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Elementary Career Readiness Resource Roundup

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Wisconsin's E4E legislation Act 20 requires that districts plan career awareness activities at the elementary grade levels, including developing an understanding of the following:1. Why people work.2. The kinds of conditions under which people work.3. The levels of training and education needed for work.4. Common expectations for employees in the workplace.5. How expectations at school are related to expectations in the world of work. The attached slide deck presented by Andréa Donegan, School Counseling Consultant at the WI Dept. of Public Instruction and Jenny Holle, Elementary School Counselor at the Burlington Area School District provides a wealth of linked resources to get your district started on their elementary career exploration journey.

Material Type: Other

Author: Lynn Aprill

Career Readiness - Elementary Math & Health Science Careers

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 In this lesson, students learn about the structure of picture graphs and bar graphs, the features of graphs that help communicate information clearly, and the information they can learn by analyzing a graph. Students learn that a key is the part of a picture graph that tells what each picture represents. Students contextualize and make sense of the data through the lens of an emerging career in Health Sciences.

Material Type: Lesson

Author: Kayla Correll

Elementary Math & Architecture Careers

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“In this lesson, students identify parallel and intersecting lines in the world around them—in a map of a neighborhood, in the letters of the alphabet, in some part of their classroom, and in familiar logos. They apply their understanding to represent and draw a part of their environment that shows such lines and to create a new logo with these types of lines.” Students finish the lesson by exploring how their new skills of identifying and drawing angles relates to the career activities of architectural and civil drafters.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Kayla Correll

Elementary Science, Manufacturing & Construction

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In small groups, students experiment and observe the similarities and differences between human-made objects and objects from nature. They compare the function and structure of hollow bones with drinking straws, bird beaks, tool pliers, bat wings and airplane wings. Observations are recorded in a compare & contrast chart, and then shared in a classroom discussion, along with follow up assessment activities such as journal writing and Venn diagrams.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Katie Feuerhelm

Elementary Science: Wasting Energy at Home

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People use energy in all aspects of their lives—for cooking, lighting and entertainment. Much of this energy use takes place in buildings, such as our homes. To save money and reduce the impact on our environment, many people are reducing their energy use. One way is to hire engineers to perform home energy audits to understand the ways we use energy and identify ways we can conserve energy. In this activity, students act as energy conservation engineers and identify the ways energy is conserved or wasted. They also learn many ways to personally conserve energy everyday.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Katie Feuerhelm

Compare Human-Made Objects with Natural Objects

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In small groups, students experiment and observe the similarities and differences between human-made objects and objects from nature. They compare the function and structure of hollow bones with drinking straws, bird beaks, tool pliers, bat wings and airplane wings. Observations are recorded in a compare & contrast chart, and then shared in a classroom discussion, along with follow up assessment activities such as journal writing and Venn diagrams.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: TeachEngineering.org

Career Readiness: Business, Finance, & Digital Technology

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Engineers perform energy audits to better understand how people use energy and identify ways people can conserve energy. Businesses and homeowners engage these engineers to help reduce their utility bills and help the environment. Recommendations often include using compact fluorescent light bulbs, lowering the thermostat temperature in the winter when the building is unoccupied, planting trees for shade, and improving insulation to reduce heat loss/gain.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Katie Feuerhelm