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Jobs We Depend On
Fourth graders investigate how people depend on each other to fulfill their needs.
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Biotic Factors
Students identify individual organism, a species, and a population within the study community. They identify biotic factors at the site and attempt to characterize the site's species diversity.
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County Chronicles
Students review and use the information from previous lessons about their county. In groups, they write articles for various sections of a class newspaper. They review and edit each others work and publish their newspaper using a desktop...
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Coordinated Resource Management Exercise
Students role play the roles of groups who have an interest in natural resource ecology. In groups, they identify an issue of importance to their community and discuss the various solutions that have been offered to solve this problem. ...
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Orca Search
Students conduct a variety of research activities to widen their knowledge about Orca Whales. They compile their research into a paper.
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Working Together
First graders discuss how people in the community work together to get jobs done and complete a worksheet matching number words for the workers with the correct numerals.
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Working-with-Animals Careers
First graders list and discuss careers that involve working with animals and draw pictures of careers that interest them. They compare and contrast domestic and wild animals.
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Who Works Here?
Fourth graders list all of the workers in their school. They interview them to find out more about each occupation.
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Home on the Biome
Fifth graders study six major biomes, graph temperature and rainfall, and present their findings to the class.
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Tools of the Trade
First graders examine the various tools used in a variety of jobs. They identify real tools, list the occupations that use each object, and discuss the occupations they have identified.
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What Will I Be?
Third gradersl examine personality characteristics that are necessary for careers. They identify characteristics necessary for any type of occupation and discuss gender bias. They write a job description for an occupation of their choosing.
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Beastly Careers
Fourth graders discuss careers related to pets and animals. They talk about their own pets and investigate animal careers that interest them. They write a paper and draw a picture of their choice career.
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Inside Work/Outside Work
Fourth graders explore inside and outside work, what kind of people like which one, and what they would prefer.
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Career Interest Record
First graders fill out career interest cards throughout the year.
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Career Choices Are Changing
Third graders use magazine to find pictures of things that their grandparents did not have and make a display listing related careers to each picture. They discuss how the world has changed.
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Medals of Honor
Third graders identify their strengths and find out what careers they would do best in.
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Work and Responsibility
Third graders investigate the responsibilities related to various careers.
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Career Math Puzzles
Third graders come up with a career for each letter of the alphabet.
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Star Gazing
Third graders investigate what an astronomer is and what he studies in the solar system.
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Career Resources
Fifth graders explore the various resources available in which they can research careers.
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How To Get the Job Done
Fifth graders identify the physical activities that are related to certain jobs.
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The Universe
Fifth graders identify and discuss responsibilities of careers related to the study of the universe, such as an astronomer or an astronaut. They compare what the world looks like now to what it might look like in the year 3000.
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Where's the Barbecue?
Young scholars identify the major landforms, regions and rivers on a map of South Carolina. They compare the locations of the major Native American groups in the state as well. They chart where barbecue restaurants are located and write...
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Group Portraits: Then and Now
Students use photographs to examine ship masters and shipyard workers. As a class, they explore other group portraits and discuss the information that can be found from the photos. As a group, they create their own group portrait mural.