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:
- write a one page report on each
job you researched
- send highlights of the job to your teacher via e-mail
- be prepared to make an oral presentation to the class
- 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:
- Open Netscape, select "File" and "Open Location"
- Type in this address "gopher://UMSLVMA.UMSL.EDU"
- 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.