Students will need to know how to create and organize data from their research and have good communication skills. Difficulty finding which career to investigate or having trouble with technology. Difficulty in finding a person to interview in a particular math career because of the size of our community. See Attached Lesson Plan. Utilization of community members in different careers that use mathematics will expand the students knowledge base.
Many websites are available on the Internet for students to research.
Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point will be used to prepare reports after research is complete. Students in Kathy s math class will use the Internet in LuAnn s lab at the high school to research math career and prepare reports data to prepare graphs and charts in LuAnn s lab at Spearfish High School. Students in all classes will have a link to Dave s college, financial aid and scholarship site at Corsica High School. Because of the work done by each class, all students will have a better understanding of the importance of math in careers and lifelong learning. To use creativity and several resources to gather and synthesize research.