Grade Level: 6-8

Alaska State Standards: See individual lessons and activities

Other Standards: See individual lessons and activities

Pathways Examples: Explores all pathways with some specific activities that explore the Industrial Engineering and Technology Pathway.

Unit Objective: After completion of this unit, students will be able to use labor market information to analyze occupational and economic trends and how they impact career options.

Unit Activities/Lessons:

Lesson 1: Changes in the Workplace - Students will use the internet for researching occupational trends, both globally and locally. The information is used in creating graphs that demonstrate labor trends.

Lesson 2: Technology in the Workforce - Local Business representatives visit or communicate with the classroom to discuss how technology is changing the workforce.

Lesson 3  Careers at NASA-Students will explore the many careers that are offered by the space program. 

Lesson 4 Aeronautics-Everything you always wanted to know about flight.

Lesson 5: 'Tis the Season - Students invite community members that employ or are employed as seasonal workers to explain how the seasonal workforce effects local economy and how their lifestyle differs from other types of careers.

Lesson 6: Bear or Bullish - Students learn about the stock market and how it effects the local economy and their lifestyle.