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Science careers
Exploring science careers and educational requirements
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Science
6th Grade
03/13/2011

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Term

Encyclopedia of Careers & Vocational Guidance?

 

 

 

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Definition

A five volume career reference encyclopedia set that is used to locate and identify educational requirements and details about a particular career.

 

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quick facts

 

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Definition

-Career name

-School Subject

-Personal Interest/skills

-Work Environment

-Mininum Educational Level

-Salary Range

-Certificate / Licensing

-Outlook

 

*This Information is listed in the Encyclipedia careers & Vocational Guidance reference volumes.

 

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career

 

 

 

Definition

A profession or occupation that one does to earn a living. 

 

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required school subject

 

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Definition

Core classes that are neccesary to enter a specific career path or field of study.

                 

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personal interest/skills

 

 

Definition
Expertise, knowledge, abilities, trainning, experiences, likes, hobbies and or gifts that one must have to be qualified for a particular career.
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Work environment

 

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Definition

How the atmosphere; climate, surrounding, condition, area, subject, and individuals with in a particular work place. 

 

Where you work; school, farm, office, lab, home,  Indoors / Outdoors

 

Who you work with;people plants, animals, computers

 

 

 

 

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minimum educational level

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Definition

The least required amount of education that is necessary to qualify or be considered for a particular career. 

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salary range

 

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Definition

The starting and highest monetary earning scale for performing work force duties. It ranges from the mininum, average, and highest amount of money that an individual will receive as a their paycheck.

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certificate and licensing

 

 

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Definition

 

Classes, workshops, or test that may be required before entering a career field.

 

It needed to ensure that individuals are proficient, knowledgeable and well qualified to practice or perform tasks. 

 

It maybe required by a particular educational institution, place of employment, or state and federal regulated laws.

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Career Outlook

 

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Definition

The potential future growth, opportunities,  longavity, and competition for a particular career to be avaliable on the job market or field.

 

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educational degrees

 

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Definition

Associate degree - completed at junior community college 

 

Bachelor degree - four year college/university

 

Masters degree  - completed at a college /university 

It is refered to as graduate school  - law, medical, education, business, etc.

 

  Doctorial degree - PHD program completed at a college / university

 

 

Term

How many educational levels exist?

 

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Definition

Six possible stages of education that includes high school diploma, certificate or apprenticeship programs, and college degrees. 

 

There are four actual college degree levels; associate, bachelors, masters, and doctoral

 

 

 

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PhD, MD, and JD

 

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Definition
PhD - means Doctor of Philosophy. it involves a deeper educational study and research in a particular field.
 
 MD - means Doctor of Medicine. It involves completing medical school to specialize in helping the sick or injuried. 
 
JD - means Juris Doctor. It involves completing law school to specialize in providing legal assistance or advise to others.

 

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educational levels

 

 

   

Definition

PhD is the highest degree level.

 

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science careers relevance

 

 

 

 

 

Definition

It provides early exposure, appreciation, and knowledge about the various science career opportunities.

 

It helps students to understand why specific subjects are necessary and perhaps maybe a future educational requirements for specific careers. It encourages students to begin to think about their future.

 

It introduces how technological devices are integrated within the work force.

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career graphs 

 

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Definition

Educational bar graph -  Bar graph that illustrates the min. educational levels of the three selected careers

 

Salary Linear comparison graph - Line graph that depicts the salary ranges (starting, average, and highest) for the three chosen careers. 

 

Survey pie graph - Circle graph that illustrates the popularity or interest poll results for each career. 

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survey poll 

 

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Definition

The goal is to conduct a one hundred poll survey.

 

-Tell the participants about your three careers.

 

-Tell them to select the most interesting career.

 

-Record your results with tally marks for each career.

 

-Divide the numbers by the total amount of participants and multiply by 100 to get a percentage.

 

Term

mode, means, median, range

 

 

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Definition

number repeated the most

 

average of the total numbers.

 

middle number after being arranged from low to high ranking order.

 

lowest number subtracted from the highest number. 

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 survey calculation results for a voting poll of one hundred participants with the results of 30 reflexologist, 22 refuse collector, and 48 registered nurse?

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Definition
  *Reflexologist:           30/100 = .30 x 100 = 30%
 

 

  *Refuse Collector:     22/100 = .22 x 100 = 22 %
 
   *Registered Nurse:    48/100 = .48 x 100 = 48%    = Top career
 
 
Term

career selection

 

 

Definition

 

-Selecting a career choice that matches your hobbies, talent, interest, skill, experience and knowledge.

 

 

-Try to complete the highest level of education to create more career opportunities.

 

 

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postsecondary education 

 

   

Definition
 level of education beyond high school
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 applications  or resumes procedures

 

Definition
Career applications should be written with legible handwriting in blue or black ink while resumes should be typed.    
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interview attire

 

 

      

Definition

Regardless of the duties of the career individuals must dress for success in business wear.

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