Grade 8

2007-08 G/T Schedule

October       November         December          January         February           March          April          May

  8 - 1st       5 - 5th              3 - 2nd                7 - 5th             4 - 1st             {3 - 5th           7 - 2nd           5 - 6th

15 - 2nd      12 - 6th          10 - 3rd               14 - 6th           11 - 2nd          10 - 6th           14 - 3rd         12 - 7th

22 - 3rd      {19 -7th          17 - 4th              {21 - SD           18 - 3rd           17 - SB          {21 - 4th         19 - Advisory

29 - 4th       26 - 1st          C. Break             28 - 7th           25 - 4th           24 - 7th           28 - 5th          26 - No school

                                                                                                                     31 - 1st

(Location: 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th periods  = Room 604 (coach Rowland's)   

                   2nd and 3rd periods = HS Library)

 Unit of Study

My Career Journey 8 - A guidebook will be provided

2004 A.Novak  

Career Research:

1. http://www.cdr.state.tx.us/realitycheck/ (Reality Check)
2. http://www.ioscar.org/tx/mainmenu.asp (OSCAR - Self-Assessment)
3. http://www.bls.gov/k12/ (What do you like? - Bureau of Labor Statistics)
4. http://www.personalitypage.com/careers.html (Common Career for Personality Types)
5. http://tinyurl.com/yo8g5f  - (Wages)
6. http://www.acinet.org/occ_intro.asp?id=1,&nodeid=1  - (Occupation Profile)
7. http://www.acinet.org/acinet/oview5.asp?Level=Overall   - (America's Top Paying Careers)
8. http://socrates.cdr.state.tx.us/iSocrates/occprofiles/profile_select.asp    - (Career Analyse/Profile)
9. http://www.resumagic.com/highestpayingjobs.html (Highest Paying Jobs in America)
10. http://www.careerinfonet.org/videos.asp?id=27,&nodeid=27  - Videos
11. http://www.bls.gov/search/ooh.asp?ct=OOH (List of Occupations - Occupational Outlook Handbook)
12. http://www.careerinfonet.org/Occupations/select_occupation.aspx?9. next=occ_rep&level=&optstatus=111111111&id=1&nodeid=2&soccode=&stfips=&jobfam= -  (Occupation Profile)
13. http://jobstar.org/tools/career/career.php#Happening (Career Guide for Everyone - current events)
14. http://www.mapping-your-future.org/ (Mapping Your Future - articles)
15. http://www.personalitypage.com/careers.html - Personality Types
16. http://www.asvabprogram.com/ - ASVAB Career Exploration Program
17. http://careerplanning.about.com/od/occupations/a/career_briefs.htm - Career Briefs
18. http://www.kids.gov/6_8/6_8_careers.shtml - Careers on Kids.gov
19. http://www.careervoyages.gov/about-main.cfm - Career Voyages
20. http://www.collegegrad.com/ - Top careers
21. http://www.jobprofiles.org/ - Job Profiles
22. http://jobprofiles.monster.com/ - Monster Career Advise
23. http://www.projectcareer.com/?code=G71-CPC50701-CareerTest&gclid=CIGxqLpylwCFQljSgodkC91Vw - Free Personality Test
24. http://www.khake.com/index.html - Vocational Information Center

 

 

Self Assessment:

1. http://www.ioscar.org/
2. http://content.monster.ca/tools/quizzes/leadership/
3. http://assessment.monster.ca/
4. http://similarminds.com/career.html
5. http://content.monster.ca/tools/workstyle/
6. http://www.collegefortexans.com.  (free SAT,GRE,ACT practice tests)

Careers:

1. http://www.bls.gov/ - Resources on careers
2. http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm - Career Outlook Handbook - updated weekly 
3. http://www.bls.gov/k12/index.htm - Career Outlook Handbook for Kids
4. http://www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Explore_types_of_jobs/p!elmjX (career research)
5. http://www.texasmentor.org/career/CareerCenter/career_alpha_list.asp
6. http://www.iseek.org/sv/13200.jsp (salary)
7. http://www.careers-internet.org/noncareerlist.htm#nowhere 
8. http://www.jist.com/bobest2.htm  (Salary)
9. http://www.resumagic.com/highestpayingjobs.html (salary)

 

Space:

http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/astronauts/wannabe.html

http://www.mcn.org/Apollo13/Astro.html

http://www.engology.com/articleastronaut.htm

http://www.space.com/teachspace/module_astronaut_0900/become_astronaut_0900.html

http://www.space.com/teachspace/module_astronaut_0900/poll/poll_discussion_0900.html

http://www.nasajobs.nasa.gov/

 

Military:

http://www.todaysmilitary.com/app/tm/careers 

http://www.iseek.org/query.html?col=iseekall&charset=iso-8859-1&ht=0&qp=url%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.iseek.org%2Fsv%2F12120.jsp&qs=&qc=iseekall&pw=100%25&ws=0&la=en&qm=0&st=1&nh=10&lk=1&rf=0&oq=&rq=0&si=0&tp=ca&style=Career&qt=&B1=Search+%3E

 

Fashion Designer 

http://www.iseek.org/sv/13000.jsp?id=100078

http://www.stylecareer.com/fashion_designer.shtml

http://www.calmis.cahwnet.gov/file/occguide/FASHION.HTM

http://www.fabjob.com/FashionDesigner.asp

http://www.my-career-education.com/fashion-design-schools.htm?nopop=1&xid=0&CID=80983&KWID=career%20fashion%20designer&SID=KE15857410

 

Private Investigator

http://www.pihome.com/piinformation/newpi.asp

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos157.htm

http://www.fabjob.com/privateinvestigator.asp

http://www.howtoinvestigate.com/picourse/

 

THINKING SKILLS

 

http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/ - Optical Illusion

http://www.eyetricks.com/illusions.htm - Optical Illusion

http://web.mit.edu/persci/people/adelson/checkershadow_illusion.html - Optical Illusion

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/games/magic-gopher-central.swf - Magic Math

 

 

 

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