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Career Connections | Electrical Engineering Instructional VideoCareer Connections | Electrical Engineering Instructional Video
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PBS
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
STEM
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
6:29
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Duration
10 mins
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Career Connections | Electrical Engineering

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Learn about how to become a professional engineer with a short video. The narrator details some of the many fields in electrical engineering as well as the education requirements.

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Concepts

career goals, career planning, career readiness, career skills, careers, engineering careers, engineering

Instructional Ideas

  • Have learners select several of the videos from the series that interest them, conduct further research about the careers, then report their findings to the whole class during a career-focused unit

Classroom Considerations

  • Part of the PBS Career Connections series

Pros

  • The narrator's enthusiasm for his career comes through

Cons

  • None

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