Career Exploration and Research Project

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Total Pages: 23 pages
Answer Key: Rubric only
Teaching Duration: N/A
File Size: 2 MB
File Type: PDF

Spark your students’ curiosity about the future with this engaging Career Exploration and Career Research Project - perfect for middle school career prep! Whether you're teaching a Career Readiness course, ELA class, or content-area subject, this no-prep, print-and-go resource makes future planning exciting, structured, and meaningful.

Your students will start with an interactive online career quiz to identify interests and jumpstart brainstorming. From there, they'll embark on a journey of self-discovery and research, culminating in a creative career poster and a confident oral presentation. Built-in check-ins help keep everyone on track while promoting accountability and time management.

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What’s Included:

• Step-by-step teacher instructions
• Printable and digital career assignment sheets
• 6 student-friendly graphic organizers
• Curated research website links
• Points-based and levelled rubrics for easy assessment
• PDF & Google Slides formats for flexible classroom use
  

Perfect For:

• ELA units focused on informational writing or speaking skills
• Cross-curricular projects connecting research, writing, and presentation
• Career Readiness Programs
• Advisory Programs
• Career Day Activities
• Career Research Project
• Career Exploration

Students Will Develop Skills, Including:

• Career Research
• Digital Literacy
• Informational Writing 
• Summarizing
• Public Speaking 
• Visual Presentation
  

Why Teachers Love This Career Exploration Project:

• No Prep & Easy to Implement: Just print or upload to your LMS - everything is organized and ready to go. Perfect for busy teachers!
• Versatile Across Subjects: Whether you're teaching Career Readiness, ELA, Social Studies, or running a homeroom or advisory, this project fits seamlessly into your curriculum.
• Engages Even the Reluctant Learners: With an interactive quiz, visual project task, and personal choice, students stay motivated and invested throughout the entire process.
• Builds Real-World Skills: Teachers love that this project strengthens research, writing, presentation, and critical thinking skills that go beyond the classroom.
• Supports Differentiation: Graphic organizers and structured steps make it easy to scaffold for different ability levels, ensuring students can succeed.
• Assessment Made Simple: The included levelled rubrics take the guesswork out of grading and provide clear expectations for students.

Teacher Feedback

1. "Love Love Love THIS! Thank you so much for sharing! My 8th graders love the activities and I felt like they were engaged with this unit the entire time!"
2. "This was an awesome product! I did this with my students and I am amazed at the end product! I also really enjoyed how my students got to research something that they are interested in and their presentations to the class were a huge success. They are required to research and find a great amount of detail about the career of their choosing which I think was really great for them to develop these skills."
3. "This is probably one of the best resources I have ever purchased! This project was perfect for my 7th graders to keep them engaged and help them to feel successful in research. Research can be a BEAR, and this made it SO MUCH FUN! So thankful I came across this!"