CASC Elementary School
Elementary Level Career Resources
BizKid$ (3rd through 6th Grade)
This site provides an interactive game that explains business vocabulary in more kid-friendly terms. Students make career decisions to save, earn interest, and move to each level. They are also given advice from other characters in the game. Complexity of the game and vocabulary may be more applicable for older elementary students.
BizKid$ (3rd through 6th Grade)
This site provides an interactive game that explains business vocabulary in more kid-friendly terms. Students make career decisions to save, earn interest, and move to each level. They are also given advice from other characters in the game. Complexity of the game and vocabulary may be more applicable for older elementary students.
Career Capture (5th-8th Grades) -- This site targets girls interested in technology careers.
An interactive site about the career field of engineering showcasing career profiles, career facts, video activities, problem-solving scenarios, games, and downloads.
Energy Kids -- Information about energy, careers and fun games are all located here.
Engineer Girl -- This site is designed to bring national attention to the exciting opportunities that engineering represents for girls and women.
Explore interesting jobs in a variety of virtual workplaces.
National Aeronautics Space Administration
NASA for 5-8 Kids—provides great activities and games to learn more about careers in the aerospace field.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- NASA for Kids (K thru 6th Grade) This site includes videos and articles that expose students to the world of science in regard to space exploration. There are not any materials on the site that are expressly meant to serve as career guidance tools, but the available materials can serve to inform students’ understandings of the subject matter that is involved in space exploration.
Own Your Own Future -- Start owning your own future by exploring resources that will help you on your path to college. The whole site is organized by grade to make sure you get the exact info you need. So that's where we begin...
This interactive site explores career information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Workforce Solutions is proud to make the "When I Grow Up" educational program available to you at no charge. This mini-unit can be used in conjunction with your school's career day or done in the classroom. Each lesson includes the audience type, time allotment, level of Bloom's Taxonomy and the TEKS that apply. The mini-unit is designed to be flexible so you can use and customize the lessons that best suit your instructional needs.
Who R U? -- What type of career is best for you? Find out by taking this career family survey.
Your Work Cut Out for You -- A lesson plan on career planning.
Career Ship - an online Career Exploration Adventure. Visit a featured career, match careers to your interests, review and search careers by clusters.
Social and Emotional Resources
Bullying Prevention Month Activities and Resources
See below along with the following resources on the SCDE’s website under School Safety:
www.violencepreventionworks.org - Bullying Tips for Parents
Websites:
https://www.stompoutbullying.org/national-bullying-prevention-awareness-month
https://www.pacer.org/bullying/nbpm/
https://www.specialolympics.org/stories/news/october-is-national-bullying-prevention-month
https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/youthviolence/bullyingresearch/fastfact.html
RED RIBBON WEEK OCT. 23-31
Do you need resources to assist you in celebrating RED RIBBON WEEK? Check these out…
Informational Resources
https://www.getsmartaboutdrugs.gov
Academic Resources
The Advanced Learners Program (ALP) is CASC's equivalent to Gifted/Talented and Honors programming. Students identified as ALP will receive enrichment coursework each Wednesday with rotating subjects by month.
Please see ALP Parent Handbook below for more detailed information.
ADVANCED LEARNERS PROGRAM PARENT HANDBOOK