As a teller, and later a customer service representative at a bank, students are exposed to the world of banking and topics such as check negotiability, fraud, bribery, and credit. They engage in such activities as counting and tallying cash, critically reading workplace documents, evaluating credit card applications, and explaining in writing their business decisions.
- Includes 13 episodes
- For middle school students
- Often used in summer and after-school programs
- Can be used to support balanced literacy, in school-year language arts or content-area classes
- Used successfully in theme-based academies (finance)
- Can be used in career awareness and exploration classes
Available as a Complete Learning Environment
As a physician’s assistant trainee at a clinic, students collect data, analyze information about patients’ ailments and recommend treatment. They engage in such activities as using a microscope, reviewing x-rays, graphing and evaluating test data, conducting patient interviews, and writing patient discharge plans.
- Includes 8 episodes
- For middle school students
- Often used in summer and after-school programs
- Can be used to support balanced literacy, in school-year language arts or content-area classes
- Used successfully in theme-based academies (health)
- Can be used in career awareness and exploration classes
Available as a Complete Learning Environment
As editor-in-chief of a magazine, students are introduced to the world of publishing. They engage in activities such as researching story topics, editing stories, choosing photographs and graphics, and reviewing budgets and advertising goals.
- Includes 10 episodes
- For middle and high school students
- Often used in summer and after-school programs
- Can be used to support balanced literacy, in school-year language arts or content-area classes
- Used successfully in theme-based academies (journalism)
- Can be used in career awareness and exploration classes
Available as a Complete Learning Environment
As plant manager of a paper company, students learn about four broad environmental topics: land use and conservation, water use and pollution, air quality, and recycling. They engage in such activities as measuring plots of land, conducting soil experiments, writing reports and memos, interpreting graphs and charts, and balancing budgets.
- Includes 12 episodes
- For middle and high school students
- Often used in summer and after-school programs
- Can be used to support balanced literacy, in school-year language arts or content-area classes
- Used successfully in theme-based academies (environmental)
- Can be used in career awareness and exploration classes
Available as a Complete Learning Environment
As managing director of a sports network, students explore the world of sports entertainment and the cable industry. They engage in activities such as creating algebraic formulas to determine program lineups; reading memos, contracts, and other business documents for main ideas and details; plotting points on graphs to analyze trends in viewing; and making written recommendations using supporting facts and details.
- Includes 12 episodes
- For middle and high school students
- Often used as a summer and after-school program
- Used successfully in high school transition programs
- Can be used to support balanced literacy, in school-year language arts or content-area classes
- Used successfully in theme-based academies (sports, television and radio)
- Can be used in career awareness and exploration classes
As executive director of a small community foundation, students are introduced to issues in citizenship, community responsibility, neighborhood safety, town politics and the criminal justice system. They engage in such activities as evaluating proposals, meeting with community leaders, attending town meetings, plotting and interpreting survey data, creating budgets, and designing a town park using scale drawings.
- Includes 12 episodes
- For middle and high school students
- Often used in summer and after-school programs
- Used successfully in high school transition programs
- Can be used to support balanced literacy, in school-year language arts or content-area classes
- Used successfully in theme-based academies (civics, community service)
- Can be used in career awareness and exploration classes
Available as a Complete Learning Environment
As a lawyer in a small, general practice law firm, students learn about civil and criminal situations and explore American democracy and legal principles. They engage in such activities as examining written evidence, reviewing contracts, evaluating case files, selecting juries, calculating firm expenses and fees, and making written recommendations using supporting facts and details.
- Includes 12 episodes
- For middle and high school students
- Often used in summer and after-school programs
- Can be used to support balanced literacy, in school-year language arts or content-area classes
- Successfully used in theme-based academies (law)
- Can be used in career awareness and exploration classes
As the general manager of a performing arts center, students learn aspects of management and event production, as well as about sets, costumes, stage direction, lighting design, script development, marketing, and advertising. They engage in such activities as comparing various performance genres, developing a fundraising plan, scheduling shows, writing memos about their decisions, and selecting art for exhibits.
- Includes 12 episodes
- For high school students
- Often used in school-year and after-school programs
- Successfully used in theme-based academies (performing arts)
- Can be used in career awareness and exploration classes
Available as a Complete Learning Environment
As managing editor of a daily newspaper, students face the challenges of running a newspaper and learn about the standards and traditions of journalism. They engage in such activities as checking resources, copyediting and reporting stories, creating story outlines and headlines, laying out the paper, meeting with community leaders, and analyzing budget and sales issues.
- Includes 12 episodes
- For high school students
- Often used in school-year and after-school programs
- Used successfully in theme-based academies (journalism)
- Can be used in career awareness and exploration classes
Related curriculum materials available for this simulation are:
Teacher’s Guide, Teacher Planner.
As a nurse in Part I, and as a nurse administrator or certified nurse practitioner in Part II, students work in hospital locations ranging from a clinic to an intensive care setting and are introduced to a variety of health issues. They engage in such activities as creating a balanced nutrition plan, conducting patient interviews, writing discharge plans, and graphing and evaluating test data. Parts I and II can be used over the course of a full year or as individual simulations.
- Includes 6 episodes
- For high school students
- Often used in school-year and after-school programs
- Used successfully in theme-based academies (health)
- Can be used in career awareness and exploration classes
Related curriculum materials available for this simulation are:
Teacher’s Guide, Teacher Planner.
As a nurse in Part I, and as a nurse administrator or certified nurse practitioner in Part II, students work in hospital locations ranging from a clinic to an intensive care setting and are introduced to a variety of health issues. They engage in such activities as creating a balanced nutrition plan, conducting patient interviews, writing discharge plans, and graphing and evaluating test data. Parts I and II can be used over the course of a full year or as individual simulations.
- Includes 6 episodes
- For high school students
- Often used in school-year and after-school programs
- Used successfully in theme-based academies (health)
- Can be used in career awareness and exploration classes
Related curriculum materials available for this simulation are:
Teacher’s Guide, Teacher Planner.
As project director in a technology solutions company, students learn about the business world of information technology. They engage in such activities as building algebraic equations, plotting points on a graph to view trends, reading and analyzing written information, and using ratios to compare technical data.
- Includes 12 episodes
- For high school students
- Often used in school-year and after-school programs
- Successfully used in theme-based academies (technology)
- Can be used in career awareness and exploration classes
Related curriculum materials available for this simulation are:
Teacher’s Guide, Teacher Planner, Assessments (Literacy).
As a financial counselor at a local community center, students advise local clients on topics such as budgeting, money management, saving, investing, spending and credit. They engage in such activities as reviewing clients’ income and expenses, reviewing loan applications, analyzing credit card options, and making written recommendations.
- Includes 5 episodes
- For middle school students
- Often used in school-year and after-school programs
- Used successfully in corporate employee volunteer programs in schools
- Can be used in career awareness and exploration classes
Related curriculum materials available for this simulation are:
Teacher’s Guide, Teacher Planner, Assessments (Literacy).
As vice president of a commercial bank, students explore issues of lending (mortgages, credit), savings and savings instruments (CDs, mutual funds, IRAs), and the role of a bank in a community. They engage in such activities as analyzing interest rates, projecting potential profits, writing an op ed piece for the local newspaper, calculating loan payments, and writing about the pros and cons of decisions they make.
- Includes 14 episodes
- For high school students
- Often used in school-year and after-school programs
- Used successfully in theme-based academies (finance, economics)
- Can be used in career awareness and exploration classes