NASA Aspire to Inspire - women encouraging girls to enter STEM careers

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUtA83OCYckG6iJTr2DTK3zjDTCiSOIMcncVxbZotNsYcbJ1cn4UF9NLvzC2rx8xCvHbRe3-n0uGr3FCKDWONeUnIpPGGhnBh35u84pcT40iu94u8Gt5l7DBZ-7iqqt-WefxyHABiNW9JU/s1600/aspire2inspire.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUtA83OCYckG6iJTr2DTK3zjDTCiSOIMcncVxbZotNsYcbJ1cn4UF9NLvzC2rx8xCvHbRe3-n0uGr3FCKDWONeUnIpPGGhnBh35u84pcT40iu94u8Gt5l7DBZ-7iqqt-WefxyHABiNW9JU/s400/aspire2inspire.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/search/label/NASA">NASA</a>, a source of great resources for educators, has another great site. <a href="http://women.nasa.gov/a2i/">Aspire 2 Inspire</a> is a part of the Women at NASA site and includes resources to help encourage girls to get interested in STEM careers. There are videos and stories about women in different science, engineering and technology careers and career information for students. Videos include real women NASA scientists and engineers. Students can also interact with these women via Twitter.<br /><br />This is a great way for girls to find out more about STEM careers from women in those careers.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_p9tvhyphenhyphenb7XH_wH7rsF9tFO8EmF_fcwKpM-9iNzEof7eNTwPPfqNwawPht_h4Q4TOHud3FIzxlCFrIR-75hQNtpDnjQepVIgyGJt6El78iqNmk2gD99cM5gmymRd2ctrBbHwv9K2Ssw6bV/s1600/aspire2inspire2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_p9tvhyphenhyphenb7XH_wH7rsF9tFO8EmF_fcwKpM-9iNzEof7eNTwPPfqNwawPht_h4Q4TOHud3FIzxlCFrIR-75hQNtpDnjQepVIgyGJt6El78iqNmk2gD99cM5gmymRd2ctrBbHwv9K2Ssw6bV/s400/aspire2inspire2.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>Related:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/search/label/NASA">More great educational resources from NASA</a><br /><br /><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/stem-science-tech-engineering-math.html">STEM Resources for Educators and Students</a><br /><br /><br />

NASA Aspire to Inspire - women encouraging girls to enter STEM careers

NASA , a source of great resources for educators, has another great site. Aspire 2 Inspire is a part of the Women at NASA site and includes...

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What Do You Like - career exploration web site from US Dept of Labor

<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8UPUJwqJiiEcb1sBGEDmC8NPPihHvpGEkEYlIK7PwFvQPh3MB6hEFBeLhCz_-Tf-8xfD2nVObWtefbw7C_HRqWsxJWEt8xeOAWQ1i3RGaWw0m2hk6oNiRMxSdqYZdRbNAO1TRTl4bk28/s1600-h/dol+-+career+exploration.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387269930073590338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8UPUJwqJiiEcb1sBGEDmC8NPPihHvpGEkEYlIK7PwFvQPh3MB6hEFBeLhCz_-Tf-8xfD2nVObWtefbw7C_HRqWsxJWEt8xeOAWQ1i3RGaWw0m2hk6oNiRMxSdqYZdRbNAO1TRTl4bk28/s400/dol+-+career+exploration.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 268px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>The US Dept. of Labor has a <a href="http://www.bls.gov/k12/">great site for students</a> to use to explore careers. It starts with the image above showing different school subjects. The students then click on a subject that they like, and the site links them to different careers that are similar to that subject.</div><div><br /></div><div>It is very easy to use and provides a new way for students to explore potential careers. There is also a <a href="http://www.bls.gov/k12/teachers_guide.htm">teacher's guide</a> and you can look at the careers in different lists. Not every career is here, but many are and the teacher or counselor can help the student find others.</div><div><br /></div><div>Another good site from the DOL is the <a href="http://www.bls.gov/OCO/">Occupational Outlook Handbook</a>. The OOH has information on different careers such as the employment outlook, education requirements, working conditions, and more.</div><div><br /></div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>

What Do You Like - career exploration web site from US Dept of Labor

The US Dept. of Labor has a  great site for students  to use to explore careers. It starts with the image above showing different school sub...

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STEM Career information resources for educators to share with students

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEvEcYOsYLY-NpwttX13p26pEfZJt7AKvtTYuOJWMJWyitDf86XwwJAK9dXxz3fJzfV1ps9enYVfaraQ_JMdK3xuJV7mq8oLBQW6X9jFdoB5hGVl680qDiKuqueXAW9qNYA5QhO2XYv_Y/s1600/cbia+education.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="60" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEvEcYOsYLY-NpwttX13p26pEfZJt7AKvtTYuOJWMJWyitDf86XwwJAK9dXxz3fJzfV1ps9enYVfaraQ_JMdK3xuJV7mq8oLBQW6X9jFdoB5hGVl680qDiKuqueXAW9qNYA5QhO2XYv_Y/s320/cbia+education.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Choosing a career is a tough thing for students. The more exposure they have to information about different career fields and what they do, the more informed decision they can make. Career shadowing, field trips, and guest speakers are great ways to expose them to these things.<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.cbia.com/edf/CareerPathways.htm">CBIA (Connecticut Business and Industry Association) has a great site with education</a> resources. One part of it is called <u>"Career Pathways."</u> In this section, there are videos and teacher's guides for helping students learn about different careers. I've used them and the resources are excellent. For the engineering career one, they have interviews with engineers and follow them on their daily work. The teacher guides have lesson ideas and student resources that make these very easy to use.<br /><br />I recommend them to career teachers and counselors as well as class room teachers. You can use these to connect what you are teaching to real world careers.<br /><br />The career areas are: Energy and Green Technology, Engineering, Health and Biosciences, and Manufacturing. Even though it is geared towards Connecticut, anyone can use these resources.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8wT-3Jb2lBoSSv4Uuqh5aj7OnEqn95JRjKRIi001IgCqph5IkHqUEeHoZgpnm9ufNqEHu0IzvCky11yiwbn0_077mhyHQpOC6Cgpaxd8LFlJ0xdYabjzh5Xa2DIo42jywkCb8YmLKnlk/s1600/cbia+career+resources.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8wT-3Jb2lBoSSv4Uuqh5aj7OnEqn95JRjKRIi001IgCqph5IkHqUEeHoZgpnm9ufNqEHu0IzvCky11yiwbn0_077mhyHQpOC6Cgpaxd8LFlJ0xdYabjzh5Xa2DIo42jywkCb8YmLKnlk/s400/cbia+career+resources.png" width="337" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Related:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2011/07/ctedu.html">CTEduOnline - career and technical education resources</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

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