Learning about Yourself involves AWARENESS. AWARENESS unlocks the door to the unknown. AWARENESS means pinpointing your interests, abilities, skills, talents, and values. AWARENESS helps you -
- UNCOVER the mystery.
- DISCOVER who you really are.
- KNOW your likes, dislikes, or interests.
Learning about Yourself is a journey.
On Day One
- Meet your Guide
- Get your Career Map
- Begin your journey to find the Treasure Chest.
On Day Three, use career test to find the HOLLAND CODES.
On Day Seven use your HOLLAND CODES to find careers that interest you.
Internet Resources for Teachers, Counselors, Parents, Adults, Kids and Children
Children Unlock Treasure Chest, Internet Resources for Teachers, Counselors, Parents, Adults, Kids and Children has information on career exploration web sites and books.
On Day Eight, you look at Exploring Careers Web Sites.
Here are the different types of Children Unlock Treasure Chest, EXPLORING CAREERS WEB SITES
- Curriculum
- Career Information
- Career Groups Science
- Specific Careers Science
CAREER KID CURRICULUM WEBSITES
RESOURCE ONE: CAREER CRUISER
The CAREER CRUISER is a career kid site/ guidebook for middle school students. The CAREER CRUISER has self assessment activities to match personal interests to careers. The CAREER CRUISER has information on HOLLAND CODES. Careers are grouped into 16 career clusters. The CAREER CRUISER has information on occupational descriptions, average earnings, and minimum educational level required for the job.
A Teachers Guide is also available.
RESOURCE TWO: Elementary Core Career Connection
The Core Career Connections is a career kid collection of instructional activities, K 6 and 7 8, designed by teachers, counselors, and parents. Each grade level has instructional activities that align directly with state department of education requirements. This instructional resource provides a framework for teachers, counselors, and parents to integrate career awareness with the elementary and middle level grade students.
CAREER KID INFORMATION
RESOURCE FOUR: Career Ship
Career Shipis a free online career teen exploration tool for middle and high school students.
Career Ship uses HOLLAND CODES and the O*NET Career Exploration Tools.
For each career, Career Ship provides the following information:
- Tasks
- Wages
- Career outlook
- Interests
- Education
- Knowledge
- Skills
- Similar careers
Career Ship is a product a publicservice web site providing career, college, financial aid, and financial literacy information and services.
RESOURCE SIX: Destination 2020
Destination 2020 helps youth discover how everyday tasks can help them build skills they will need to face the many challenges of the workforce.
Skills are linked to
- School Subjects
- Other School Activities
- Play Activities At Home
- Work at Home
Through career teen quizzes, activities and articles, students find some answers or, at least, a direction about their future. There are more than 200 profiles of real people who are describing what a day at work is like for them.
Career Kid CAREER GROUPS Websites SCIENCE
RESOURCE EIGHT: EEK! Get a Job Environmental Education for Kids
Eek! Get a Job Environmental Education for Kids is a career kid site/ electronic magazine for children in grades 4 8. Eek! Get a Job provides information about
- Forestry
- Hydrogeologist
- Engineering
- Herpetologist
- Park Ranger
- Wildlife Biologist
- Park Naturalist
There is a job description for each career, a list of job activities, suggested activities to begin exploring careers, and needed job skills.
RESOURCE ELEVEN: San Diego Zoo Job Profiles for Kids
San Diego Zoo is a career kid website that has job profiles. Job Profiles discussed jobs for people who
- Work with animals
- Work with plants
- Work with science and conservation
- Work with people
- Work that helps run the Zoo and Park
There are activities listed under each area, for example
- What we do
- Whats cool about this job
- Job challenges
- How this job helps animals
- How to get a job like this
- Practice Being a
- How to Become a
SPECIFIC Career Kid Websites SCIENCE
RESOURCE FOURTEEN: About Veterinarians
About Veterinarians is a website that has career kid facts about
- What is a Veterinarian?
- Veterinary Education
- Roles of Veterinarians
- Employment Outlook
- Becoming a Veterinary Technician
RESOURCE SIXTEEN: Engineering The Stealth Profession
Engineering The Stealth Profession has a lot of career kid information about engineers
- Types of Engineers
- True Stories
- Salaries
- Education Required
- Work Schedules
- Equipment Used
RESOURCE EIGHTEEN: Do You Want to Become a Volcanologist?
Do You Want to Become a Volcanologist? provides career kid descriptions of the
- Word ″Volcanologist″
- Daily work
- Traits for success
- Education
- Salaries
The Visual Aids or Screenshots from the Unlock the Treasure Chest Guidebook is an additional bonus for teachers, counselors, and parents. These screenshots are excellent for group presentations. The screenshots present the concepts covered in the Guidebook. With each purchase, you will receive Visual Aids.
The Unlock the Treasure Chest for Children. Guide to Career Exploration is a toolkit for teachers, counselors, or parents preparing kids and children for exploring careers.
Benefits
The Unlock Your Treasure Chest Guide to Career Exploration is a visual learning technique that is a fast, quick, and easy way to introduce careers and Holland Codes.
The benefits of the Unlock Your Treasure Chest Guide to Career Exploration are -
- Eye appealing - Is a colorful presentation
- Easy to use - Facilitates learning through the use of graphics
- Comprehensive - Shows the relationships between careers, interests, and Holland Codes
- Easy to understand - Simplifies the understanding of career exploration and the Holland Codes
- Easy scoring - Sorts quickly according to likes and dislikes
- Reproducible - Print as many posters as you need
As a visual learning technique, the Toolkit helps children, youth, and adults see and categorize career concepts, patterns, and relationships.
The Toolkit clarifies thoughts, integrates new knowledge, and promotes critical thinking. New concepts are more thoroughly and easily understood.
The Toolkit organizes and analyzes information. Children, youth, and adults -
- See how Holland Codes are connected to careers
- Realize how careers can be grouped and organized
The Toolkit also improves
- Attention Span and Concentration: holds audience's attention and helps people absorb information
- Memory Skills and Understanding: improves ability to absorb information
- Speed of Learning: reduces the time it takes to complete career tests.
The Unlock Your Treasure Chest Guide to Career Exploration is an excellent visual learning technique that has colorful posters, bingo cards, flash cards, and other visual learning aids.
Extra benefits: The Toolkit is reproducible. You can make as many copies as you need.
Features
The Unlock Your Treasure Chest Guide to Career Exploration has:
- Career assessment tests for kids
- Career exploration assessment tools
- Career exploration classroom activities
- Career planning curriculum
- Educational career assessment tests
- Educational resources that introduce information about Holland Codes and careers
The Unlock Your Treasure Chest Guide to Career Exploration is used to:
- Provide career exploration classroom activities for middle school students, children, and kids
- Provide career assessment tests for middle school students, children, and kids
- Identify Steps in the Career Planning Process
- Identify Holland Codes
- Match careers to Holland Codes
- Explore careers and career web sites
The Unlock Your Treasure Chest Guide to Career Exploration includes:
- 109 page Holland Code Resource Guide
- Career assessment tests for kids
- Career Reference Book
- Eight (8) Holland Code Crossword Puzzles
- 100 Holland Codes Occupational Posters
- 90 Holland Codes Mini - Posters
- NEW Exploring Careers and Holland Codes Game
- 100 Holland Codes Bingo Cards
- Exploring Careers and Holland Codes Game
- Flash Cards
- Career exploration activities sheets
NEW!!! Exploring Careers and Holland Codes Game
The EXPLORING CAREERS AND HOLLAND CODES GAME is an activity that helps find your career group. In the EXPLORING CAREERS AND HOLLAND CODES GAME, you will -
- Look at the pictures.
- Circle the picture of the job that you like.
- Count the circles in each row.
- Write the number of the circles at the end of the row.
- Find the career group that you are interested in.
The Career Groups are -
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HOLLAND CAREER MODEL
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EXPLORING CAREERS AND HOLLAND CODES GAMES
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A = ARTISTIC
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B = BUSINESS
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S = SOCIAL
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P = PEOPLE
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Cost for CD-ROM: $30
