Advanced Levels of Science in
Careers |
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Students will discuss jobs that require advanced levels
of science and post secondary preparation and use a worksheet to match
annual salaries to science careers. |
Primary Learning Outcomes
Which science career areas require four or more years of post
secondary training? What are the annual salaries of those careers?
Additional Learning Outcomes
Assessed QCC Standards:
Grade: 7
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.
Procedures/Activities
Step:
1 Duration: 10 min.
Discuss with students how science skills are are basic to some
careers and transferable between careers. In many careers a post secondary
degree and advanced degrees are required. Survey the class to identify some of
these careers (physician, dentist, teacher, registered nurse, engineer,
etc.)
Step: 2 Duration: 5
min.
Ask students what expectations are raised by pursuing a
four-year or advanced post secondary degree (better jobs, higher pay, more
challenging work, more choices in careers, etc.).
Step: 3 Duration: 10 min.
Distribute the Advanced Levels of Science in Careers Handout,
explain the directions, answer questions and have students complete the
handout.
Attachments for Step 3
Title: Advanced Levels of Science in Careers Handout Answer
Key FileName: Advanced Levels of Science in Careers Handouts Answer
Key.htm
Description: Answer key to the handout.
Title: Advanced Levels of Science in Careers Handout
FileName: Advanced Levels of Science in Careers
Handouts.htm
Description: Print and copy for each student.
Step: 4 Duration: 10
min.
Once students have completed the handout, discuss their
results.
Materials and Equipment
Writing materials; worksheet
Standards (Local and/or National)
Total Duration
35 min.
Technology Connection
Assessment
Students will be assessed on their handouts.
Extension
Have students research one of the careers on the handout and
report on the job duties and job outlook for that career.
Web Resources
Title: Science-at Various Levels-Is Important in a Wide
Range of Jobs
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.
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.
