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Job Cards: Whose Tools?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this jobs worksheet, students match the pictures with their correct words. All of the pictures illustrate a tool needed for a certain job, such as a microscope or chalkboard.
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Who Gets the Job?

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students explore the process for presedential Cabinet appointments. They determine common characteristics found in members of the Cabinet.
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Business Letters

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
A business letter may be the key receiving a job offer or making a major deal. A writing handout, part of a series of handouts on specific types and styles, shares some of the key components involved with writing a business letter. The...
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The Job of a Legislator

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review the roles and responsibitlies of members of Congress. After reading excerpts of a book about one member, they write their own version about the same representative. They also identify the challenges and benefits of begin...
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Who Is the Best Person for the Job?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work in groups of four, they are the managers of a new company, needing to hire employees. They brainstorm what they believe is important information to know about a future employee and share their list with the class....
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Technology-Lesson 3-Putting Technology to Work

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students explain the use of different technologies based on their resolving power. Explain how technologies are used to solve scientific and health-related problems. Explain the concept of using right tool for the job and develop a multi...
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Career Quest

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Help potential job seekers create a personal job options list that "fits" their personality type. They will discover specific occupational information about two chosen careers. Then they will identify the most important factors to keep...
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Read to Learn

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore the concept of community helpers.  For this community helper lesson, students brainstorm the community helpers in their neighborhood after reading a book about jobs in the community.  Students then host a community...
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TECH: Geneticist

For Teachers 5th - 9th
A brief PowerPoint is used to introduce the class to the field of genetics by explaining the fields of work, the education required, and the job prospects. A trait inventory worksheet is completed by individuals, and then they gather...
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Module: Self Awareness

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Get your scholars ready for the workplace! This is a comprehensive plan that will really prompt a big picture approach to career planning. Learners consider whether or not school is a real job, and how well it prepares them for the...
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What's Wong? What's Right?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Explore the ethics, responsibilities, and impacts of the career cluster that relates to law. Learners examine various cases where legal action was taken and resulted in a consequence. They'll act out various scenarios, research jobs in...
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Traveling Through the Digestive System

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders learn about how the food is broken down in our bodies and the job of each body part involved in our digestive system. The utilize the CD ROM game, "Body Works." This wonderful game takes pupils through the human body's...
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The Writing's on the Wall

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners examine a job-training/violence reduction program that removes gang graffiti in East Los Angeles. They discuss issues confronting their own communities and propose community service programs to address these issues.
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Real Math

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore careers that require math knowledge and solve real life math problems. As a class, they compare and contrast classroom math to real life math and explore the links between algebra, geometry and math skills used in...
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Travel Agencies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the job responsibilities of a travel agent.  In this career lesson, students discuss and role-play specific details of what a travel agent must do at the beginning of the day prior to opening.
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Job Communication

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Pupils assess the role of communication within various jobs. For this investigation lesson, students discuss the needs and types of communication in the workforce, then make their own communication device. This device is used to role...
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Position Wanted

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners share their opinions about local job opportunities for people their age. After reading an article about hiring trends, they discuss Google's answer to filling jobs. Class members research and report on an employer that offers...
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I Want a Job in Agriculture

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Upper graders explore agriculture careers. They brainstorm possible careers in the agricultural field and choose a career of interest to them.  Everyone writes a paper about different aspects of this career using the six traits of...
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Estimating Profit from a Job

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create a budget. In this estimation and rounding lesson, students create a budget for a painting job. They must make sure that they come out with a profit.
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Musical Instruments

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Here is a complete workbook which leads children as they work through the art of making a musical instrument. The instrument made must be a percussion instrument. The workbook is incredibly thorough and does a good job of leading pupils...
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Responding: "Guerrila" Art

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders are introduced to performance art as a way to respond to important current-day issues in society. Pupils create their very own original art work using photography and poetry. These three lessons do a nice job of, not only...
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Get My Point!

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Here is one of the better lessons I've come across on how to teach fractions and decimals. This lesson does a great job of showing how these two mathematical representations of numbers are interrelated. Some excellent websites, printable...
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Drops on a Penny

For Students 3rd - 4th
A helpful worksheet describes an interesting demonstration on the surface tension of water. Learners guess how many drops of water the heads side of a penny will hold. This resource does a great job of describing just how a penny can...
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Searching for Your Perfect Career

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Here is a very comprehensive lesson that spans several weeks and allows learners to fully explore career clusters. They take aptitude tests, list career options, then research one career choice. They create PowerPoint presentations that...

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