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    Career in STEM Project

    Name________________________________Date_________________Period______

    Goal: Students will use technology to research careers in Science, Technology,


    Engineering, and Mathematics in order to increase their awareness, appreciation, and
    application of STEM in the “real world.”

    Timeframe: The Careers in STEM project will be spread across 3 school periods. We
    will have chromebooks in the classroom to allow for research and design. Students will
    be presenting the infographics to the class as the culmination of this activity.

    Learner Outcomes:
    ● Students will use established criteria to create an infographic on a chosen career
    ● Students will demonstrate (through their infographic) an understanding of "real
    world" application of STEM
    ● Students will use creativity and several resources to gather and synthesize their
    research
    ● Students will use technology as a research tool
    ● Students will organize their research in an organized and appealing manner
    ● Students will make an oral and visual presentation of their findings using
    established criteria

    Student Tasks & Responses


    Phase I: The Research
    Your first duty is to research information on one of many different careers available to
    these talented people in STEM. The research must contain the following information:

    ● Career Description
    ● Colleges: Cost and Scholarships
    ● Expected Salary
    ● Who is Hiring & Where?
    ● Employment Outlook
    ● Personality Traits

    Career Description

    Choose a career you may be interested in pursuing. Traditional sources of research are
    available: the career section in the newspaper, reference books in the library, or search
    Web sites on the Internet for ideas & responses of different careers.

    As you compile information there are items that must be included within your Career
    description:

    1. What education is necessary? High school Diploma? College Degree? Post


    Graduate Degree?
    a. Specifically identify what classes are required.
    b. What other tests or classes are also required.

    2. What do you do on a typical day in this career?


    a. Specifically what math is used on the career?

    3. How is math used in this career?

    Colleges: Cost and Scholarships

    Since most mathematics related careers require higher education (post high school),
    include information on colleges that offer programs related to your career. Also include
    scholarship information.

    Expected Salary

    Prospective clients will certainly want to know what salary they can expect. A better and
    more current source for salary information may be someone who is actually in the
    industry. When you make contact with a professional in your interested career to
    interview, salary should be a topic you address.

    Who is hiring and where are they?

    What companies need talented people in STEM? Are they located in urban or rural
    areas? Are careers internationally based or specific to the United States?

    Employment Outlook

    What is the employment outlook for people pursuing STEM? Are more careers becoming
    available or are they hiring fewer people in those careers? Are careers available for
    professionals in your chosen career?

    Personality Traits Best Suited for the Career

    There has been a tremendous amount of research done recently on personalities and
    careers. A person spends 8 to 10 hours, 5 to 7 days per week working. It might as well be
    at a career one enjoys. What personality traits are best suited for the career you are
    researching? This may be an area in which library research may produce better results
    than a Web Search.

    Phase II: The Infographic


    Now that you have all your research available, you are now going to create an
    infographic of the information, using any app; one such resource is easel.ly. Include as
    much information as you collected from the research phase, but use more pictures than
    text. Use appropriate photos/graphics, appropriate text style and font.

    BE CREATIVE!!!
    Name _______________________________ Period ________

    Rubric Checklist
    1. Research: contains cited information on Career description, colleges,
    expected salary, who is hiring and where, employment outlook, and personality
    traits for your chosen career. It specifically includes what and how math is used
    in the career (10 points).

    Due Date for Research Information _________________________

    2. Infographic: is submitted electronically (20 points) on Schoology. Visual


    must:

    ● Contain all sections from Phase 1


    ● Clear understanding of audience & purpose is demonstrated in the choice
    of source images or text.
    ● Correct source citations are included for any images or text used.
    ● Organized Consistently
    ● Layout makes it easy for viewer’s eye to skim/scan information
    ● Layout makes it easy to know what information is meant to be grouped
    together.
    ● Color & Contract make infographic easy to read.
    ● Font styles (not too thick, thin, or curvy) are easy to read and appropriate
    to context
    ● Font sizes is easy to read
    ● All Caps is not used
    ● No more than 2 different fonts and avoid too much bold or italics

    Due Date for Infographic Friday, Mar 24

    Total Scores

    1. Research Information (10 pts) _____________


    2. Infographic (20 pts) ____________

    Total Project Points (30 points) _____________________


    Below are some possible sites to search on the Web.

    Mathematical Sciences Career Information http://www.ams.org/careers/

    Career Builder http://careerbuilder.com/

    American Mathematical Society's -- Seeking Employment


    http://www.ams.org/committee/profession/seeking_employment.html

    Women in NASA http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/WON.html

    Careers In Math and Statistics http://www.math.yorku.ca/Careers/menu.html

    Career Center http://www.monster.com/

    Math Fields and Applications (mathematicians in industry and government)

    http://www.ams.org/careers/mathapps.html

    The College Guide

    http://mycollegeguide.org/

    Colleges and Universities

    http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/C.html

    CollegeNet (also a good site for financial aid)

    http://www.college.net.com/elect/app/app

    The College Board

    http://www.collegeboard.com/splash/

    Job Smart

    http://jobstar.org/index.php

    The Monster Board

    http://www.monster.com/

    www.jobsonline.net

    www.careerbuilder.com/employment
    Occupational Outlook Handbook

    http://stats.bls.gov/oco/oco2003.htm

    Seeking Employment in Mathematical Sciences

    http://www.ams.org/committee/profession/seeking_employment.html

    O*NET OnLine

    http://online.onetcenter.org/link/summary

    Careers Online

    http://www.careersonline.com.au/disc/jia.html

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