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Explore Careers that didn't exist before and the skills connected to them. This article lists 5 new in-demand career options for STEAM and tech-savvy students to consider: genetic counsellor, nuclear medicine technologist, sustainability manager, drone operator, and data miner.

Sharing Acts of Kindness          Paper Tweets 

Class Norms                             Group Salutes

Morning Meeting                       Appreciation, Apology, Aha

Rose and Thorn                        Snowball Toss 

The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Queens and Aboriginal Access to Engineering have resources for kids and teachers that explore what engineers do. For example, there are learning modules, types of engineering, role models in engineering, or order free comic books that describe different types of engineers.

This high-energy series redefines what it means to be smart. It shatters the myth that to be smart you need to have a high IQ, be a math whiz or trivia buff. Instead, the show works on the Theory of Multiple Intelligences. In every episode, hopefuls battle it out in front of a live studio audience in six categories of smarts: musical, physical, social, logical, visual and linguistic. All episodes are available in CBC Curio database. Also check out Canada's Smartest Person - Junior

Career Explorations is organized by interests and then sample careers linked to the Occupational Outlook Handbook which has written summaries and corresponding videos.

Career Girls is founded on the dream that every girl around the world has access to diverse and accomplished women role models to learn from their experiences and discover their own path to empowerment. This website explores specific careers as well as career clusters while role modelling accomplished women within career clusters.

An ongoing series about innovative projects in the developing world, a partnership between Canada's International Development Research Centre and Canadian Geographic. Explore how careers are created to solve current issues.

Reading Level: Gr. 6-7 Interest Level: Gr. 5-9+
This innovative series opens readers’ eyes to the endless possibilities of design thinking— an iterative process that employs a human-centered approach to problem solving, and emphasizes empathy, collaboration, and innovative thinking. Each title focuses on open-ended topics related to social change. Case studies, hands-on learning, and question prompts encourage readers to engage meaningfully with key concepts.

Edge Factor has engaging videos and interactive activities that help students explore careers and build self-awareness. This is a paid resource but there are some free resources.

Eye Wonder excites students with interesting facts and just plain fun! The series explores science and integrates technology, while focusing on various careers. The videos are less than 10 minutes and are filmed through the eyes of the cameraman, D.V. This resource is recommended for Grade 4-9 and is American based.

Teacher resources are available.

Let's Talk Science has a Careers section to connect learning to real people and their careers. There are numerous profiles, teacher resources, and competitions linked with Chatterhigh. 

Mapping electoral districts promotes positive community engagement and links to geography and numeracy.

News in Review. Curio.ca features News in Review, Canada's premier current-event series for the classroom. Hosted by the CBC reporter Michael Serapio, News in Review is the only resource that gives students the opportunity to delve into today's most important events as they unfold. Each story also comes with a teacher resource guide that teases out key concepts and questions. Curio.ca is part of SD 73 digital databases. 

BLS has created our own periodic table! Instead of elements, we have used Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) occupations. Each occupation is connected to the Occupational Outlook Handbook (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics).

The most important qualification for becoming a scientist is curiosity. Step inside the fascinating world of today’s working scientists and discover how questions get answered. Each book examines the great variety of scientific work within a particular field. Processes and practices are explored, with an emphasis on the creative and collaborative aspects of the work. Mini-bios highlight the work of current scientists from all over the world, and hands-on investigations create authentic learning experiences. Each book includes a look at the future of the field and provides practical suggestions for readers to take an active role to further their learning. Reading Level: Gr. 5    Interest Level: Gr. 5-8+

Kits are available at Henry Grube Learning Centre

Bjoerk, Dr Seuss, Whoopi Goldberg, Andy Warhol, Ellen MacArthur, Greta Gerwig, Andrea Bocelli, Hua Mulan ... these are men and women who all dared to be different.

Boys will be boys and girls will be girls - or so the meaningless saying goes. Because what if you're a girl and you like cage fighting? Or you're a boy and you love ballet? And what if you've always dreamed of being a scientist but you can't see anyone who looks or sounds like you, and who has left a legacy - in the form of microscopes and Bunsen burners - for you to follow?

This is the book for children who want to know about the lives of those heroes who have led the way, changing the world for the better as they go.

Also try and Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

Take Action topic packs are real-world inquiries for grades 4-6. They include a 32-page magazine-style book for students, anchor videos, and Teacher's Guide, and is designed for whole-class study with students working in small groups. Recommended topics are:

The Media Effect

Community Cares

Lead the Way

In Our Hands

The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy In the Everyday presents a series of exercises and prompts and games and things you can actually do (or reflect upon) to build attention muscles or just get off your phone and enjoy noticing stuff that everyone else missed.

Use this list as an inquiry into career clusters to think about how STEM supports all career fields. This is a teacher resource link from EVERFI.

• Fashion Designer
• NHL Programming Coordinator/Coach
• Flavor Technologist
• Zoologist
• Data Scientists  for Music Apps/Websites

Visual Capitalist has hundreds of infographics, charts, and visualizations that connect big ideas around one universal theme: “What are the fundamental forces driving the future of business and investing? Larger umbrella topics are markets, technology, money, healthcare, energy, mining, green, politics and featured companies. Use these graphics to learn about community, consumption, culture, environment...and more!

Career Trek has 137 career videos that are around 5 minutes long. Career videos are also organized into National Occupation Codes and can be searched by skills.