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Students research engineering careers and create poetry to understand the vocabulary of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics).

Doctors, astrophysicists, and daycare providers are only some of the careers that will be explored in this lesson in which students research careers and publish occupational summaries about them.

Research physical scientist, Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum, is featured in this short (~3 min.) video. Dr. Kirschbaum explains how the integration of her initial interest in math and her subsequent interest in the science of natural disasters lead to her career focus of landslide modeling. Now part of the NASA Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) team, she communicates about the GPM mission and data to the public and to others who use it in their work and/or research.

Students can learn the 101 of Financial Literacy in this online course. Its engaging, animated, visual and interactive!
Teachers can set up an online classroom and manage their students' progress through the modules.
This includes quizzes, assignments, discussion prompts, additional learning in the "sidetrips" section.
With a fun, dynamic guide that makes money feel empowering, financial literacy becomes a life-long that that pays dividends.
Modules:
1. Money Basics and the Economy
2. Setting Goals and Making Wise Consumer Decisions
3. Getting Money: Employment
4. Getting Money: Self Employment - Are You An Entrepreneur?
5. Spending on Major Purchases
6. Borrowing Money
7. Putting Your Money to Work- Saving and Investing Money
8. Protecting Your Money and Things of Value
9. Financial Independence
10. Managing Your Money

« Les organisateurs graphiques suivants peuvent être utilisés à des fins d’enseignement ou d’évaluation. Ils peuvent être téléchargés, adaptés selon vos besoins puis sauvegardés. Des exemples d’utilisation de ces gabarits d’organisateurs graphiques dans le cadre d’une évaluation sont également fournis. »

This is a gratitude journal that your students can use to help build an understanding of themselves.

In this article Lee Taal examines" Canada has a problem: we need more workers." A number of challenges are considered.

This video by Lee Taal explains how you can use chatterhigh.com with your classroom. It explains how and why the website works.

This site features over 300 videos of fireside chats with Indigenous leaders across Canada and their careers.
Many videos include reflection and discussion guides.
You can explore by Career, location or community. Click on the fire to get started.

This is an interactive questionnaire for students to learn about where the "fit" in the Canadian (or provincial) economies, how they compare to the rest of the population. It compares our SK population to the rest of Canada, job interests to where the rest of Canadians are employed and budget choices to others. It's interesting for students to see how the statistics of other Canadians and how they compare (across ages and geographies).

Developed by The Canadian Career Development Foundation, this comprehensive workbook to help guide students through preparing for a job- resume tips, career pitches, searching for work, cover letters, cold calls, networking, job applications and cover letters. This guide will take you step-by-step to get clear about what you want and how to get there. This guide is 116 pages and contains 4 sections:Section 1. Check for "Fit"  will help you to make sure the job you’re searching for is right for you and your skills.Section 2. Get Ready will help you to develop the tools you need to be ready for work search, including a good resume, references and a career pitch.Section 3. Search for Work will help you identify potential jobs, use your networks, tailor your work search tools and present yourself well at job interviews.Section 4. Get a Job will help you to accept a job offer, agreeing on terms of employment and accepting a position in a professional manner.

In this lesson, you will learn about how larger economic situations impact every Canadian, specifically around employment and jobs. Financial literacy is very interconnected to career planning, education planning, family planning and mental wellness. The impact of these 5 items is circular and unemployment is a very important topic in this whole circle. If someone is unemployed, the economic and financial impact can be devasting (look at what happened when millions lost their jobs during 2020 Covid-19 crisi!)

This course from Engineers Canada works to inform students about engineering from what is an engineer to the many engineering disciplines and how they impact society.

These modules will help students understand the path and process to becoming an engineer while informing them on the diversifying landscape and the myriad of benefits engineering offers.

Module titles include:
- What is an Engineer?
- Engineering Disciplines Pt. 1
- Engineering Disciplines Pt. 2
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Engineering
- Path to Becoming an Engineer
- Other Steps and Benefits to Becoming an Engineer

This is one of the best K-12 Science resources available!
Resources are available for Grades Pre-school-12 including multiple articles and videos available for students to explore the many science concepts being learned in the classroom.

You can:
*Book an outreach visit from a scientist to teach STEM (science, technology, engineering & math) to your class

*Enter your Grade 6-8 students in team-based competitive enrichment events

*Use CurioCity with Grade 8-12 students to learn about STEM careers, Space and countless other topics with videos. You can also register and get amazing resources for STEM (in English or French) for FREE! (These are even aligned to SK curriculum!)

*Visit Ideapark for Pre-school to Grade 3 to register and receive access to a wealth of FREE STEM resources.

*Register for Tomatosphere to investigate the effects of outer space on seed germination with your class. Tomatosphere™ is a hands-on program that builds scientific inquiry and experimentation skills.

Students will understand that farmers have to complete many different types of tasks for their jobs and why those tasks are important.

This section contains the full PDF version of Money and Youth and Teacher Guides for each Module and Money and Youth Connections to Financial Literacy 20 and 30 Curriculum Modules. Module 1: Your Money Decisions: Who's in Control, Module 2: Your Goals and Your Values, Module 3: Your Goals: Some Things To Consider, Module 4: Decision-making, Module 5: Sources Of Income, Module 6: Career Under Construction: Investing In You, Module 7: Are You an Entrepreneur?, Module 8: Money Basics, Module 9: Taking Control Of Your Money, Module 10: Spending On Major Purchases, Module 11: Borrowing Money, Module 12: Getting And Managing Credit, Module 13: Putting Your Money To Work – Saving And Investing, Module 14: Protecting Assets – And Planning For Financial Independence

This poster highlights a variety of Earth science careers, featuring short biographies from 13 NASA Earth explorers, including scientists, engineers, educators and more. The poster also includes information about NASA's unique perspective on the Earth, one educator's story about how he uses NASA Earth science data and materials in his middle school classroom, and a collection of classroom activity suggestions.

The educational resources you find here are for Indigenous and non-Indigenous educators teaching students and learners of all ages.
Here, you will find:
Lesson plans developed with an Indigenous perspective for teaching:
-Indigenous, land-based skills and knowledge;
-Indigenous languages;
-Mainstream K-12 subjects infused with Indigenous knowledge.
Some lesson plans are adaptable for professional development opportunities.
Videos that can be used as part of lesson plans or on their own.
Helpful materials for educators to:
-Evaluate your and your learners’ experiences with a lesson;
-Create your own lesson plans using templates with an Indigenous-based, student-centered approach.
Find lesson plans in: Indigenous Languages, Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being, On the Land, Art, Music, Commerce or Business, Careers, Science, Biology, Math, Nutrition, Family and Parenting, History, Social Studies.