This resource allows students to search for an Air Force recruiter near them.
Review the culminating task prompt and the evidence gathered. Complete the outlining section of the culminating task tool to organize the evidence for your work.
A comprehensive resource for students and teachers for planning and researching a project for a heritage fair. While it is intended for Prince Edward Island residents, it offers excellent tips, web links and books for guidance.
Fill out this form to receive answers to questions you may have about the Army, and a recruiter will be in touch to help you out shortly; no commitment necessary.
Want a realistic timeline for that research project? Use these tips and resources to get a handle on what to do and when to do it. It offers templates several types of research projects such as speech, media project, primary sources, research paper, lab report, poster (Powerpoint), etc.
Welcome to CAMP TV-a day camp experience in your living room! An enthusiastic head counselor, played by Zachary Noah Piser, guides "campers" as they learn through play. Content partners include the New York Public Library, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Bedtime Math, Wildlife Conservation Society, the Memphis Zoo, and more. Here you'll find resources and activities to help extend the learning in each episode. You can stream full episodes of Camp TV on-demand at the series website.
Watch a software developer explain how a love of math, science, and the creative process led him to pursue a career in information systems.
Soft Skills highlights the skills employees need to be successful. These include communication, eye contact, listening, teamwork, positive attitude, proper handshake, professional appearance and respect. Soft skills are the abilities to get along with others, resolve conflict and work together towards a common goal. Includes video. Requires Quicktime.
Are you looking for information about financial aid? This college/career guidance page has an extensive listing of online financial aid resources.
This resource allows students to search for a Coast Guard recruiter near them.
This resources walks through the Eight Components of College and Career Readiness Counseling chart a comprehensive, systemic
approach for school counselors’ use to inspire all students to, and prepare them for, college success
and opportunity — especially students from underrepresented populations. The eight components build
aspirations and social capital, offer enriching activities, foster rigorous academic preparation, encourage early
college planning, and guide students and families through the college admission and financial aid processes.
By implementing these eight components, school counselors provide information, tools and perspective to
parents, students, schools and their communities that build college and career readiness for all students.
This webpage provides students and their families with information on Ohio's College Credit Plus Program. Ohio’s College Credit Plus can help you earn college and high school credits at the same time by taking college courses from community colleges or universities. The purpose of this program is to promote rigorous academic pursuits and to provide a wide variety of options to college-ready students.
This webpage provides students and their families with information on the Credit Flexibility Plan. This education option gives students a way to be in charge of their learning. For some students, they see more value in school (“Why do I have to learn this?”) when they can connect learning with real world situations and future jobs. Credit flexibility is one way to increase a student’s interest in school and motivation to learn.
Engineers use a series of steps called the design process to solve a problem. In this resource, featuring video segments excerpted from DESIGN SQUAD, watch teams of kids work through each of the five steps of the design process: 1) identify the problem; 2) brainstorm; 3) design; 4) build, test, evaluate, and redesign; and 5) share solutions. [1:47]
This collection of digital organizers can help students work through the research or writing process in a number of ways, and many include resource links, as well as suggestions for ways to share the knowledge gained through the project.
In Oakland, California, girls that are interested in science can participate in TechBridge, a technology program just for girls. Check out TechBridge in action at Montera Middle School. Find out what these girls like about TechBridge, and watch them build mechanical kangaroos and ostriches! [1:05]
The 12th grade learning experience consists of 7 mostly month-long units aligned to the Common Core State Standards, with available course material for teachers and students easily accessible online. Over the course of the year there is a steady progression in text complexity levels, sophistication of writing tasks, speaking and listening activities, and increased opportunities for independent and collaborative work. Rubrics and student models accompany many writing assignments.Throughout the 12th grade year, in addition to the Common Read texts that the whole class reads together, students each select an Independent Reading book and engage with peers in group Book Talks. Language study is embedded in every 12th grade unit as students use annotation to closely review aspects of each text. Teacher resources provide additional materials to support each unit.
This project unit—a multimedia self-portrait published in digital form—is the capstone of your students' high school careers. It is a chance for them to pause and reflect on where they've been, where they're going, and who they are as a person. Students will reflect on what they want others to know about them: what they want their message to be and what types of media they might use to convey that message. Students will have the opportunity to express themselves in many different formats—through writing, of course, but also through other media of their choosing. Students will be able to convey your message through visual art, photography, a graphic novel, audio, poetry, or video—practically any type of media they want!
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Students will complete a multimedia self-portrait, capturing important aspects of the essence of themselves.
Students will contribute one chapter from their multimedia self-portrait to a class anthology.
Students will present one chapter from their multimedia self-portrait to the class.
GUIDING QUESTIONS
These questions are a guide to stimulate thinking, discussion, and writing on the themes and ideas in the unit. For complete and thoughtful answers and for meaningful discussions, students must use evidence based on careful reading of the texts.
How is late adolescence a moment of internal and external change?
What are the most important qualities of your character—past, present, and future?
How can you portray these key aspects of yourself using multimedia?
BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT: Cold Read
During this unit, on a day of your choosing, we recommend you administer a Cold Read to assess students’ reading comprehension. For this assessment, students read a text they have never seen before and then respond to multiple-choice and constructed-response questions. The assessment is not included in this course materials.
It’s time to start pulling it all together! Students will work on creating, editing, and compiling the various chapters of their self-portrait.
This flyer designed by the NDE Nebraska Career and Technical Education Is a guide for parents on preparting their child for career success after high school.