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