Connecting Real-World Skills to Career Roles
Watch the activity overview video. This video shows staff facilitating the activity featured in the skill video.
As you watch the skill video below, think about these questions:
- How does Dagen connect the skills youth use with their career roles?
- What questions does he ask youth to get them to think about the skills they use as part of their career role?
Now that you’ve watched the video, reflect on what you saw and post your responses.
- What are other ways you could connect youth to careers as part of this activity?
- What are some other questions you could ask youth to think about the skills they use in STEM careers?
- What other ways can you connect real-world skills to careers, outside of conversations?
Explore Engineering Practices
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Including All Learners
The facilitator adapts an activity to include strategies that support the unique needs of his audience which includes English language learners.
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Engage in Iteration
See how youth test their packaging designs to see if they can protect an egg, and how Denise and Jaimie organize the activity to challenge them to improve designs.
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Building Relationships for STEM Learning
Watch as Jennifer uses strategies to support and encourage youth when working on an engineering design challenge. Listen as Jennifer shares an important element to group management involving building relationships around STEM learning based on mutual respect and support.