Investigating Careers

Introduction | Task | Process | Resources | Evaluation | Conclusion | Notes to Teachers

Introduction                                                

Have you ever thought about what you want to be when you grow up?  There are so many occupations from which to choose.  This WebQuest will help you find out more about occupations you can choose from.

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Task

Your task is to choose 12 careers you think you are interested in.  After finding and reading about each of the careers, choose your top eight favorites.  You will make a book entitled "When I Grow Up I Want to Be . . ."  using the information and pictures you found while researching.

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Process

Kindergarten

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 5

Grade 6

Begin researching various careers by using the computer resources below, talking to people in the community and reading books available at home, school or the local library.  After finding information on the careers you are interested in, you will begin writing and illustrating a book.  You will write your book using a word processor.  Each page will list what you want to be and explain what that occupation involves and why you are interested in it.  The illustrations can be clip art, scanned or drawn on with crayons or markers.  You will also take your picture using a digital camera or regular camera which can be scanned on to the final page in the book.  A hole will then be cut in each page revealing your photograph.  As you write each page, please illustrate yourself performing the occupation described, using your photograph as the head of your illustration.  

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Resources

    BLS Career Information - will help you find out what careers are available to you based on which subjects you like in school.

    Career Coloring Book - This coloring book is made up of links to thumbnail pictures of people with various careers.

    Occupational Outlook Handbook is by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

     Countdown Interest Survey - In this Interest Survey you'll rate 70 items based on whether you think you'd enjoy them. It doesn't matter if you can do them--for example, you're not performing heart surgery right now. The question is would you like to?  After you rate all 70 items in the survey, review your results.   Check out occupations that interest you in Countdown Occupations   

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Evaluation

The evaluation of this WebQuest will be done in two parts.  The teacher will use the Career Rubric to assess students on the basis of mechanics, content, appearance, organization and completeness. The second part asks you, the student, to complete a self-evaluation that reflects on your study of careers.  The teacher will use your self-evaluation to score your project too.    

Kindergarten

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 5

Grade 6

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Conclusion 

Skills and abilities relate to how you are able to perform the technical aspects of a job.  A good fit between job requirements and your fundamental abilities makes life a lot easier.  Hopefully, this WebQuest helped you gather information that may be useful in the future to help you set educational goals.  By exploring careers, you may be able to identify key interests as they relate to careers which can help prepare you to make intelligent, informed career decisions in the future.  Decisions that you will be making in the near future will have a big impact on your life.  By taking this time to think through your choices, you will have a better chance of making good decisions that will affect the rest of your life!

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The photo of the school was taken from the following URL:  http://www.lanesville.k12.in.us/

Last updated on October 29, 2000
Robin Thieneman
Lanesville Elementary School