Career Pathways in Transit Curriculum English - Flipbook - Page 14
National Transit Career Day · November 12, 2026
STANDARDS
Alignment by activity
Standards each activity checks o昀昀
Every activity is built around a STEM skill and connects to the national frameworks most state
standards are built on: the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the Common Core State
Standards (CCSS). College pages use the NACE Career Readiness Competencies.
Grade band and activity
STEM skill
Standards
Early Elementary (K-1)
Coloring sheet
Earth science: weather; Math:
shapes; early literacy
NGSS K-ESS2-1; CCSS Math K.G.A.2;
CCSS ELA L.K.1a
Mid Elementary (2-3)
Transit Helpers match
Engineering design; career
awareness; word meaning
NGSS K-2-ETS1-1, K-2-ETS1-2, 3-5-ETS11; CCSS ELA L.2.4, L.3.4
Upper Elementary (4-5)
Word search + sentence
STEM vocabulary; de昀椀ne a
community need
NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1; CCSS ELA L.4.6, L.5.6,
W.4.2, W.5.2
Middle School (6-8)
Degree Detective
Evidence-based reasoning; STEM
careers
NGSS MS-ETS1-1; CCSS ELA RI.6.1-8.1,
W.6.2-8.2
High School (9-12)
Pathway Planner
Engineering design: problem,
criteria, constraints
NGSS HS-ETS1-1; CCSS ELA W.9-10.1,
W.11-12.1; National Career Clusters
Framework
Undergraduate
Degree-to-role map
Career and self-development;
communication
NACE Career Readiness Competencies
Graduate
Leadership statement
Leadership; professionalism
NACE Career Readiness Competencies
Using this in your state: each state sets its own standards and state tests. Codes above use NGSS and
CCSS numbering. Pages 15 and 16 show how closely each state's standards match these codes. These
activities build skills measured on state ELA, math and science tests; they are enrichment, not test prep.
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