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Fire and EMS Search

For Students 6th - 8th
For this career worksheet, middle schoolers 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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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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FACS:Health Careers Planner - Support Services

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore the Support Services Career Pathway using articles in the Health Careers Planner (HCP).
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Homeward Bound

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students review many types of engineers. In this review of engineers lesson plan, students study various everyday products, structures and processes they design and create in our world. They do this with worksheets and handouts.
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What Interests You?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate math in the real world using internet search methods to locate career fields of interest. They select an occupation, and draft brief paragraphs that reflect insight as to why that occupation interests them.
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Forensic Detectives: Chemistry at Work

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the different careers associated with chemistry and see how it is used everyday.  In this forensic lesson students research a chemistry related career and write a presentation to give to the class.
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Career Education

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students identify three career options for consideration as a career, and then compose a two-paragraph report on a career option that he or she is considering.
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Rocket Science

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine what it takes to be a rocket scientist and other related careers.  In this rockets  lesson students use the Internet to do their research.
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Flow Rates of Faucets and Rivers

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Go with the flow and use a helpful resource. A set of two activities has learners investigate flow rates. They first determine the flow rate of a faucet by measuring how long it takes to fill a bucket. Using the results, they make a...
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Fish and Zooplankton Through Remote Sensing

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Ecology aces examine sea surface temperature maps and relate temperatures to concentration in fish and zooplankton populations. Take your class to a computer lab and provide experience with actual remote sensing data. Some of the links...
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Research Using Technology

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils receive an index card, and they write down jobs and hobbies that interest them. Then, they get together in groups and are assigned the task of researching the jobs and hobbies that are of the most interest to the entire group....
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Plant Science Introduction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A unique PowerPoint explains the basics of plant science. It motivates viewers to study plant science and then lists different food products, biofuels, fibers, timber, and ornamental uses of plants. It concludes with lists of careers...
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Hunt the Fact Monster Hunt #23

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this internet research worksheet, students answer three multiple choice and seven short answer questions by using the Fact Monster search engine.
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Communications: Merit Badge Workbook

For Students 5th - 12th
If you have a boy scout troop, consider this merit badge workbook to help keep track of communication activities. Boy scouts work with counselors to record communicative interactions. They also complete a series of activities that...
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Creating an Electronic Resume for a Job Search

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
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.
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Writing A Business Letter Who, What, and Where Are They

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders word process business letters using proper tab settings, spell checking, grammar and punctuation. They use the Internet to search for names and addresses.
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Building a Bridge

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students design a bridge. In this science lesson plan, students research different types of bridges and create a bridge using marshmallows, toothpicks and construction paper.
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Job Transition -- The Great Adventure

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review how to use a digital camera. Individually, they document their work related experience and gathering new skills by taking pictures. To end the lesson, they put the photographs into a portfolio to show their progress in...
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Art in Engineering - Moving Art

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Pupils study how forces are applied in the creation of art. They design mobiles and pop-up books while identifying which forces of nature act upon them. They look at air currents, gravity, and hand movement.
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Heavens to Betsy There Sure are a Lot of Sayings!!

For Teachers 2nd
Students explore a variety of sayings and phrases used in the English language in the seventeen lessons of this unit. Through visual, auditory, and kinestic activities, students are immersed in the study of the English language.
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Science Biographies: A Poster Approach

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the lives and contributions of five people who have impacted science in the four lessons of this unit. Key facts in the life of the persons are placed on a timeline and a mini-biography is created.
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Conveyor Belt Production

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students design a system that will move their glass product across a room in the plant. They must move the product 12 feet and their items cannot fall off at any time.
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Oil and Energy Consumption

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners analyze the oil consumption  and production information.  In this investigative lesson students take the data collected, graph and organize it then draw conclusions about the use of oil worldwide. 
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Manned Mission to Mars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
To go or to not to go — the question for a mission to Mars. This resource provides details for a possible manned mission to Mars. Details include a launch schedule, what life would be like on the surface, and how the astronauts would...