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Students will design a want ad based on research into
various science careers. |
Primary Learning Outcomes
How do you write a want ad? What are the important items to be
included? How can I create a want ad for an interesting career in
science?
Additional Learning Outcomes
Assessed QCC Standards:
Grade: 6
Guidance
B. Educational and Occupational Exploration
4
Topic: Knowledge
of the benefits of educational achievement to career opportunities.
Standard: Describe the importance of
academic and occupational skills in the work world. Identify how the skills
taught in school subjects are used in various occupations. Describe individual
strengths and weaknesses in school subjects. Describe a plan of action for
increasing basic educational skills. Describe the skills needed to adjust to
changing occupational requirements. Describe how continued learning enhances the
ability to achieve goals. Describe how skills relate to the selection of high
school courses of study. Describe how aptitudes and abilities relate to broad
occupational groups.
6
Topic: Skills to
locate, understand, and use career information.
Standard: Identify various ways that
occupations can be classified. Identify a number of occupational groups for
exploration. Demonstrate skills in using school and community resources to learn
about occupational groups. Identify sources to obtain information about
occupational groups including self-employment. Identify skills that are
transferable from one occupation to another. Identify sources of employment in
the community.
Grade: 6
Language Arts
Grammar and Usage
7
Topic:
Standard: Writes
simple and compound sentences and avoids run-ons and nonfunctional
fragments.
9
Topic:
Standard: Applies
standards of American English to: -subject-verb agreement -cases of personal
pronouns -pronoun/antecedent agreement -principal parts of verbs -comparisons of
adjectives and adverbs.
10
Topic:
Standard: Applies
standard rules of capitalization.
11
Topic:
Standard: Spells
frequently used words and applies common spelling rules.
12
Topic:
Standard: Applies
standard rules of punctuation.
Listening
14
Topic:
Standard: Follows
oral directions and asks questions for clarification.
Reading
49
Topic:
Standard: Applies
reading strategies to specific content and subject matter.
Reference and Study Skills
55
Topic:
Standard: Retrieves information on a single topic from multiple sources
(periodicals, indices, almanacs, general and specialized materials, electronic
multi-media technologies, microforms, and databases).
Writing
74
Topic:
Standard: Produces various types of writing (personal, academic, business,
and vocational).
80
Topic:
Standard: Uses
available electronic communication technologies in writing.
Procedures/Activities
Step:
1 Duration: 5 min.
Discuss with students how employers fill job vacancies by
word-of-mouth, listing jobs with employment agencies and by advertising job
openings in the newspaper. Distribute newspaper want ads to the class and
discuss the listed ads--what information they contain and how useful they are to
job seekers.
Step: 2 Duration: 10
min.
Discuss with students the way want ads are arranged by type in
alphabetical order under headings such as accounting, administrative, banking,
caregiving, sales, technician, etc. Review the pertinent parts of the ad: The
type of worker needed, job duties, any educational, skill or experience
requirements for the job, location and information about the employer,
salary/wage information, and contact information. Is there other information
included to be eye-catching or interest the reader? Discuss these
items.
Step: 3 Duration: 10
min.
Discuss the importance of science in many different jobs and
have students identify any want ads in the paper for employment requiring
scientific knowledge.
Step:
4 Duration: 10 min.
Tell student that they will research careers that require
scientific knowledge on the internet and create a want ad for a particular job
that interests them. Write on the board that the want ad must include: The type
of worker needed, job duties, any educational, skill or experience requirements
for the job, location and information about the employer, salary/wage
information, and contact information. They may also include elements to catch
the eye and interest the reader.
Step:
5 Duration: 30 min.
Direct students to the Bureau of Labor Statistic web site
"Science at Various Levels is important in a Wide Range of Jobs." Instruct them
to review the list, find one job that interests them, click on that job and
collect information to write a want ad based on that job that includes the items
written on the board. They may also include elements to catch the eye and
interest the reader. Clarify directions, answer any questions and have students
begin.
Web Resources for Step 5
Title: Teacher's Guide to BLS Career
Information
URL: http://stats.bls.gov/k12/html/tch_sci1.htm
Annotation:
: This Bureau of Labor Statistics link lists various careers by the level of
science required from advanced, to applied to practical applications. Clicking
on the occupations listed provides information on the nature of the work,
conditions, employment, training and earnings, etc.
Materials and Equipment
Writing materials, want ads from the newspaper; chalkboard or
white board.
Standards (Local and/or National)
Total Duration
65 min.
Technology Connection
Computer with internet access and printer
Assessment
Students will be assessed on their want ads.
Extension
Remediation
Accommodation
Modification
For students with significant disabilities, what changes can
be made in instruction and teaching delivery to allow students to participate in
classroom instruction while working on IEP objectives and off grade level QCC
standards. Below are suggested modifications correlated to the procedures of
this lesson plan.
