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How Do They Do That?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore different careers by discussing which community helpers might be considered local heroes. In this career exploration lesson plan, 3rd graders work in small groups to discuss why certain people are considered...
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Guest Speakers

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars identify a guest speaker to come to their class and discuss potential careers. For this career exploration lesson, students identify a career they are interested in and invite a guest speaker to visit their class. Young...
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Job Shadow/Internship

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students identify a career field to research and complete a job shadow activity. In this career exploration lesson, students brainstorm a list of careers they are interested in and research them. Students participate in a job shadow of...
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What Do you Want to Be?

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this ESL activity, students use visual clues and a word bank to find 22 job-related words that appear in the word search. As s further challenge, students complete the graphic organizer by placing the words into the appropriate spaces.
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Exploring Nonprofits

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students research nonprofit organizations. In this philanthropy activity, students use the Yellow Pages to identify nonprofit organizations and graph the organizations according to category.
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How'd They Do That?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students research the movie production occupation and careers in the industry. In this movie careers and effects activity, students watch a video about special effects used in movies and scale. Students draw a building to a specific...
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Career Bytes Interview

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students conduct career-based interviews. In this career education lesson, students research careers and interview career professionals to produce a video that features ins and outs of the career.
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Fire and EMS Search

For Students 6th - 8th
In this career learning exercise, students find the words used to define aspects of a firefighter's job and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Firefighting

For Students 6th - 8th
In this career worksheet, learners find the vocabulary words used to describe the job of firefighting. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Job Talk

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write about a job. In this careers and communication activity, the teacher explains how stories are structured, then students choose a career to research and present the information to the class.
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Job Descriptions: He and She

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this pronoun usage learning exercise, learners complete 4 activities that help them learn to correctly use the pronouns he and she. Students match jobs and descriptions and write sentences using the pronouns.
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Earning an Income

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the role of money in society and define how to earn an income. In this human capital instructional activity, 4th graders read the book Shoeshine Girl and discuss it. Students discuss various economic concepts and...
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Musical Roles

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students watch a videotape on the musical career of Aretha Franklin and explore the different careers in the music industry.
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Worksheet 13. Vocabulary Review

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students check all of the words or phrases that can complete the sentences. There are 8 sentences to complete and they have to do with occupations.
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Advanced Matching-medical Fields Part 2

For Students Higher Ed
In this medical careers learning exercise, students study the different fields of medicine. Students match 11 terms to the correct definition that is provided.
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Nonprofit Interviews

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students consider careers in the nonprofit sector. In this interview skills instructional activity, students conduct interviews with employees of local nonprofits and present their findings to their classmates.
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Space Age Technology Comes to Earth

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore jobs related to agriculture. In this technology/agriculture lesson, students recognize the importance of natural resources and agriculture on the use of Range Rambler software. Students complete an experiment and a...
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Mystery Mollusc

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the different regions of our oceans by researching the Internet.  For this oceanography lesson, students discover the different jobs related to ocean research and examine their roles by reading related...
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AP Biology Lesson Outline

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders research about the different careers in bioengineering. In this biology lesson, 12th graders identify the different stages in the cell cycle. They discuss the pros and cons of using radiation.
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CSI Crime Lab: Classroom Edition

For Teachers K - 12th
Shared ResourceParticipants use their observation skills, communication skills, and reasoning skills to perform forensic tests and solve a crime. This series of activities provides a first-hand (but scaled-down) introduction to careers in Forensic...
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Matching Jobs

For Students 4th - 7th
In this matching jobs instructional activity, students match the famous name to jobs that they have. Students match 15 famous names to their jobs.
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Half a crossword - Jobs

For Students 4th - 5th
In this ESL activity worksheet, students work with partners to complete a crossword puzzle. Each student is given a puzzle half completed. Their role is to give clues for the answers already given and fill in the other answers based on...
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Global Community: T-Shirt Activity

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Examine fair trade and the impacts it has on the global community. Kids consider how t-shirts are made, where they come from, and how fair trade works. They design t-shirts that describe the affects of fair trade on various populations...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Upper elementary learners read about jobs on a cattle drive and the lives of cowboy during U.S. Westward Expansion. They create a "Help Wanted" poster for one of the jobs. After reading primary source accounts of cowboys, they write...

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