Students role play the role of an employee who is to open a new department for people interested in careers using math. Using the Internet, they research the various types of careers and describe them in a portfolio. They also examine...

Students discuss job choices, careers, and how they can affect lifestyles. They research a job they are interested in and write answers to questions about that job. They prepare a poster which includes information about the career they...

Young scholars define the term community. They list many, varied, and unusual jobs (careers) that people might have in our Communities. Students identify the purpose of the work done by their parents-either in the home, or outside of the...

Second graders investigate the numerous jobs it takes to create paper in the U.S.  In this economics lesson, 2nd graders discuss where paper comes from, what types of trees are needed, and how the paper milling process creates jobs...

Students act as medical pioneers to establish a clinic in an under served area.t They work in teams of two to complete a portfolio about their clinic and examine new treatments in various area of medicine.

Do your scholars strive to work for themselves some day? Help young entrepreneurs  create a business plan for an original idea and present it to a "board of directors." They complete online research (some links provided) and put...

Students investigate how the forest affects their daily lives by creating a concept map.  For this ecological lesson, students create a concept map linking the forest to the many things they use each day.  Students take a field...

Learners research a choosen career on the internet. They gather pertinent and interesting information about their choosen career and construct a display for the career along with a written report which is displayed in class.

Students brainstorm to come up with examples of things they do with computers and write them down for the class to observe. They then raise their hands to respond to each survey question, tallying their answers on the board and engage in...