This is the central repository of all career exploration activities, listed alphabetically. You can use this to find activities that make sense for your zone or industry and the activity card will provide a great starting point (if not everything you need to know) to be able to insert the activity in your zone so you can focus on finding the volunteers to make it happen!Â
Students assess a situation in an image and use the information they analyze to guess what time the photograph was taken.
Students guess brands based on logos and discuss the importance and effectiveness of branding.
Students will experience a simulated calf birthing that requires support.
Students are provided blueprints/instructions to create a simple Lego contraption. They will read the "prints" and use that to build the Lego creation.
Students have several ciphered messages and can use hints or a cipher to attempt to decrypt what the text says.
Students are given several factors that impact a budget and they have to see if they can "make it" on that budget.Â
An activity where students simulate the world of real estate by planning where buildings will go in a neighborhood/city that encourages talking about things like noise levels, traffic, and how those factors will play a role in where people want to live and have a home.
Students can decorate a cake or other dessert.
Students will participate in a campaign activity and other students will vote for their favored candidate.
Students investigate a mock crime scene or object and have to find, identify, and retrieve samples of fingerprints left at the scene.Â
Students will learn how to administer CPR on an animal.
Students will learn how to administer CPR on a human.
Students will learn about stenography and court reporting and will be able to try out a stenography keyboard.
Students can draw up tattoo "flash" art - this is the art that hangs in tattoo parlors for customers to browse.
Students design a simple logo using a tablet or PC and there is opportunity to incorporate generative AI into the activity to showcase emerging industry trends.
Students evaluate resumes and determine who would be a good fit for the job opening.
Students review loan documents and determine if a loan should be approved or denied.
Students "rig up" and practice interviewing - and being interviewed - with a camera and microphone.
A fun, sometimes silly, activity to encourage students to get creative while understanding how to identify characteristics of a target market and how deliver a quick sales pitch to attempt to sell an item, idea, or service.
Students can build - or use a pre-built - seismograph and use the tool to measure table/venue movements.Â
An activity where students look at several similar items and inspect them to find the item(s) that have a defect.
Students explore what it's like to evaluate piglets and process them for agricultural purposes.
Can be organized as a race or a cooperative task; students make an attempt to set the table for an event as quickly as possible.
Students create a temporary muzzle and administer first aid to critters and learn how to check if it's unsafe to approach an animal.
This activity provides practice and improves students' ability to recognize when a DM that appears on their phones is a potential security threat.