Career Research PowerPoint Project (100 points)

Terminal Objective:
Create and deliver professional-looking presentation by the end of the unit.
Enabling Objective:
Manipulate slide content
Design presentation.
Present presentation
Materials:
Computer, PowerPoint, Internet, Storage Device, and Career Packet
Overview: (Introduction)
As high school students, you are thinking about what you want to do when you graduate from
high school. Some of you have already decided, while others are still undecided. This assignment
will help you to think about your future by choosing a career and researching it.
Vocabulary:
Qualifications

Job Outlook

Career

Job

Occupation

Requirements:
Each student is responsible for his or her research
Procedures:
Choose a career/occupation and research the following questions and put the answers in a
PowerPoint Presentation.
1. What career did you choose?
2. What are the significant points of the career?
3. What are the working conditions?
4. What type training is required?
5. What are the qualifications?
6. What is the job outlook (future)?
7. What is the salary range?
8. What are related occupations?
9. How far can you advance in this career?
10. If there are specialty careers within this field, what are they?
11. Why are you interested in this career? List at least 3 of the skills that you have that are
related to this career.
12. What are the top colleges that are ranked in this career?
13. Why does this career appeal to you?

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Design and Create a PowerPoint Presentation (100 points) (Grading rubric is below.)
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Maximum number of slides is 12 and the minimum number is 8.

Title slide must have the career title, your name and date.
Slide 2 is an outline of your presentation.
Summary slide before the works cited slide.
The last slide must list the Internet sources used to research (Minimum of 2). Do not list
Google or any search engine as a source.
6. Transitions, animation, hyperlink, motion path, clipart, image from internet (required)
7. Additional items chart, table, draw object, sound, movie clip, music (not required)
8. Remember to give credit underneath an image/photo from the Internet.
9. Remember design tips as you create your project.
10. Please use your own words. Do not copy and paste.
11. Use incomplete sentences/bullets. Only complete sentences if you include a quote(s).
12. Do not read your PowerPoint as your presentation. Proofread, Prepare, Practice and
Practice again.