K-5 Lessons : Career Awareness

Introduction to careers and Industrial Engineering Pathway

Teacher Direction and Worksheet

4th-5th grade: Students can use their strengths to help them to investigate careers. This provides students with an overview of careers in the Industrial Engineering and Technology Pathway.
Community Helpers'
Word Scramble
Word Scramble1-2 Lesson Plan
Lesson to identify community helpers.
(E.B.1) 
Math at Work Math at WorkLesson plan K-2
Promotes students awareness of the importance of math in a variety of careers. (MA)

Careers and Measurement Unit

Lessons in suggested order.


1.Weight, Please
2.Tall Enough
3..Commonalities
4.You're the Doc

Weight, Please K-3
Familiarizes students with scales and helps them make the connections to careers that use that tool.
Tall Enough K-3
Gives students practice using tools for measuring length and ties those tools to specific careers.
Commonalities K-3
Students become aware of commonalities between careers and the mathematical tools they use.
You're the Doc K-3
Makes connections between the Health Pathway and measurement tools.
Measurement Tools Measurement ToolsK-3 Lesson plan.
This demonstrates the use of measurement tools in a variety of careers. It links to a worksheet. (MA)

TSUNAMI!

Teacher's Guide

Career Lesson
TSUNAMI! K-6 Lesson
Tommy Tsunami or Earnie Earthquake teach children about natural disasters. Site also teaches about careers at the US West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center.

So you want to be a miner..

Student Page

4-5th Grade level reading level.
Explores a variety of careers in mining. Requires the internet connection. (LA)

So you want to be a veterinarian...

Student Page

2-6 Lesson plan
Directs you to an incredible site with numerous photos of a vet clinic. Can be adapted to primary. Students love to explore this beyond lesson time (LA)

So you like to do... (favorite subject)

Student Page

4th Grade and Up
Students are directed to career choices based on their favorite subject in school. (LA)

What are you going to be?

Student Page

4th Grade and Up
During an online trip down the career trail students explore how their personality affects their career choices.

Teacher Directions

Student Activity: What would you like to do?

Student Handout

4-6 th Grade students can explore this site independently. Adaptable to multiage grouping. Students can choose eleven different careers to explore. There are specific questions to answer after reading about the job. Great comprehension and research practice.(LA)

Who wears a hat?

Student Page

K-1 Lesson - Directions for the teacher to integrate the use of simple geometric shapes and a variety of careers. It links to a student worksheet.
Career Profiles 3-6 Reading Levels. This great resource can be adapted to multiage groups. Real interviews with Alaskans in a variety of careers.

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