Elementary Career Awareness/

Activity Sites                                                                            

•  Bureau of Labor Statistics Career Information for Kids      http://stats.bls.gov/k12/html/edu_over.htm                                                                                                                This wonderful site includes career information for "Kids Who Like...Math, Music/Arts, Science, Social Studies, Reading" and a guide for teachers!

• Groundhog Job Shadowing http://www.jobshadow.monster.com/career/                                                                                                                                Students can do a "virtual" job shadow of many different careers. In addition, this great site offers articles and assessment tools for upper elementary and middle school students as they begin their personal career exploration.
• NASA For Kids! http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/Pioneers/                                                                                                                             Lots of career information on space, aviation, and science careers is on this great site!  There are also links to US Space Camp and many other related sites!

• Discover Engineering Online                                                                                                                       http://www.discoverengineering.org/eweek/about_eng.htm

Engineering has been called the "invisible profession" or the "stealth profession" because most people have no clue
what engineers do. This is unfortunate, because everything in society is linked to engineering. Check out this site to find out about the many different types of engineering.

• REAL SCIENCE!                                                                                                                                            http://www.realscience.org/

PBS  site with loads of upper elementary and middle school career information. Click one of the Career Titles on the right side of the page to learn more about that career. There are also hot links to additional Web Sites about each career.
• Career Trail                                                                                                      http://library.thinkquest.org/11720/                                                                                                                             This is a site designed by kids for kids. They go down the career trail (western motif) and learn about careers by reading the wanted posters, etc.

•  What Do They Do?         http://www.whatdotheydo.com./                                                                                                                               Many careers and capsules on what a day is like and how the career makes a difference in the world. I can see kids reading these in role-plays and getting an idea of different careers, etc.

• A Second Grade Career Project                 http://www.simonpages.com/ems/jobs                                                                                                                    Clever, good resource for career projects for primary grades

•  Non-traditional Careers for Girls                                  http://www.womenswork.org/girls/careers.html                                                                                                             Role Model Project for Girls! Geared to intermediate elementary grade levels, this site  includes career information as well as character education, stressing courage and persistence.