Adventures in Time and Place

Adventures in Time and Place
Grade 3: Communities
Infographic #8: At the Workplace
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1. What kind of job do you want to have when you are an adult? What careers seem most interesting to you, and why? Explore some neat careers at BLS Career Information.
http://stats.bls.gov/k12/html/edu_over.htm

Click P.E./Outdoors. Then click and explore Carpenter.
Click the Back arrow twice and then click Reading. Click and explore Reporter and Teacher.
Return home. Click Music/Arts and then Dancer.
Return home. Click Science and then Pilot.
Learn about other jobs in the same way.

Online Activity: Complete the Career Sentences
Use the information at the Web site to answer the following questions. In each blank below type the word or words from the Word Bank that complete the sentence.

   1.    make buildings, boats, and other items out of materials such as wood.

   2. Carpenters    , arrange, cut, and shape materials.

   3. Reporters write stories that appear in    or on television.

   4. Reporters gather information by    people, investigating places and events, and looking through documents.

   5. Teachers often use films, overhead projectors, and    so students can learn in different ways.

   6. Teachers attend    to keep learning more about teaching.

   7. Dancers perform in ballets, operas, movies,    , and more.

   8.    create new dances and teach dancers how to perform the dances.

   9. Some pilots may fight fires, test new airplanes, or    people in danger.

   10. Pilots must carefully check the airplane, cargo, and    before taking off.

   Word Bank: computers, weather forecast, carpenters, workshops, rescue, interviewing, measure, choreographers, newspapers, musical comedies

2. We know that veterinarians work to keep animals healthy. But veterinarians are not the only people who work with animals for a living! Learn about several exciting animal careers at the Animaland Career Center.
http://www.animaland.org/careercenter/veterinarian.asp

Read the interview with veterinarian Arnold Plotnick.
Then click and explore Arachnologist in the menu on the right.
Explore Biology Major and Zookeeper in the same way.

Offline Activity: Awesome Animal Careers
Choose one career from the Web site. With your partner, write a news report. One partner will play the part of a television reporter, and the other partner will play the part of the worker. The reporter will interview the worker about his or her job. Be sure to include information about what the worker does, why it is important, and why it is exciting. For example, the reporter might ask the worker questions such as: How did you prepare for this career? or What are you working on right now? Then perform your news report for the class!