Take the Career Ideas Challenge!
Choose a career cluster. Download a career to explore.
Help students imagine their future careers!
The middle grades (5 – 7) are prime time for exploring careers. They are also an age-appropriate time for cultivating problem-solving skills. The Career Ideas Challenge lets students do both — explore careers within the context of solving real world problems. Each activity includes a brief career profile plus two challenges:
- an online research chase to find out facts about the featured career
- a story-based problem-solving sceneario that gives students a sense of the people, products, and processes associated with the featured career
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Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources

Architecture & Construction

Arts & Communication

Business & Administration

Education & Training

Finance

Government & Public Service

Health Science

Hospitality & Tourism

Human Services

Information Technology

Manufacturing

Marketing, Sales & Service
