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Exploring Career Sectors and Skills
Lessons
Students will explore STEM career sectors and the skills required for a variety of STEM careers.
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STEAM Jobs Around the World
Lessons
Students will develop critical thinking skills as they investigate STEAM careers locally and internationally.
![Lacey Rose](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-08/6207_14.jpg?itok=Wd9ih4JS)
Find a Career You Love
Lessons
Students complete a matching activity to explore how interests and education relate to careers.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Using Mussels to Monitor the Environment
STEM Explained
Mussels are a kind of invertebrate that filter food out of the water they live in. This makes them a great tool for monitoring environmental water quality and tracking bioaccumulation in aquatic food webs.
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Lava Lamps
STEM Explained
Lava lamps are very interesting to look at. But they are also interesting examples of buoyancy, heat transfer and solubility!
![What is immiscibility?](/sites/default/files/2019-08/what-is-immiscibility.jpg)
What is immiscibility?
Hands-on Activities
Creating mixture of liquids can be very useful, but why do some liquids not mix well? Learn what causes liquids to be immiscible.
![What are the best materials to use for cleaning water?](/sites/default/files/2019-08/what-are-the-best-materials-to-use-for-cleaning-water.jpg)
What are the best materials to use for cleaning water?
Hands-on Activities
Water is a precious natural resource. What happens if it gets polluted? Learn how water can be cleaned with this hands-on activity?
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Mystery Powders
Lessons
Students investigate the properties of a variety of everyday solids (powders) and liquids to determine the identity of an unknown solid (mystery powder).
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Can we make butter?
Hands-on Activities
Do you like butter? Find out how easy it is to make!