Strand B. Exploring and Preparing for the World of Work

Students explore careers that involve designing and building structures and devices.

A career focused on climate change and sustainability would let you help people by working to help solve the biggest problems of our time.

A career in engineering would let you help people through designing and implementing the things they use in their daily lives.

Students explore non-traditional careers related to sustainability and sustainable development.

Students will research a career (or career sector) and role-play being a person in that career being interviewed by a talk show host.

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 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 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.