Introduction to AI for Middle School - In this mini course, students will explore the world of Artificial Intelligence by completing ten projects. Students will learn to use AI to generate content, to write effective prompts to generate desired results, and to build their own machine learning model using Teachable Machine. Requires a purchase.
SoftSkills AHA for middle school is an interactive curriculum designed to help students build essential soft skills such as professionalism, decision-making, communication, and teamwork. The program features hands-on activities, real-world scenarios, student workbooks, and engaging lessons that promote self-awareness, and career readiness. The program is typically a paid resource provided by curriculum vendors but aims to be a practical and accessible for classroom use. Requires a purchase.
TypingClub is a web-based typing program that is free, offering engaging, interactive lessons to help students learn touch typing effectively. There is an optional paid School Edition that provides ad-free access and additional premium features. Free option available.
Choices360 is a career and college planning platform that offers AI-powered guidance to help students explore careers, colleges, and academic paths. It supports work-based learning, scholarship and financial aid planning, and provides educators with detailed reporting and classroom resources. This is a paid platform but Region 7 provides access to our SSA districts.
The Living Wage Calculator is a tool that helps students understand the minimum income needed to meet basic needs in their area, based on family size and local costs. It breaks down expenses like housing, food, transportation, and healthcare, offering a clear picture of economic realities.
The Kansas Center for CTE offers free, high-quality curriculum resources, including lesson plans, competency guides, & career readiness materials. Teachers nationwide can access everything by creating a free account.
MyCareerTech is a free online education platform designed to help career-tech teachers deliver lessons, activities and other resources to students in their face-to-face or virtual learning environments.
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In this free resources, Texas Reality Check helps students start planning for the future by helping them see if they will be able to afford the future lifestyle they want. This site was created by the Labor Market and Career Information of the Texas Workforce Commission.
iCEV provides curriculum for many different course options within the Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Program of Study. Their curriculum is available through a fee-based subscription service.
Texas Career Check is a free online resource designed to help students explore career options, higher education programs, and labor market information specific to Texas. It provides detailed information about occupations, educational pathways, and job outlooks to support career planning and decision-making.
MyNextMove is a free, interactive career exploration tool designed to help students discover and learn about careers. It offers features such as keyword search, industry browsing, and an interest profiler to provide personalized career suggestions. Detailed career information includes tasks, skills, salaries and job outlook to support career guidance.
The Missouri Department of Education offers middle school career exploration, which provides free, web-based career and academic planning tools. The program guides students in grades 6-8 through activities like career cluster inventories, interest profiling, and developing an Individual Career and Academic Plan.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics offers free classroom activities designed to engage students in career exploration, economics and labor market concepts. Activities for middle and high school students include exploring various occupations, understanding job requirements, pay, and outlooks using the Occupational Outlook Handbook, and interactive lessons on inflation and unemployment.
Texas OnCourse provides free, TEKS-aligned middle school lesson plans and curriculum focused on college and career readiness and exploration. These resources include engaging, game-based activities like MiddleGalaxy, which helps students explore career paths and develop personal graduation plans in a fun, interactive way.
Whether you’re teaching career exploration, entrepreneurship, or workforce preparedness skills, EVERFI’s digital lessons help students plan for and practice achieving their personal goals in the real-world. All of the college and career readiness resources, training, and support are completely free to teachers, districts, and families.
WF Solutions TEKS-aligned career education lessons for middle school students through the "When I Grow Up" curriculum. These lessons cover skills identification, career exploration, job search skills, and employability skills, integration real regional labor market data. Activities include teamwork challenges, interest discovery, resume building and interview preparation.
The Career Game is a versatile career exploration tool that helps students discover career options based on their personalities and interests. Low cost workbooks with open-ended questions and a color-coded RAISEC interest inventory match students to careers using data from the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
YouScience uses fun, science-based brain games to match students to best-fitting careers and educational pathways.
MyCareerTech provides free Career Readiness & Soft Skills resources. Lessons help students learn how these power skills, or personality-specific traits, are used in the workforce to describe a person’s approach to life, work, and relationships, and how they are sought-after by employers.
Each lesson includes an instructional video, lesson plan, and a student test or activity.