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"an innovative online career exploration and planning system designed to make career exploration and planning fun and easy... students can choose an occupation & read the job description, interests it utilizes, skills required, education needed, average wages for entry level and senior level, and job outlook.

An article about GIS career pathways featuring one of our Crossing Boundaries advisory board members, Joseph Kerski.

TSA is dedicated to the needs of students interested in technology. "For Students" includes links to the newsletter, student scholarships, and information about following a STEM career path. "For Adults" contains toolkits & resources that support science and engineering learning.

Students learn about a few key migratory bird species and the USFWS National Wildlife Refuge System that conserves them, as well as the impacts of oil spills on the Gulf Coast ecosystem and its human communities. Introduces a variety of natural resource careers and the academic experience and job skills needed to be successful in these conservation positions.

"GIS is used as an inquiry-driven, problem-solving, standards-based set of tasks that incorporates fieldwork and provides career pathways that are increasingly in demand. It helps students think critically, use real data, and connects them to their own community. It does so in informal, primary, secondary, and university settings and appeals to today's visual learners. Geotechnologies, along with biotechnologies and nanotechnologies, are the three key skills and job markets identified by the US Department of Labor for the 21st Century (Gewin 2004)."

ESRI videos on GIS careers such as forester, conservationist, and helicopter pilot

Crossing Boundaries is a year-long professional development experience that entails access to the Crossing Boundaries curriculum, sustained teacher professional development, and a variety of opportunities for students to see scientific and environmental careers in action. Secondary teachers and students will analyze biodiversity conservation issues in their local or regional environment as well as in the Brazilian Amazon and Chiapas, Mexico.