Describe Two Careers in Which You Might Use Your Knowledge About Ecosystems

Describe two careers in which you might use your knowledge about Ecosystems.

In your description, be sure to:

·  Identify two different careers.

·  Describe how you could use your knowledge about Ecosystems in each career.

One career:
Another career:
Scoring Rubric for: Careers
Performance Description
A 2-point response demonstrates the student understands the Content Standard APPH: People of all ages, interest, and abilities engage in a variety of scientific and technological work. Item Specification 1: Describe activities or careers that require people to apply their knowledge and abilities in science, technology, engineering, and/or mathematics.
Describe two careers in which student might use her/his knowledge about the Name of System by:
Identifying two different careers
AND
Describing how student could use her/his knowledge about the Name of System in each career.
Examples:
Identifies careers: / Describes how student could use her/his knowledge:
A 1-point response demonstrates the student partially understands the Content Standard.
The response identifies one career AND describes how student could use her/his knowledge about the Name of System in in that career.
A 0-point response demonstrates the student has little or no understanding of the Content Standard.
General Notes:
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Note to educators—The following are examples of creditable 1-point responses for the three different types of systems on the assessment. Students need to write two such statements connected to the given system in order to earn full credit.

Physical: Matty could be an engineer and use what she knows about ice melting to design a better freezer.

Earth and Space: Joe could use what he knows about rocks to help build strong walls as a builder.

Life: Sally could be a farmer and use her knowledge of plants to give her crop the right amount of water.