STEM Career Information Gathering Model Template

You will be creating a wiki web page based on the STEM career you chose to explore. Your web page will include text, photos, a chart or table, and audio/video (if possible).

You can use (but are not limited to) the following links:

EducationPlanner.Org - It's not too early to begin thinking about the future. After all, it will be here tomorrow.

O-Net Online - Go here to find information about different careers

STEMCareer.com -

- You can use World Book to gather background information.

CareerOneStop.org – Your pathway to career success

The page layout is up to you but must include the following:

  • Introduction and basic career description
  • Explanation of how science, technology, engineering and/or math are important in this career?
  • How this career helps or improves people’s lives?
  • What are some interesting facts about this career?
  • Explanation of STEM in as it relates to this career
  • Description of a typical day in the life of a person who has this career.
  • Explanation of how this career matches your self-assessment of personality, interests, abilities, etc..
  • A chart or table that shows the following:
  • Major tasks
  • Tools and technology
  • Knowledge needed
  • Necessary skills and abilities
  • Typical work activities
  • Educational requirements and in-state and out-of-state colleges that offer programs related to this career
  • Work styles and Values
  • Job Outlook
  • Salary Range
  • Related careers

Search your community for people who work in your selected career area and see if you can interview them for more information. Include that information in your report

Include related photos and videos in your report

Using proper citation format, create a bibliography for the resources you used in your report.

Goal Evaluation Checklist

Goal / Yes / No
Did I answer all the goal-setting questions?
Did I use my best punctuation and grammar?
From all the research I did, did I choose the correct information to include in my essay?

Evaluation (STEM Career Rubric)

Category / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1
Content / Provided many details and examples of their STEM Career. / Provided fewdetails and examples of their STEM Career. / Provided one detail or example of their STEM Career / Can only reads details on of their STEM Career.
Organization / Webpage is well organized and the facts are easy to understand. / Webpage is organized but the facts are not always clear. / Webpage is not organized and does not flow well. / Webpage is just a collection of facts.
Communication / Effectively communicates information both written and orally. / Somewhat effectively communicates information both written and orally. / Good attempt to communicate information. / Not effective at all.
Collaboration / All students worked and collaborated on the task. / Some students did more work than others. / Only one student did the work. / Students did not collaborate at all.
Creativity and Imagination / Webpage was very creative and entertaining. / Webpage demonstrated some creativity. / There was an attempt made to be creative. / No creativity, just finished the assignment.
Total Score