AN INTERNET MATH/SCIENCE CAREER AWARENESS PROJECT

ACTIVITY ONE

Overview:

• You have already selected three jobs from a career area with your teacher.
• Now you will use the Internet to research these jobs.
• After you find the information, you will be expected to:
  1. write a one page report on each job you researched
  2. send highlights of the job to your teacher via e-mail
  3. be prepared to make an oral presentation to the class
  4. Your report needs to include the following information about each job:
     Nature of Work
     Working Conditions
     Future Outlook for this job
     Earnings (entry, median, max)
     Education and Training

Procedure:

1. Open Netscape, select "File" and "Open Location"
2. Type in this address "gopher://UMSLVMA.UMSL.EDU"
3. You will get a series of menus. Select each title in this order:
   Library
   Government Information
   Occupational Outlook Handbook
   OOH 1994-1995
   Job Descriptions Only

   Find the jobs that you chose.

CAREER AWARENESS PROJECT OVERVIEW

ACTIVITY TWO