Your task

All Grade 7-9 technology education students are required to investigate connections among technology education, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), and careers.

Are you well suited for a career in trades?

What are your interests and skills?

How can they combine to find the best career path for you?

The easy way to plan your education and career

The myBlueprint Education Planner is an online tool available to all N.S. students (Grades P-12), teachers and parents to: investigate and research educational options for all pathways (apprenticeship, work, college and university), discover learning styles, explore career interest surveys, plan secondary school courses, set short-term and long-terms goals, build resumes and much more.

Go to https://app.myblueprint.ca/signUp?activKey=halifax

to create an account ( use your gnspes login)

You may also contact your school Guidance Counsellor for more information or assistance.

Your problem solving activity is to register in myBlueprint

and complete your "Who am I" Assessment

The myBlueprint ‘Who Am I’ assessments consist of 5 user-friendly, age appropriate surveys that students can complete to find out more about their

• Learning Styles,
• Personality,
• Interests,
• Knowledge,
• Motivations.

If you need help watch the education planner video below

For Teachers: Education Planner Support

Reflection:

Complete the following Google form for your assessment on "Who Am I "

Research Project:

Focus on one or two specific careers within the cluster. You may want to pick careers that you think are interesting or that other people may not be familiar with. Your presentation should cover:

• The kind of work or tasks people in the career perform

• The tools, instruments, or equipment they use

• Where they work

• How much income they earn and factors that affect their income

• The education and/or training needed to get into the career

• Where to get more information on the career (e.g., helpful websites)

• What real people in the career have to say about it (what they like or dislike about the career, what advice they have for people who want to get into the career, etc.)

You should include visuals (ex: photos) to make the presentation more interesting.

Other Links