Unit 4: Math in Your Future Career- Project Based Exploration

☆Introduction

Have you ever thought about what you want to be when you grow up? Whether you're dreaming of being a nurse, mechanic, engineer, or graphic designer- math will always be involved. Even if it's not in obvious way at first, math is a part of almost every career in some way shape or form.

This unit is all about connecting your future goals to the math you're learning now and have learned in the past. You'll explore careers that interest you, investigate how math fits into those roles, and show what you discover through a project that reflects your personal interests. It is your chance to see and show me how you will use math in your future career.

🎯Learning Target

After this unit you will be able to:

1. Explore and research how math is relevant to different career paths.
2. Gain an understanding of the role math plays in various professional fields, no matter how big or small.
3. Apply basic mathematical concepts to a real-world project related to their career interests.
4. Reflect on how the skills learned can be used in future professional fields.

Career Project- Steps

I am going to officially turn it over to you for the last unit of this course!

I want you to do the following:

1. Research a career that you are possibly interested in pursuing in the future (if you have multiple, pick one!)
2. Brianstorm and research how that career connects to and uses mathematics
3. Put together a project or cohesive way of showcasing your findings (Google Slides, Powerpoint, Canva, etc.)
4. Use at least 2+ ways that math relates to this career.

Career Project- Peer Review

Once you have created your project, I want you to share it with a classmate. You will then both take a look at each other's project and reflect.

Think about:

1. What are some things that they mentioned that really stuck out to you?
2. What are some things that they maybe could have added or expanded on?
3. How clear and organized was their presentation?

Career  Project-  Example

To the right, you will find an example that I made for the project described above for a student that would want to be a chef in the future.

[IMAGE OF CHEF]

Great job & Thank you!!

Great job working on this mini-course! I hope that you take away some valuable information on how mathematics directly impacts your everyday life. Maybe this will open your eyes to even more ways you can find in the future!!