In the Year 2000
and Beyond

A WebQuest for 4th Grade (Language Arts)

Designed by

Dianne Lebahn, Lisa Miller, Sandra Ramirez, 
Judy Weiss, and Jody Weitman 

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Introduction| Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits | Teacher Page

Career Opportunities:
  Biologists                Network Engineer                         Chemists                       Systems Analysts 
            Architects       Physicians 
                       Telecommunications Specialists

Introduction      

  Space Station 2000 is currently under construction and soon to be inhabited.  Thousands of well paying jobs with extra benefits will be available.  Only qualified individuals will be hired and transported to this new galaxy site.

     In order to earn your free pass on the galaxy express, you must be knowledgeable of your chosen career.  You and your co-workers may be among the first group of space travelers to arrive at Space Station 2000!

                      The Task            

• construct a model of a job site and include a report
• create a career catalogue by answering a series of questions on job interview forms
• create at least a 4 slide Power Point presentation on a career of your choice 
• develop a question about careers that you would like to research and present your findings using your choice of graphic organizer
• create and perform a dramatic presentation
• select and develop an idea of your own (Get your teacher's okay.)

1.  First your teacher will assign you to a team.
2.  Choose a career that will be needed on Space Station 2000.
3.  Locate the information regarding that job from this web quest and other sources such as books, magazines, and 
newspapers.  you may also gather information from interviews and T.V. programs.
4.  Compile the information on your job resume sheet to be placed into your file.
5.  Decide which format you will use to present your information.

Resources

http://www.jobs.com Go from school, to resume, to job at this site.

http://employment.classifieds.yahoo.com/sanantonio/employment/
   This site contains a list of careers, plus the the salary and benefits that are available for that job. 
http://careers.yahoo.com/
Find out about the type of education you need to get a job.  This site will also give detailed information specific careers. 
http://www.ajkids.com/
If you need answers about careers, this is the place to be.

Describe to the learners how their performance will be evaluated. Specify whether there will be a common grade for group work vs. individual grades.

	Black Hole (poor) 1	Alien Nation (fair) 2	Stellar Performance (good) 3	Out of this Galaxy (excellent) 4	SCORE
Cooperated with team	needed many reminders to stay on task	needed some reminders to stay on task	used time wisely and constructively	self-motivated
Research Effort	very little work or research done (one source)	some work or research (two sources)	adequate research completed (three sources)	fully researched (four or more sources)
Final Product	sloppy, incomplete, not original work	not organized or fully developed, original work	somewhat organized and complete, creative work	fully organized and complete, very creative
Total Score	3-4 D	5-7 C	8-10 B	11-12 A

List here the sources of any images, music or text that you're using. Provide links back to the original source. Say thanks to anyone who provided resources or help. 

List any books and other analog media that you used as information sources as well.