Find a Career You Love
Lessons
Students complete a matching activity to explore how interests and education relate to careers.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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?
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?
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).
Can we make butter?
Hands-on Activities
Do you like butter? Find out how easy it is to make!