and the skills required for a variety of STEM careers.
STEAM Jobs Around the World
Lessons
Students will develop critical thinking skills as they investigate STEAM careers locally and internationally.
Testing the Waters
Lessons
Students learn about how to gain experience and be exposed to, or “test the waters,” of careers that align with their personal occupational goals.
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.
You Be the Crime Scene Investigator
Lessons
Students will learn about crime scene investigation and its connections to cell biology and careers.
Crack the Code: Water Treatment
Lessons
Students learn about the water treatment process as they complete a digital “escape room” on a Google site.
Choose Your Own Adventure Autobiography
Lessons
Students reflect upon the influences on their career path journeys to date and summarize these in an autobiographical poem or Powerpoint presentation.
Facial Recognition and the Brain
STEM Explained
Learn how your brain recognizes faces and why you sometimes see them in places they don’t exist!
Nicole Brisson
Career Profiles
Water and Tailings Engineer
Telescopes and Astronomy
Backgrounders
Visible light is only part of what astronomers study. They use different types of telescopes to study the entire electromagnetic spectrum.
Heather E. McFarlane
Career Profiles
Assistant Professor & Canada Research Chair in Plant Cell Biology
Serina Hall
Career Profiles
Mechanical Designer
Mahadeo Sukhai
Vice President of Research & International Affairs and Chief Accessibility Officer
Light Pollution
STEM Explained
Light can be a type of pollution. Learn about the damage it causes to people and living things as well as how you can prevent it.
Anne Simonen
Career Profiles
Civil Engineering Technologist