career webquest

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INTRODUCTION

Theodore Pinkweather has just called Leslie Thomas Junior High in a panic. A former Leslie Thomas student, Theodore knew he could count on the students from his old neighborhood to lend a helping hand.

Theodore is in charge of the local Canada Employment Center. His office is a busy one, with people of all ages coming in to find out about different career opportunities and receive career counselling. Clients often like to take home some material to read on careers that are of interest to them. Theodore and his staff are quickly running out of printed resources and also need to update the pamphlets and posters they have in the office.

TASK

To help Theodore and his staff out, you are to create one of the following:

A pamphlet (either by hand or computer) or a poster (using a full size piece of bristol board)

Your pamphlet/poster should :

include a description of a career
outline the education and skill needed for that career
provide information on the future of such a career
give examples of related occupation titles
list one or more training institutions (if applicable)

The bonus here is not only will you be helping Theodore out, you will be learning all about careers that will be of interest to you!

PROCESS

Because the Employment Center wants to cater to people like yourself now and in the future, they have asked that you create a poster or pamphlet about a career that is of interest to you. Follow these directions:

1. Go to the Canlearn website (see link below under Resources). Read about Step One: Identifying your Skills and click on Student Planner.

2. Follow the directions given on the site. Answer all the questions in the Abilities and Aptitudes Quiz. This should take you about 20 minutes.

3. When you are finished answering all the questions, the computer will show you a screen entitled Student Planner Quiz Results. Read through this list and click Continue at the bottom of the screen.

4. The computer has sorted through thousands of careers based on the information you provided in the quiz and come up with a list of careers that may be of interest to you. Click on any of the careers listed to find out more information.

5. Select the career which seems most interesting to you. On a sheet of paper, put the headings: Description, Education, Employment Outlook, Examples of Occupation Titles, and Institutions.

6. Use the information provided in the Canlearn website to record information under the headings you listed in #5 above.

7. Visit at least two other websites listed under Resources below to find out more information on the career you have selected.

8. Use the information you have collected to create a pamphlet/poster on the career. How you arrange the pamphlet/poster is up to you (feel free to be creative!) but remember it should:

be informative
be easy to read
be colorful
contain proper grammar and spelling
have your full name and class on the back.
indicate on the back of the poster/pamphlet the websites you used to collect your information

RESOURCES

Canlearn Job Futures

Youth Employment Information Destination 2020

EVALUATION

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4	Score
Layout	The pamphlet/poster has numerous spelling and grammar errors. Design of the poster/pamphlet is poor.	The pamphlet/poster has several spelling and grammar errors. Design needs some improvement.	The pamphlet/poster has little or no spelling and grammar errors. Design of the pamphlet/posters is good.	The pamphlet/poster has no spelling and grammar errors. Design of the newsletter is exemplary.
Information	The pamphlet/poster contains no factual information.	The pamphlet/poster contains factual information, but only includes basic information about the career selected.	The pamphlet/poster are relatively appropriate and factual. The information provided is good.	The pamphlet/poster meets the project requirements. The poster/pamphlet is interesting and allows the reader to have an understanding of the career selected.
Use of Class Time	Student did not use time well. Distracted others.	Student used class time fairly well.	Student made good use of class time.	The student remained on task, used his/her time wisely,

CONCLUSION

Your poster/pamphlet should be submitted to Ms. MacDonald by November 1, 2002 so that she may pass them on to Theodore.