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Julia Wakulewicz’s Story

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April 23, 2024

Julia Wakulewicz, a Let's Talk Science Volunteer alumni, shares her STEM journey.
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Summer Symposium Series: Climate Career Resources

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

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Summer Symposium Series: Engineering Career Resources

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

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Career Talk Show

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

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Engineering a Future Career

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

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Demonstrating Skills in Technological Careers

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Students will learn and demonstrate skills required in a career of interest.

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Is This For Me? Reflecting On Occupational Fit

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Students engage in self-reflection as they consider occupational fit and how various career options align with their personal strengths and preferences.

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Careers of the Future

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

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Careers in the Great Outdoors

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Students explore careers related to outdoors and the land and then design and build a water filter prototype.

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Help Wanted: STEM Career

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Students will produce a Help Wanted Ad that lists the skills, personality attributes and job conditions for a specific career/job title. 

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STEM Skills and Self-Exploration

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Students learn how the STEM skills that they develop in class apply to future career options. 

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STEAM Jobs Around the World

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

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Careers in Physics

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Students explore careers in the area of physics and relate their science classroom learning to specific careers.

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Global Competency Skills Inventory

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Students will take inventory of their Global Competency skills, reflect on their strengths, and set next steps for mastery of these skills.

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Communication is Key

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Through hands-on activities, students will distinguish how social and work situations require both verbal and non-verbal means of communication.