Classroom Activity Guide

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Middle Grade Career Exploration Starts HereThe Emerging Tech Careers series introduces students to tomorrow’s careers today! Each of the eight titles spotlight a popular high-tech innovation sure to capture the imaginations of tech-savvy students. Each book combines high-interest content designed to inform, engage, and inspire future innovators!

Each Emerging Tech Careers title features six career profiles. Each profile includes two interactive sidebar features:

Imagine It!D Activitiesofferopportunitiesto

applyinformationinage-appropriateways.Someactivitiesinvolveonlineresources.Otherssuggestprojectideasthatimmersestudentsinsubjectmatterinactiveways.

Dig Deeper!D Activitypromptsinvitepurposeful

explorationofthetopicviaonlineandotherresources.

The Exploring Emerging Tech Careers reproducible hand-out included in this guide offers readers a chance to reflect on these experiences and share their discoveries.

At the end of each book, readers are challenged to Can You Imagine? what comes next in the world of technological innovation. A reproducible hand-out for this activity is also included in this guide.

Grade Reading Grade Level Interest LevelReading Levels Level Equivalent by Grade

Artificial Intelligence W 6 5 – 12

Drone Technology W 6 5 – 12

Nanomedicine Y 6 5 – 12

Personal Space Travel X 6 5 – 12

Robot Technology W 6 5 – 12

Self-Driving Car Technology X 6 5 – 12

Virtual Reality Technology X 6 5 – 12

Wearable Electronics X 6 5 – 12

Chose a Career Adventure (8 titles) introduces cool careers in some of America’s coolest places like Hollywood, the Military, NASA, and the White House.

Get a Job (6 titles) introduces surprising opportunities in familiar places like the Airport, Construction Site, Grocery Store, Hospital, Landfill, and Shopping Mall.

Find Your Future in STEAM (5 titles) introduces careers related to Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics.

World of Work (16 titles) introduces students to each of the nationally recognized career clusters.

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Emerging Tech Career (add title of career profile you read)

Name

Imagine It!D Describewhatyoudidandwhat

youdiscovered.

Dig Deeper!D Describehowyouexploredthis

careeranddiscoveriesyoumade.

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Can You Imagine?Think of a cool new way to use technology.

Write a story or draw a picture to share

your idea with others.

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