LearniT-TeachiT

Grade Focus: Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
Age Level: 14, 15, 16, 17
Subject: Vocational Arts
Technology Integration Activity: Discovering the Internet, Webpage Creation
Estimated Time of Completion: 3 Class Sessions to research, create and present.

Author: Teresa Link, Virginia Beach City Public Schools Last modified: 01/12/2012

High School Health Careers - Rubric (DOCX, 25K)

High School Health Careers - Checklist (DOCX, 22K)

Introduction

Students will research careers in the health sciences area based on their interest in the work performed. As they learn more about a specific career they will investigate the academic and professional preparation required for it. They will then create and share a Glogster chart presenting their findings and analysis of the specific career.

Prerequisite Experience

Strong Internet research skills and citation ability; comfort with the use of application based web development tools (e.g. Glogster is a plus).

Teacher Prep Time

About 2 hours to prepare materials and handouts.

Project

Students will create their own Glogster chart to present their findings and analysis. Students will need to submit the URL for their work.

Assessment/Grading

Rubric (see attached)

Time Management Tips

Students can work in groups to share the research and creation of the final product.

Lesson Plan Details

Engage

You have been active in sports for a long period of time. You eat healthy and exercise daily. You notice some of your classmates are not as healthy or active as you are. College is right around the corner, and you need to plan for YOUR future, NOW!

You are thinking about potential careers, and which of those careers deal with health and nutrition. Much of nutrition deals with the energy provided by each food source. This is the chemistry aspect of nutrition.

Given your own background and your interests, what career would be suitable for you? Would you like to do something with nutritional planning or with studying the chemical aspects of the food we eat? Would you like to do something that relates to sports medicine or exercise therapy? There are many careers that relate to health and nutrition. But where do you get the information?

Explore

Look at some career profiles in a variety of occupations. What are the common elements? You need to review several to see what is common in the industry. In addition, you will have to select one career for your example. This should be a career that is RELATED to the health and nutrition field. Choose one career for the Glogster page you will be creating later. Record your findings. Make sure to include the source information so that you can properly document where you found your information and to avoid plagiarism.

You will need an Internet capable computer that has word processing and web page development software installed.

Look at these web sites for examples of job advertisements and web based career profiles. Be sure to look at health industry jobs that could use chemistry. It is expected that you will search and find some additional sites on your own. You must open a blank document and keep track of useful sites and materials. It will save you a lot of time. You may also use EasyBib to keep track of sources and to take notes on those sources. Accounts are free and easy to set up.

For information concerning jobs and careers:
Virginia View
http://www.vaview.vt.edu/
Bureau of Labor and Statistics
www.bls.gov
USA Jobs
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/
America's Career InfoNet
http://www.acinet.org/acinet/
Monster
http://jobsearch.monster.com/
Index of career profiles
http://www.learnmoreindiana.org/@counselors/counselors_hs/quick_links/career_profiles/

You should review the following resources from http://edu.learnit-teachit.org/technology/Webpage_Creation/
Webpage Creation, Discovering the Internet.

Acknowledge the sources of any information you use (MLA format):
Last Name, First Name of Author (if known). "Title of work/article/page." Title of Complete Document (if applicable). Date last modified. URL (date visited).
Bibliography formatting/reference:
http://www.easybib.com/

Explain

Summarize your findings and organize your information prior to beginning your web page. Make sure to document your sources. Hand the summary in to your teacher for approval. At this point in your research, you should now be able to answer the following questions:

What are the common elements found in a career profile?

List at least five careers you looked at and where you found them. Then choose ONE to do your glogster page on.

Research different careers using the Internet links provided in the Explore section.

Using your career of choice, complete the following information about the position:

1. Title of Career
2. Job Description
3. Wages (calculate both hourly wage and annual wage)
4. Employment Outlook/job openings
5. Responsibilities/working conditions/number of hours per week.
6. What attributes are needed for this career?
7. Education and training /Licenses required
8. What colleges/universities/community colleges offer a certification program in your career choice?
9. What is an average tuition, room & board for your selected higher education level?
10. Related occupations

Organize all of your information and create a storyboard for your Glogster Page.

Elaborate

Create the Glogster page using the career you have chosen to focus on. Be sure to include the elements of a career profile that you found in your research.

Evaluate

Health Career Research Paper RUBRIC

Health Careers Research Project
Name:_________________________________

	4. Distinguished	3. Proficient	2. Apprentice	1. Novice
Health Career Information: Quantity, quality, and documentation	Included reliable information from primary sources, secondary sources, and subject-matter experts. Project bibliography or credits were complete and flawlessly formatted.	Included information from at least three secondary sources. Used information from relevant primary source materials. All information came from reliable sources. Project bibliography or credits were complete.	Included facts from multiple secondary sources. Used one primary source. Included facts from reputable sources and opinions from unreliable sources. Bibliography or credits were incomplete.	No information from primary sources. Included information from one secondary source. More opinion than fact. Sources were unreliable. No project bibliography or credits.
Career Profiles/ Websites: Information from reputable sources	Included facts, conclusions, and opinions from reliable sources. Included opinions of subject-matter experts.	Included facts, conclusions, and opinions from reliable sources.	Included a mixture of facts from reputable sources and opinions from unreliable sources.	Included more opinion than fact. Information was taken from unreliable sources.
Career Profiles/Websites: Primary and secondary sources	Included information from reputable secondary sources. Made extensive use of relevant and interesting primary source materials.	Included information from at least three secondary sources. Used information from relevant primary source materials.	Included factual information from multiple secondary sources. Used information from one primary source.	Work did not have information from any primary sources. Included information from only one secondary source.
Career Storybook on Glogster: Ready for classwork	Every assignment complete, accurate, and on time. Always prepared with paper, pencil, notes, and textbook. Used time well. Work was turned in early or on time. Created a list or calendar to track progress. Modified work habits to finish project on time.	Finished assignments on time. Came prepared with paper, pencil, notes, and textbook. Most work was done on time. Monitored progress frequently. Completed all required tasks on schedule.	Most assignments finished on time. Usually had paper, pencil, notes, or textbook. Some work was not done on time.	Rarely finished assignments on time. Often did not have paper, pencil, notes, or textbook. Did not use time well. Little or no work was done on time.
Health Career Information/ Profiles: Ready for classwork	Every assignment complete, accurate, and on time. Always prepared with paper, pencil, notes, and textbook.	Finished assignments on time. Came prepared with paper, pencil, notes, and textbook.	Most assignments finished on time. Usually had paper, pencil, notes, or textbook.	Rarely finished assignments on time. Often did not have paper, pencil, notes, or textbook.
Glogster: Use of audio/visuals/video supports goal	Project makes extensive use of original photographs, illustrations, sounds, movies, etc. Colorful and consistent backgrounds enhance the mood of the project. Music and sound effects are used at appropriate times and enhance the content.	Project uses consistent background throughout. Graphics support project ideas and content. Porfolio contains music.	Project uses many different conflicting backgrounds. Graphics do not always support the content.	Project backgrounds are basic or unchanged from the template. Visual media detracts from project or is inappropriate.
Story book for your Glogster: Easy to locate and navigate to information	Portfolio content is well organized with headings and subheadings. Text and graphics are neatly organized and make the project easy to read. All links in the project are labeled and connect to the right place. Project is very easy to navigate; it includes more than one method for navigation.	Project is organized with headings and subheadings. Text and graphics were placed to make the project easy to read.All links in the project are labeled and connect to the right place.	Most of the project is organized. The placement of text and graphics sometimes make the project hard to read. Most links connect to the right place. A few links are mislabeled, hard to find, or link to the wrong place.	Project contains no clear structure. Text and graphics are randomly placed, and navigation is broken or incomplete.
Glogster page: Color, font, and layout	Used color and fonts to make the project easy to read. Design made the reader want to continue viewing the project. Successfully used design elements such as white space, consistency, and contrast.	Used color and fonts to make the project easy to read. Layout made the project attractive. Used design elements such as white space, consistency, and contrast.	Used too many different fonts and too many colors. Layout made the project hard to read.	Did not change fonts or add color. Did not pay attention to project layout.

MyT4L Rubric
www.tech4learning.com

Health Career Research Paper CHECKLIST
Health Careers Research Project
Name:_________________________________

	My project has information from good primary and secondary sources. My project has a bibliography.
	My project has information from sources with excellent reputations.
	My project has information from primary and secondary sources.
	I have my work done and I have all of my materials.
	I have my work done and I have all of my materials.
	I used multiple forms of media to showcase learning in my portfolio.
	My portfolio contains complete navigation.
	I make good use of color and fonts.