Ben's
Guide to Your Community Helpers
Visit Ben Franklin's site to learn about firefighters, police, mail
carriers, and other important people in your town.
Career Information
Find out what careers are available to you based on which subjects
you like in school.
Career Trail
Interactive investigation of careers.
Career Quiz
Students, do you know what you want to be when you grow up? You
might not know the choice of your career yet but you do know what you like
and what you don't like--click on this link and then click on "Career Quiz"
to go to a free site for helping you to pick a job. Once you get
the answer to your career quiz click on the videos to learn about what
is involved to get into that particular career. (Then check out the link
below "Occupational Outlook Handbook" to get a job description.)
Career
Quiz--another interest inventory
Based on the RIASEC grid from John Holland's career investigation pathways.
Career
Voyages
Kids can read about jobs that interest them and see short videos.
Community Club
Scholastic presents community members who help in your town. Click
here to meet a librarian, utility worker, veterinarian and many others.
Community
Helper and Careers Coloring Pages
Find coloring pages for all kinds of people in your community.
Community
Helpers at Enchanted Learning
Print community books, coloring pages, and worksheets or create your
own town.
Get Tech Careers
Learn about jobs in the technology industry.
How to Become. . .
Here are the instructions to become just about anything.
Occupational
Outlook Handbook
Type in your job and get a detailed description with nature of work,
qualifications, salary range, and more.
Only A Teacher
Learn about the history of teaching, schoolhouse pioneers, and real-life
educators on this PBS site.
Test of Courage
Take an inside peek into the lives of firefighters and follow men and
women on their quests to fight flames. If you think you could be a firefighter
read about the tests you'd have to go through before joining the ranks.
What Interests You?
Click on an area of interest to learn about all the work areas it covers. |