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Middle school is a critical time when students form ideas and preferences regarding careers they might pursue. Employers sometimes have difficulties filling STEM job openings, yet students often are not even aware these jobs exist. The middle school science classroom is an excellent place for introducing various careers by integrating them into NGSS-aligned lessons. Integrating careers into science lessons does not need to require much lesson time nor does it need to be complicated. Adding this element makes a lesson more interesting and relevant by illustrating how science is used in the real world. We provide several strategies for integrating careers into your existing lessons. These include using bellringers to describe different careers, role-playing situations where the students view the target concept from a given perspective, projects with a career component, and direct instruction about specific careers. We recommend including careers with a range of education and skill levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]