A practicum project was undertaken to develop and implement a career education program that would introduce third graders to career opportunities. The setting for the project was an industrial city in the Midwest. The goals addressed in the set of structured activities developed were to: (1) increase third graders' awareness of career opportunities; (2) help students understand and appreciate the responsibility that workers have to their communities; (3) help them develop better communication skills; (4) help them identify appropriate learning skills for various occupations; and (5) encourage students to read about various careers. A variety of 30-minute activities were developed to accomplish these goals during the 10-week program. The following were among the types of activities developed for the project: role playing, tours of local businesses, compilation of career scrapbooks, book reports on supplementary reading materials, guest speakers, development of career booklets, and parent inservice sessions. Most of the students involved in the project were able to demonstrate a knowledge of at least 80 percent of the questions included on the project posttest. (MN)