Day 37-41

Lesson Objectives

  • Understand career opportunities within the Health Science Career Cluster

Assignment 8.1

  1. Navigate to My Drive within your Google Drive account.
  2. Inside of your Careers folder, create a new folder titled Health Science.

Assignment 8.2

  1. Go through this presentation to become familiar with the Health Science career cluster.
  2. Make a copy of this Google Document, rename it Pathways8-(Your Initials), and move it into your Health Science folder.
  3. Utilize the following links to get a stronger understanding of the Health Science Career Cluster and to complete your document:
  4. Using the information you have obtained, provide feedback in this Google Form.

Assignment 8.3

  1. After researching the Health Science career cluster, you need to select a career within that career cluster to research. Confirm with your instructor, via email or in person, what career you chose.
  2. You can use the resources below, but you will need to find FIVE additional credible resources to enhance your understanding of the career chosen.
  3. Make a copy of this Google Document, rename it Career Questions-(Your Initials), and move it into your Health Science folder.  As you research your chosen career, you need to gather information and answer the questions posed in the document.
  4. Once you have compiled your information about your chosen career within the Health Science career cluster, you will be required to create a Pear Deck presentation using Google Slides to showcase your results. Pear Deck is a mix of presentation software combined with a website.  It presents information to the viewer, but gives them access to jump around to pieces of information instead of following a planned sequence.  Here are the things you will need to complete this project:
    • Create a Pear Deck account using your school’s Google login information.  Name your Google Slides connected file as PearDeck-(Your Initials) and move it into your Health Science folder.
    • You will organize and present your researched information through an organized collection of information using Pear Deck.  If you have never used Pear Deck before, here are some helpful instructional videos.
    • Your Pear Deck content should showcase your findings to the questions posed and answers obtained in your Career Questions document above.
    • Use images, shapes, graphics, text, and voice-over to enhance your video and make it your own.
    • Add your Work Cited information at the end.
    • Follow these steps to create a shareable link for your Pear Deck.

Assignment 8.4

  1. On Day 41, you will have your Pear Deck evaluated by your classmates while you do the same for them.  Your Pear Deck will be evaluated based on this Scoring Rubric.  Make a copy of this Scoring Rubric, rename it Health Science Scoring Rubric-(Your Initials), and move it into your Health Science folder.  When instructed, use this form to evaluate your assigned classmates.
  2. Share your Health Science folder with your instructor.  Your folder should include the following files:
    • Pathways8
    • Career Questions
    • PearDeck
    • Health Science Scoring Rubric