Scholarships & Internships:
Pathways to Your Career

Students gain exposure to the internship experience at Amazon as they discover what a day in the life of an intern looks like, navigating office culture, and more!

On the tour, students will go behind the scenes at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters and meet current and former Amazon Interns who will talk about their experience as an intern. Students will learn what it’s like to intern at a tech company, debunk myths about internships, learn about office culture, get tips for the application process, and more!

The 40 minute, interactive tour is aligned to International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) standards. The Teacher Toolkit includes a facilitation guide, worksheets, and other resources to support learning during the tour. Recommended for grades 8+.

Scholarships & Internships: Pathways to Your Career is aligned to the following CSTA standard:

• 2-CS-02 Design projects that combine hardware and software components to collect and exchange data.
  
  Concepts: Computing Systems
  Subconcept: Hardware & Software
  Practices: Creating

The tour is aligned to the following International Society for Technology in Education standards:

• Empowered Learner: - 1.1a Learning Goals - Students set learning goals, develop strategies leveraging technology to achieve them and reflect on the learning process to improve learning outcomes.
• Empowered Learner - 1.1b Customized Learning Environments - Students build networks and customize their learning environments in ways that support the learning process.
• Digital Citizen - 1.2.b Online Interactions - Students demonstrate empathetic, inclusive interactions online and use technology to responsibly contribute to their communities.
• Global Collaborator - 1.7.a Global Connections - Students use digital tools to connect with peers from a variety of backgrounds recognizing diverse viewpoints and broadening mutual understanding.
• Global Collaborator - 1.7.b Multiple Viewpoints- Students use collaborative technologies to work with others, including peers, experts and community members, to examine issues and problems from multiple viewpoints.
• Global Collaborator - 1.7.c Project Teams - Students contribute constructively to project teams, assuming various roles and responsibilities to work effectively toward a common goal.
• Knowledge Constructor - 3a.Students use effective research strategies to find resources that support their learning needs, personal interests and creative pursuits.
• Knowledge Constructor: 1.3.a Effective Research Strategies - Students use effective research strategies to find resources that support their learning needs, personal interests and creative pursuits.
• Creative Communicator: 1.6.a Choose Platforms or Tools - Students choose the appropriate platforms and digital tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication.

Kahoot!: The fun, game-like tour will be available for FREE on Kahoot! to all interested classrooms and families. Students can play each other while learning about the internship experience. No account required.