Connections to Community (CC)

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

Students will expand their knowledge of STEM career types related to a topic they are studying in science.

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

Students complete a matching activity to explore how interests and education relate to careers.

Students share examples of responsible risk-taking and reflect on how they can take risks.

Students explore the attributes and skills that can make someone a successful innovator.

Students learn about different ways that people take risks in their careers.

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

Students will explore STEM career sectors and the skills required for a variety of STEM careers.

Students explore careers that involve the concepts of form and function.

Students use their understanding of form and function to design an innovative object or device.

Students will develop critical thinking skills as they investigate STEAM careers locally and internationally.

Students learn about how to gain experience and be exposed to, or “test the waters,” of careers that align with their personal occupational goals.

Students will use online tools and job search engines to explore career possibilities and the job market.

Students reflect upon the influences on their career path journeys to date and summarize these in an autobiographical poem or Powerpoint presentation.