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Government Sites
Animal Keeper - Kids.gov Career Spotlight - Meet Juan Rodriguez, Animal Keeper of the
Asia Trail at the National Zoo.
Archeology for Kids - Do you like to dig in the dirt? Figure out stories from clues? These are all
things archeologists do - maybe you're one, too!
Architect - Kids.gov Career Spotlight - Meet Tony Alonso, Regional Chief Architect of the
General Services Administration.
Archivists - People in this career field appraise, edit, and direct safekeeping of
permanent records and historically valuable documents and art.
Aviation
and Space Careers - Find out how to become a mechanic or a pilot.
Bird Specialist - Ornithologist - Meet wildlife biologist Sarah Stock, who is an
ornithologist (a person who studies birds) specializing in owls.
Book Conservator - Kids.gov Career Spotlight - Meet Yasmeen Khan, Rare Book
Conservator at the Library of Congress.
Botanist - Yosemite National Park - Botanist Martin Hutten, who is the manager of
Yosemite National Park's invasive plant program, talks about invasive plants.
Career Videos - CareerOneStop - Find videos about occupations in different
industries.
Chefs, Head Cooks, and Food Preparation and Serving Supervisors -
Chefs, head cooks, and food preparation and serving supervisors oversee the daily food service operation of a
restaurant or other food service establishment.
CIA Museum: The People Behind the
Magic - Meet the people that make exhibits come to life and are the staff of the CIA Museum.
EEK! - Career Zone - If you think you might want to have a job that involves helping take care
of the environment, check out these careers.
Federal Veterinarians at Work - Over 3000
veterinarians work for the federal government. Federal veterinarians also have important jobs with the NASA, the
Food and Drug Administration and the Center for Veterinary Medicine.
Fire Archeologist - A fire archeologist provides information on vulnerable plant or
animal species, or cultural resources--before, during and after wildland fire incidents and prescribed burns.
Health and
Science Careers - If you curious, like numbers, and like adventures, maybe you should become a
scientist!
How Do Archeologists Work? - Archeologists work by digging into sites and collections.
When they excavate, archeologists use tools you might recognize.
Human Capital Management Specialist - Meet Celia. She works for the Congressional
Research Service as a recruitment coordinator.
Marine Biologist - Forces of Change - Meet Carole Baldwin. She's an authority on marine
biology who specializes in tropical-marine and deep-sea fishes.
Mathematician Quiz - Answer these questions and learn which famous mathematician shares
your interests.
Museum Technicians and Conservators - The people in these career fields prepare
objects, such as fossils or skeletal parts, for museum collections and exhibits. They also restore documents or
install, arrange, and exhibit materials.
Museum Work: Put Your Skills on Exhibit - Meet Pam Hatchfield, conservator. She
goes to work and she’s helping to preserve a little piece of history for generations to come. A museum hires
workers in a variety of occupations to help share its treasures with the public.
Oceanographer - Careers in Earth Science - Oceanographers help us
gain a better understanding of how our oceans, and living creatures in them, function as an ecosystem.
Oceanography contains a wide range of jobs including engineers, marine biologists, and zoologists (people who
study animals).
Oceanographer - Forces of Change - Meet David Adamec. He's a physical oceanographer
who has pioneered a new way of seeing the ocean.
Peace Corps - Kids.gov Video Spotlight - Meet Patricia Wand, Laura Kutner and Elizabeth
Spellman, former Peace Corps Volunteers.
Peace Corps
Challenge - This game gives you the opportunity to work in the fictional village of Wanzuzu as a
Peace Corps Volunteer.
Research
Chef - Research chefs create new foods for restaurant chains, coffee shops, and food
manufacturing companies. They use both culinary training and knowledge of food science.
Restaurant Careers - The hard work of the kitchen, bar, and dining-room staff gets food
and drink from menu to mouth. Learn about four careers: cooks, executive chefs, servers, and bartenders.
Scientists @ the Smithsonian - Watch and read about these scientists at the
Smithsonian. What kind of scientist would you like to be?
Slide Shows - World Wise Schools - Listen to Peace Corps Volunteers talk
about their experience and express their opinions through their own photographs and in their own voices.
Space Agriculture
in the Classroom - Learn about the space program and the role of agriculture in our economy and
society. Helps students see the connection between agricultural practices on Earth that relate to space-based
research, particularly in the plant sciences.
Space
Place Live - Kate and Carlos interview real scientists who work on space projects to find out what
it’s like to work as a scientist, how they got started in science, and what they like to do for fun.
Special Agent Undercover - Help Special Agent Bobby Bureau get in disguise for his
undercover assignment.
Stories From the Past - WebRangers - More than 10,000 years ago, people began to
live in North America. These early people left behind clues about their lives in the form of pictographs (drawings on
a rock walls) and petroglyphs (carvings scratched into rock.)
Treasurer of the United States - Kids.gov Career Spotlight - Meet Rosie
Rios, Treasurer of the U.S. Her signature is actually on dollar bills!
Videos - Coverdell World Wise Schools - Vivid videos of daily life in Peace
Corps countries from Kyrgyzstan and Sri Lanka to the Dominican Republic and Paraguay.
White House Chef - Kids.gov Career Spotlight - Meet Cris Comerford, Executive
Chef at the White House.
Working for the Great Outdoors - A Day In The Life - Take a closer look at just what it's like
"on the job" for people of the Forest Service.
Other Resources
Animal
Doc - The interactive site, created by the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia,
guides children through a variety of topics like understanding dog behavior, fun facts about sheep and Paco's
story, in which a little donkey has his leg fixed.
Building
Big™ - Explore large structures and what it takes to build them with Building Big™ - this
includes bridges, domes, skyscrapers, dams, and tunnels.
Dog Doctors - Print and Coloring Sheets - Take a look and print these fun
coloring sheets of Bernese Mountain Dogs.
Marine Science Careers - Georgia Aquarium - Find out what a
Research Biologist, Marine Mammalogist, Ichthyology, Biological Oceanographers and more do on a daily
basis.
Oceanographer - Interview with
Sylvia Earle - National Geographic Kids - Ever since she was knocked over by a wave as a little girl,
oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle has been fascinated by the ocean. See what she has to say about studying the
ocean.
Page Revised - 12/20/2011
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