● To motivate students get informed about career choices and make relevant
decisions in playful and highly involving activitiesTime needed:
It is a project for a scholar semester
Procedure
Appoint the specific scenario
This specific scenario is inspired by the scientific area of technical sciences and professions.
The scenario is adjusted to a real and specific project: The construction of a residence
Teacher gives children the idea of constructing a residence. He/ she may give them some
pictures with house schemes in all phases of construction. Then, a brainstorming conversa-
tion between students and teacher starts concerning this thematic area.
Part 1: Students are divided in groups of 5 (one should be team coordinator) and try to
make a draft plan with the phases of construction (conception of the idea up until the com-
pletion of the project : finding a building ground, studying the ground morphology, making
an antiseismic study, making the electro-mechanical design, planning and designing of
housing schemes, finding the appropriate antiseismic stock, finding a group of blue collars,
starting the construction, creating the external environment of the residence eg. a garden or
a swimming pool, studying the environmental impact of the construction and making a risk
assessment study). Teacher can give them some key words in order to find all the appro-
priate phases of the residence’s construction and the professions that suit them. Some of