Student learn how to follow written and verbal instructions
This is an introduction to pathways, skills and careers related to clothing & textiles. There is also an evaluation for the end of the unit.
Camera simulators for photography instructors and their students.
Learn about one town's conflict over the issue of spraying pesticides to combat disease-carrying insects, in this video segment from Greater Boston.
Examine the robust options of today’s gig economy, including part-time and temporary jobs, freelancing, and side hustles that can contribute to successful, rewarding careers.
Play with the camera controls found in the 'Creative Zone' of an EOS Digital SLR. Here, you can really dictate the outcome of your photos and get the effects you want. Your shots will appear below where you can review, get feedback and compare the settings you used.
Test your attention to UI details by picking the design that is most correct.
Success in one’s career depends on much more than just earning good grades in school. Help increase learners’ workforce readiness by building strengths in key interpersonal skills, such as problem solving, leadership, communication, teamwork and collaboration, and critical thinking, using this collection of resources produced by WGBH. The resources can be used to engage learners with media and prompt rich discussion in the classroom and other educational settings.
The collection is currently in development. Browse the initial set of resources—focused on nonverbal communication—and return for new content to be added over time.
What do you want to be when you grow up? Take a look at multiple career interviews to help narrow the field!
Apprenticeships are a win-win situation for both employers and the apprentices. Employers get a talent pipeline of skilled employees, and apprentices earn money while they learn the skills of the trade.
You can find apprenticeships in a broad range of industries: manufacturing, information technology, healthcare, construction, and more. Employers, employer and labor groups, and trade associations sponsor apprenticeships. They often partner with local colleges to deliver the classroom instruction.
In this video segment from NatureScene, explore Cartwheel Bay, a wetland in South Carolina, and learn about the variety of carnivorous plants native to this unique landform.
In this video adapted from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, learn about carnivorous plants that act as both producers and consumers in an ecosystem. See sundews and blatterworts capture and digest insects.
Students will learn the basics about cereal grains. They will learn the main seven types of grains, the nutritional value found in cereal, and they will cook with a grain. They will also be able to taste cereal and compare cereal with and without sugar being added.
Learn about the Chandra X-Ray Observatory's telescope system, science instruments, and spacecraft system in this interactive activity adapted from NASA.
In this video adapted from the Arctic Athabaskan Council, learn how warmer temperatures in the Arctic are transforming the landscape, triggering a host of effects such as permafrost thawing and insect infestations.
Thunder Jalili, University of Utah answers the question: What are the facts about health risks and cheese?
Grant and Russell Kohler, engineers and dairy farmers answer the question: What do technology, engineering, and math have to do with cheese?
Michelle Culumber, Weber State University answers the question: What is the difference between white and blue molds in cheese?
John Armstrong, Weber State University answers the question: What role does physics play in cheese making?
Jess Perrie, graduate student in cheese chemistry, Utah State University answers the question: Why are there so many different cheddar cheeses?