Students recognize vocabulary necessary for applying for a job, fill out a job application and provide personal information necessary for applying for a job. They spell the names of references and tell ways of networking to improve job...

Prepare high schoolers for the world of work by organizing a job shadowing experience. The resource packet contains all the required materials, but you will have to make the arrangements with the school and the employers.

Why is "ambulance" written backwards on emergency vehicles? Young geometers apply principles of symmetry to translate words written backwards. See if your school or district subscribes to Jobland, where you can view a clip that explains...

Learners explore the differences in search engines available on the Internet. Most users are unaware of the differences between search engines. Some sample larger or smaller portions of the World Wide Web than others.

As your class members begin to apply for colleges, scholarships, or jobs, it would be valuable for them to be given an introduction as to what they might encounter in an interview. While the title might lead you to believe this lesson...

Clever clues provide an entertaining way to help learners memorize the location of each letter and symbol on a keyboard. No computers, keyboards, or charts are needed, yet this game reinforces keyboarding skills. Your class will beg to...

Tenth graders observe and explore scholarship information. They explore the minimum cut off scores for the scholarship money as well as criteria for specific scholarships. Students discuss their individual score report and observe a...

It's time to type! Pupils engage in a basic lesson in elementary computer keyboarding. They locate and type letters u, x, and p. Additional practice includes key stroking technique and typing with continuity.

Learners engage in a basic lesson in elementary computer keyboarding. They review the home row and the location of letters. Also, they practice conditioning and speed.

Pupils engage in a basic lesson in elementary computer keyboarding and using the period key. The drills can be done together as a class, following your oral instructions, or individually. Accuracy, not speed, is the main goal for beginners.

Third graders receive instruction on how to use a keyboarding device or computer. They show the proper technique to type each key as it is called out by the teacher, and also focus on using correct posture when sitting at a computer.

Third graders use home row keyboarding techniques to type appropriate vocabulary words. This well thought out lesson presents many effective ways to teach keyboarding skills to your students.

Students study shingles and the process of shingling a roof. They demonstrate how to lay shingles and determine the amount of materials needed to shingle a roof of a given size.

Fifth graders identify the people who are responsible for their success and their current studying skills. In groups, they brainstorm helpful studying strategies and develop a creative way to share it with the class. To end the lesson,...

Now you see it, now you don't! The stick bug exhibits the ability to disappear into a wooded environment. Why does this adaptation manifest in some species, but not in others? Life science students explore animal adaptations in nature...

Students research a career featured on a career website. They email an expert in the field of their choice. They conduct a questionnaire of the expert and record their findings. They collate their information and write a written...

Students study the life of Quincy Jones and research black music for selected decades of the 20th Century. They discuss the qualities that help one create and sustain a successful career. They design a timeline of what their future...

Students choose a career featured on the school to career website. They research the career and email an expert in the field of their choice. They answer a series of questions and write a written report on their findings and present...

Second graders draw pictures of the "work" they do and create a bulletin board of career categories using their parent's jobs.

Students explore experiences of people employed in careers dealing with various plant species. They consider if there is a career in this area that appeals to them.

Students evaluate current literature on the Internet and in handouts about the energy considerations for the computer industry and calculate energy needs for real life problems. Working in groups, they present the problem they...

Students understand the relationship between what is learned in school and what is done in jobs. In this subject matters lesson plan, students fill out a worksheet deciding what subjects in school they would use to do certain jobs.

Students identify jobs that they would be interested in doing in the future. In this jobs lesson plan, students partner up and ask each other questions about jobs they saw in the book "Paws in Jobland". They each identify jobs they may...

Fourth graders plan and then do a community service project.