STEM Career Exploration in Middle School Science Instruction

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This article provides an example of how career exploration can be embedded in an NGSS-aligned middle school unit to help increase student awareness, build interest in STEM careers, and introduce role models and mentors for students. Students develop science identity by doing science and studying topics that are relevant to their lives. Through these types of activities, they begin to see themselves as someone who understands and does science

Pages 3 - 11 in Michigan Science Teacher Association (MSTA) Winter 2021 Newsletter

Authors List

Tania Jarosewich

Renee Bayer

Hiladh Makori

Consuelo Morales