Curated OER
European Agriculture
Sixth graders explore differences between European agriculture and American agriculture. In this agriculture lesson, 6th graders investigate the role that cultural differences play in agriculture and how these cultural differences affect...
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Planning.org: Kids and Community
Use this site to explore how you create communities, how you live in them, and how you change them. This site also has information on the career of city planning, and activities on city planning.
US Department of Education
U.s. Dept of Education: Preparing Your Child for College
Are you looking for a resource for parents on preparing for college? The U.S. Department of Education has created an in-depth parent resource book for preparing their child for college. An online resource for career and college planning...
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Mapping Your Future: Explore Your Career
Find out about your options in higher education, and learn how to choose a career. Includes useful tips on job hunting, resume writing, and job interviewing techniques. Select the "en Espanol" link on the right side to view this resource...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Career Profile: Geographer
Learn about the career of a geographer, a social scientist that uses knowledge of climate, culture, and topography to address a whole host of problems the world faces. Find out the educational requirements and what the job entails in...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Career Profile: Science Manager
Imagine teams of scientists off in all directions doing their research. Someone has to plan and be the administrator to be sure everything runs smoothly. That is the job of the natural sciences manager. This career requires not only...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Curious George Stem: Tool Time Lesson Plan
A lesson plan for students to learn about the function of tools. Students will see how the shape of the tool can relate to its function. They will also see how different jobs require different tools.
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Wv Department of Education: Teacher Resources for Educational Excellence (Tree)
This is is a one-stop, grade-specific site highlighting WV College- and Career-Readiness Standards and resources that are essential to the classroom teacher. The resources include grade-specific lessons, professional learning, and...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Career Profile: Civil Engineers
Find out about the many aspects of the career of civil engineer. They plan and supervise the building of big projects. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed to become a civil engineer, as well as the education and...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Career Profile: Civil Engineering Technician
Civil engineering technicians help civil engineers in planning big projects such as building roads, dams, and waste treatment plants. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed to become a civil engineering technician, as...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Formulate a Career Plan
This activity will engage students in career research. Each student will use the I-Search process and then write a 3-5 paper about a career of interest.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab: Abraham Lincoln: The Face of a War
A detailed lesson plan of Abraham Lincoln to celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth. In a PDF file, the complete lesson is provided along with visual aides needed for the lesson. Draws on photographs and masks of Lincoln's face...
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The Asvab Program: Exploring Careers
The ASVAB Career Exploration Program provides tools developed by the Department of Defense (DoD) to help high school and postsecondary students across the nation learn more about career exploration and planning. Explore personal skills,...
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Mapping Your Future
This collection of valuable resources allows young people to explore their options for the future. Topics include how to apply for college and jobs, financial options for paying for college and how to apply your education to the career...
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Ohio Dept. Of Education: Lesson Plan: Transportation Systems Grade Four
For this lesson unit, students learn about transportation systems, including the Great Lakes canal system, and how modes of transportation has changed over time with advancements in technology. There is a large student research component...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Engineering: Ask an Engineer
This resource is composed of student questions for engineers, and provides information on a variety of scientific topics such as devising science fair projects, planning scientific experiments and getting into a school like MIT for...
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: Choosing a Career in Health
There are two lessons in this lesson plan site. The first gives the students an appreciation of the need for hand washing to prevent disease and the second allows the students to explore the health field and to describe a career that...
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Finance Authority of Maine: Claim Your Future
This game can be played individually or as a class. Students make adult decisions about spending money, based on income from a particular career. This could help students decide on a career, as well as learning how to budget their...
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Carl Sandburg High School: Financial Aid Resources
Are you looking for information about financial aid? This college/career guidance page has an extensive listing of online financial aid resources.
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Us News: Money: Reasons Community College Makes Sense Right Now
As the cost of a college education continues to rapidly rise, many more young people are considering the advantages of beginning their higher education experiece at a community college. Read about the most common reasons here.
National First Ladies' Library
National First Ladies' Library: First Lady Biography: Michelle Obama
A thorough biography of Michelle Obama. Discover where Michelle Robinson was born, her family, her education, career, and life as wife to the President of the United States. Standards based lesson plans featuring passions of the First...
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American Physical Society: Careers & Employment
Are you looking for some career guidance to start planning for your physics career? The American Physical Society has developed career planning resources for students and teachers.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Urban and Regional Planners
This resource provides a complete description of the career of urban planner. It includes the nature of the work, training and education, employment outlook and wages.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Life After High School
Life After High School is a career research assignment that gives learners an opportunity to plan their career path after high school. Even if students deviate from their plan, they need to have a tentative idea that allows them to set...