Learners use excel to analyze data. In this technology lesson, students enter data into the excel program to find averages and organize data.

Students develop an appropriate resume for posting on a website for a job search. They create a web page using filamentality, and explore the web to find established career sites.

Ninth graders research advancements in technology from the past twenty years that affect health care. In small groups, they conduct Internet research, and develop a presentation to present to the class.

Students observe PowerPoint presentation explaining the parts of a computer and discuss the monitor, keyboard, mouse and CPU unit. They create index cards, with definitions and place them on the word wall. Individually, students visit...

Students explore numerous instructional materials that may be used in an elementary social studies classroom. After analyzing each type of material, they discuss and make informed decisions concerning the quality and use of the material....

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...

Students consider career options. In this career planning instructional activity, students practice job interviewing skills, examine payroll checks and discuss employee benefits.

Students fill out job applications for openings as sales clerk and stocker. They role play being the "Boss" to critique job applications.

Students explore how fashion has mirrored the attitudes and lifestyles of people in different cultures throughout history and create fashion magazines reflecting their findings.

Learners, in groups, produce a family tree using computers to facilitate research and presentation. They plan, discuss and evaluate different technologies used in this assignment.

Students demonstrate their knowledge of keyboard functions in a 'hands-on' (or body-on) way. They stand in the order of a keyboard (with assigned functions) and physically show what function each key performs.

Students fill out Application for Employment forms, then work in groups to determine whether students have individually filled out the forms correctly.

Learners explore careers by interviewing their parents, playing games and identify jobs people do and the skills and tools they need to do their job.

Students investigate the house building process by naming building materials and sequencing the steps.

Fourth graders evaluate their study habits and what works best for them when studying.

Take some time to have your pupils identify careers that are not traditional for their gender.

Students explore various careers that involve math.

Students investigate their own good and poor study habits. They write a plan to improve their weaknesses.

Third graders examine how a house is staked when preparing to build while they discover what the foundation is made of. They study how the foundation is poured and that the plumbing is included. They identify the workers and tools used...

Students interview people who have a business and have people working for them. They create a bar graph with the results of their survey. They create a chart with the most important skills or attitudes looked for in a potential employee.

Young scholars research Internet sites to identify the latest employment and occupation trends. They discuss and define career terms that important to employment. They report the findings of their research on the occupation of their...

Students work in teams, participate in the "Lifeboat Game." Discussion following the game helps students process the activity to realize teamwork skills they used to facilitate meeting their game goal. Students identify and relate the...

Students examine websites and use critical thinking skills to determine which one is real and which one is a hoax. They then discuss their criteria for deciding which website was real and which one was not.

Students formulate strategies for locating information by identifying keywords and subject headings and by listing the steps to follow in carrying out information searches. They locate and access information from pre-selected sites.