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At my elementary campus, we bring in speakers for career day and we do a rotation all around campus. Our school sends out an invite to parents and community members so we can get a variety of speakers. The coolest speaker we had was an FBI agent and veterinarian who brought in several pups and kitties! Other careers we have had: various engineers, realtors, paramedics, dentists, sheriff, attorney, pharmacists, etc! They also got to dress up in their career of choice if they wanted to too! They all take a survey to determine what careers align to their interests and they do some basic research using an occupational handbook site to create a 1 page Canva flyer for a career of interest.
When I first saw OP say escape room, I was thinking a digital escape room which could definitely be fun as a career rotation. Be sure students have done digital escape rooms before though! My 4th graders love the challenge of an escape room and can be super fun if well managed. You really have to think through the logistics and adjust based on your student’s abilities. And of course, YOU attempt the escape room first so you know where the possible kinks could be!
What about students researching and dressing up to present “A Day in the life of a…” They can do the research of a selected (and teacher approved) career, conduct an interview, create a presentation, or make a video about that career. Of course you’d need to give them a clear checklist of requirements and a scoring rubric, but I think that’d be very interactive! You could give them a menu of options for products, etc. We don’t get to go that much in depth with careers at the elementary level, but I can see my middle schooler really getting into something like that if she could do the project with a friend! Or maybe career charades! lol That could be fun acting out a career card!🤣
You’re welcome! ☺️ Love that you’re open to some new ideas to get the students more engaged! 💕
Sounds like an interesting idea! Maybe find ones to incorporate a bunch of different career paths to get out of the room? Definitely room for a lot of creativity in that one! Also I see huge returns on doing interactive things with my students, really does help them remember.
I have put the idea to some of our Middle school business teachers and our CTE. We are kind of bouncing the idea aroubd to do it as school corporation-wide event.
I don't know, my initial reaction is that could come off as a little problematic. Just the idea of putting kids in an escape situation could create problems, even if the kids are into it there's going to be some parents who aren't. Probably a good idea to bring it up with school administrators and take the temperature before you proceed with any planning.
You are probably right. I just want to add some pizazz to my classes this year.
If your students are anything like mine, they act like they have undiagnosed ADD. If the event is supposed to me more fun than educational, you can't really go wrong with a visit to a natural history museum. All kids love dinosaurs. Not many know the difference between Manet and Monet, so the art museum would end up with boys looking for the nude portraits. An escape room is fun, but I think it would be better suited to high school students whose attention spans and reasoning ability are more mature.
The ADD thing is so for-real for Middle School kids. I understand the museum idea. Our Summer Enrichment Camp has a trip to a huge museum, and the kids in my group were so engaged and participated in the activities.
What if you created a virtual escape room online?
I am definitely going to look into doing the virtual escape room.