Science Career Paper
You will be researching a science career of your choice.
You will type in 12 FONT and double spaced paper, about this career. You must find out the
following information about that career and put it in your paper too
Questions to be included in your paper:
1. Define the actual job you are researching.
What kinds of things will you be doing? What will you be doing all day long?
2. Why does this career interest you?
(You’ve always wanted to do this, sounds cool, family tradition??)
3. What requirements are needed to get into the school you want to attend for this career
after high school?
4 yrs of math
3yrs of science
Detail
4. How much education is needed?
How long do you have to go to college?
Do you need to get a certain degree?
Provide the name of colleges that have a program for this profession?
5. How much will you make a week, year, etc.?
Provide BOTH per WEEK and the YEARLY salary.
Is that what you expected? Why?
How does that make you feel about that profession?
6. Name THREE highly recommended websites someone could go to in order to get more
information on this career.
7. Works Cited: Provide 2-3 sources that you used to collect your information
Here are a few resources to get you started!
www.bls.gov/oco/
www.acinet.org
www.careeronestop.org
Career Paper Rubric
Graded
Areas
Questions
Definition of
the Career
Career
Interest
High School
Requirements
2 Points
4 Points
6 Points
8 Points
10 Points
Less than half
the questions
were
answered.
There was no
definition of
the career.
Half the
questions were
answered.
Most of the
questions
were
answered.
The career
was defined
but without
much detail.
There was no
detail on why
the topic was
chosen, only
that it was
chosen.
All of the
questions were
answered to a
small degree.
The career was
explained.
All of the
questions were
answered in
great detail.
The career
was explained
using
examples.
A detailed
explanation of
why this
career was
chosen is
evident.
High school
requirements
are listed with
explanation.
All educational
requirements
for this career
are listed.
There was no
statement
about why the
topic
interested the
writer.
No high school
requirements
are given.
Total
Education
Needed
No overall
education
needed is
explained.
Salary
No salary is
given.
Recommended
Websites
There are no
websites
listed.
Works Cited
(worth 20
points)
There was no
definitive
reference
page.
There was only
a basic
definition of
the career.
Only one
sentence was
given about
career
interest.
Only a basic
college or
academy is
listed.
Some
references
were listed
but not all.
There is a
specific
college or
academy
listed.
The only
websites
listed are
those in the
works cited.
References
were listed.
A description of
why this career
was chosen was
given in
paragraph form.
High school
requirements
are listed but
not explained.
The specific
college or
academy is
listed with its
requirements.
A basic salary is
stated.
Websites were
listed and
stated as
references.
A salary is
stated for the
year and each
week.
Websites are
listed.
References
were given in
formal outline.
Total
Points
Type your Class Hour
Type the Date
Type the Name of your Career Choice (14 font)
My Chosen Career
Paragraph ONE: Define the career that you have chosen. Write about what you will be doing
during your day. Detail specific responsibilities you will have. Write about why this career
interests you.
College and High School Requirement
Paragraph TWO: What requirements are needed to get into the college you want to attend for
this career after high school? How many years of math are required to get into college? How
many year of science? What other high school requirements must you complete?
Education Requirement
Paragraph THREE: How much education is needed? How long do you have to go to college?
Do you need to get a certain degree? Provide the name of colleges that have a program for
this profession?
Salary
Paragraph FOUR: How much will you make a week, year, etc.? Provide BOTH per WEEK and
the YEARLY salary. Is that what you expected? Why? How does that make you feel about
that profession?
Recommended Websites
Title of Website
Author of Website
Date of Publication
Title of Website
Author of Website
Date of Publication
Title of Website
Author of Website
Date of Publication
Works Cited
Title of Source
Author of Source
Date of Publication
Title of Source
Author of Source
Date of Publication