Math, Who needs it?

Introduction

Imagine that 25 years from now your son/daughter comes to you and says her school is having a career day.  Knowing that you want to set a good example for your child you decide to create a slide show for your presentation.  You read the schools flyer and learn that they are giving an award for the best slide show that reflects the school focus, math.  The award is called, "Math, Who Needs It?"

You want to win the award to show the students the value of learning and math.

So lets begin your quest.

Task

Your task is to research your career, find the importance of math in your career and create a slide show.YOur slide show should include the following:

1.  Math classes needed for your career.

2.  Other clasees and tests you are requred to take.

3.  A typical work day.

4.  How math is used in your career.

5.  Yearly salary earned.

Process

You are the expert of your careerm but its been a few years since you  started in that profession, so you need to explore your career to make sure you are up to date with your information.

1.  Us the following career links to help you find current information on a career.

           www.bls.gov/ooh

          www.bls.gov/k12

2.  Find math classes and other classes for your career using college requirement pages.

         http://www.umass.edu/

3.  Find out what a typical day on the job would look like using the link from step 1.

4.  Find our how math is used on the job you have chosen.

5.  Find out how much money someone esarns in your career field.

             http://www.salary.com

                http://www.indeed.com/salary

6.  Make a slide show tht includes alll the requirements listed in the Task section.  Make sure it is visually appealing to the eye.

Evaluation

You will be recieving a rubrics for your webquest.  Also, you should include the following on your slides.

Slides:

a. SLIDE: Math, Who Needs It?
This slide should include your career and some pictures to get your audience interested.

b. SLIDE: What math classes are required in your career (job)?
Write a list of the math classes that are required in college (or professional school) for your career. Write the exact name of each class that is needed Calculus 1 is okay, but Math 21A is not). If your job doesn't need college, include the requirements to graduate from high school.

c. SLIDE: What other classes or tests are required in your career (job)?
Write a list of other classes that are required in college (or professional school) for your career. Include all of the special tests and classes that you need to take. If your job doesn't need college, include the requirements to graduate from high school.

d. SLIDE: What do you do on a typical day?
Describe a typical day on the job from beginning to end.  Be sure to include some daily encounters with fellow personnel, and when math is used throughout the day.

e. SLIDE: How is math used in your career (job)?
Explain how math is used when working in this career.  Describe when and where math is used.   Also explain how math is important for that career.

f. SLIDE: What is the salary range of your career (job)?
Write the salary range for your career. Include the starting salary to the highest salary someone can earn with this career

Present your presentation to the class.....

                                            

Conclusion

Congratulations on doing such a great job.  You not only impressed your child but also the entire class.  Thanks to you students find that math is important in the real world and with hard work and determination nothing is impossible.  The trophy goes to........

All of you. 

Credits