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Take a peek...What do you want
to be when you grow up?
South Carolina
Career Awareness ActivitiesIntegrating Basic Academics
Kindergarten - Second Grade
Please duplicate as needed for student use.
Activities available as PDF fi les at www.scois.net
This publication was adapted from “South Dakota Career Peeks” and “Montana Career Peeks.”
James E. Deal, Director
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Hi! My name is Gabe.I am learning about careers. Careers are made
up of the jobs people have during their lives.
Do you know what you want to be when you grow up?Th ere are so many choices! We have a long
time before we have to make up our minds.
For now, it is fun just to look at some of the
careers out there.
Let’s take aLet’s take a peek at what
you can become!
Some pages have a cocoon at the top of the
page. Th e words by the cocoon are names of
career clusters. A career cluster is a group of
careers that have things in common. Some
jobs fi t into more than one cluster.
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Th ere are 16 career clusters. Let’s see what people like
to do in each cluster.
Agriculture, Food & Natural ResourcesTh ese people like to work with plants, animals, rocks or water.
Architecture & Construction Th ese people like to draw or build things. Th ey work on things like houses, bridges and buildings.
Arts, Audio/Visual Technology & Communications Th ese people like to be creative. Some write, dance, sing, act or draw.
Business Management & AdministrationTh ese people like to run companies.
Education & TrainingTh ese people like to teach new things and skills.
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Career Clusters Guide
FinanceTh ese people like to work with money.
Government & Public AdministrationTh ese people like to work for the public. Th ey work to make lives better.
Health ScienceTh ese people like to keep people and animals healthy.
Hospitality & TourismTh ese people like to help people when they go on trips or go out to eat.
Information TechnologyTh ese people like to work with computers.
Human ServicesTh ese people like to help people, families and groups.
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Wow! I like to do a lot of the things listed in the clusters.
How about you? You have a long time before you need
to fi gure out what you like the most. For now, let’s look
at some careers and see what you can become!
Law, Public Safety, Corrections & SecurityTh ese people like to keep people and places safe.
ManufacturingTh ese people like to work with machines. Th ey put things together.
MarketingTh ese people like to sell things or services.
Science, Technology, Engineering & MathematicsTh ese people like to solve problems and test things. Th ey like to use math and science.
Transportation, Distribution & LogisticsTh ese people like to work with planes, trains, ships or vehicles. Th ey move people and things.
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South Carolina Architecture&
Construction
Architects create plans for places like homes, buildings,
bridges and parks. Th ey create places that are useful and
safe. Th ey also want them to look nice. Th ey choose
the building supplies. Th ey draw detailed plans called
blueprints.
Draw a house that is longer thanthis one.
Circle the apartment building that is longer.
Use a blue crayon to Circle the bridge that is shorter. Use a red crayon to Circle the bridge that is longer.
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Circle the bike that is on the left. Circle the pacifi er that is on the right.
Color the lamp on the right blue. Draw a picture on the computer screen on the left.
Draw a beach ball on the right side of the umbrella. Draw a sun on the left side of the umbrella.
Assemblers put things together. Th ey work in
factories. Some of them work on only part of a product.
Some of them work on a whole product. Th ey use many
tools. Th ey put together things like toys and cars. Th ey
work in teams.
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Hospitality & Tourism
Bakers mix and bake food. Th ey make things like breads,
cakes and cookies. Th ey follow recipes. Th ey use mixers,
measuring cups and spoons.
Th e pictures are things a baker might use or make. Circle the pictures that have the vowel sound of the letter shown.
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Bookkeepers keep track of money. Th ey keep
records of how much money a place earns and spends.
Some pay bills. Some send out bills. Th ey work in all
kinds of places. Th ey plan budgets. Budgets tell
companies how much money they can spend.
Business Management & Administration;
Finance
Count the coins in the piggy bank. How much money is in the piggy bank?
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Bonus: Pet’s Playground got a bill. Th e bill is 74 cents. Does the piggy bank have enough money in it to pay the bill?
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Carpenters build things. Th ey work with wood. Th ey
use hammers, drills, saws and other tools. Th ey make things
like tables, houses and offi ces.
Count the things in each group. Put your answer on the line below each group. Add the groups together. Put your answer on the line to the right.
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Which tool would a carpenter not use? Circle it.
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Cashiers work in stores. Th ey run cash drawers.
Cashiers ring up sales. Th ey give customers
change. Th ey count money at the end of
their shifts. Th ey sometimes stock shelves.
Th ey help customers fi nd things.
Pretend you are a cashier in a candy store. Help the customers add the coins.
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Child care workers take care of children while
parents work. Th ey feed children healthy foods. Th ey keep
them safe. Th ey plan arts and crafts projects and games.
Th ey read to children. Th ey teach them numbers and
colors.
Match two pictures of things that rhyme with each toy (see next page).
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Child care workers, continued
Bonus: Draw something that rhymes with red.
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Count the number of objects in each set. Write the number on the line.
Clergy are leaders of some religious groups. Some are
called ministers, pastors, rabbis or priests. Th ey write
and give talks. Th e talks are called sermons. Th ey visit
sick people. Th ey lead weddings, baptisms and funerals.
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Computer programmers tell computers
how to do everything. Th ey write in languages called
codes. Th e codes must be exactly right. Computers
read these codes.
Draw the shapes that would come next in the pattern.
InformationTechnology
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Dentists are doctors who take care of people’s teeth
and gums. Th ey fi ll cavities and fi x broken teeth. Th ey treat
gum diseases. Th ey pull teeth that are too bad to be saved.
Cross out the things that do not help keep teeth healthy. What letter do the things you did not cross out start with? Write that letter on the line to the left.
Health Science
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Below are objects a drafter might draw. Count the number of shapes in the objects. Write the number in the blank space.
How many rectangles can you fi nd?
How many triangles can you fi nd?
How many circles can you fi nd?
Drafters draw plans. Workers use the plans to build
things. Th e plans show workers how to make things like
houses, cars, buildings, machines and toys. Most drafters
use computers.
Bonus: Use a blank sheet of paper to draw a picture of something a drafter would draw. Use lots of shapes in your drawing.
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Firefighters put out fi res. Th ey try to save people
and property. Th ey want to prevent fi res. Some make
sure fi re safety laws are obeyed. Th ey teach people
about fi re safety. Th ey help people who are hurt
or sick.
Circle the fi re truck that is the longest.
Circle the fi re hydrant that is the tallest.
Circle the fi re that is the widest.
Law, Public Safety,
Corrections & Security
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Th e words and pictures are things hair stylists use. Match the word to the correct picture.
Hair stylists wash, cut and style hair. Th ey color hair.
Some style hair for weddings and proms. Some take care of
customers’ skin, fi ngernails and toenails.
bow
comb
mirror
chair
scissors
brush
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Mail carriers take care of letters and packages. Th ey
sort mail. Th ey bring mail to homes and companies.
Th ey work outdoors in all kinds of weather. Th ey are
given mail routes. In cities, most of them walk these routes. In
areas that are more rural, they drive to places on their routes.
Government & Public
Administration
Mail carriers know their ABCs. Connect the dots from A to Z
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Th e pictures are things a mechanic would use. Count the number of things in each group. Write the number on the line.
Mechanics work on things like cars, trucks,
boats and motorcycles. Th ey fi gure out why things
do not work. Th ey fi x problems. Th ey use
many tools. Some use computers.
Transportation, Distribution &
Logistics
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Look at the pictures. Circle the changes.
Photographers take pictures. Th ey may work for
websites, newspapers or magazines. Some work in studios.
Th ey take pictures of people, food and other things. Some
take school pictures. Some take pictures at weddings.
Arts, Audio/Video Technology &
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Pilots fl y airplanes and helicopters. Th ey
move people, cargo and mail. Pilots look
at maps. Th ey check out weather reports.
Th ey plan the routes they take. Th ey must
keep records of their fl ights.
Transportation, Distribution &
Logistics
Add the math problems in the picture. Th en color the picture. Use these colors for the sums of the math problems:
3yellow
4red
5blue
1 + 3 =
4 + 0 =
3+ 2 2
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1+ 4
0+ 5
5+ 0
4+ 1
0+ 5
2+ 3
4+ 1
2+ 3
1+ 2
3+ 0
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Circle the item that holds more milk.
Truck drivers move things from place to place.
Th ey haul many diff erent things, like milk, candy,
animals or logs. Some drive short routes. Th ey stay at
home each night. Some truck drivers drive a long way.
Th ey spend some nights away from home.
Circle the item that weighs more.
Circle the item that holds more ice cream.
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Logistics
Circle the item that weighs more.
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Name the animals. Write your answers in the spaces.
Veterinarians are animal doctors. Th ey take care of
sick and injured animals. Th ey give medicine to
animals. Th ey take care of pets. Some take care of
farm animals. Some work at zoos. Vets teach
owners how keep their pets healthy.
Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources;
Health Science