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Math Careers Information and Activities

Choose your career

  1. Use the career resources to identity your career choice.
  2. Identify specific day to day activities for that career.
  3. Identify specific skills need for that career.
    • What kind of calculations do you need to make?
    • What type of statistics do you keep?
    • What measurements do you make?
    • What type of analysis do you do?
    • What machines do you use that use math?

Resources

Using Math in the Career

Search Strategies For Databases and Search Engines

  • Search "career" and math*.
  • Search for specific task and "math* or statistic*".
  • Substitute data or formula for the word math in above searches.
  • Substitute "critical thinking" or logic for the word math in the above search.
  • Search specific math technique or concept and career
    (fibonacci and "career or technique or skill).

Suggested Databases

Other strategies

  • Browse a magazine related to your career for DIY projects that would include math.
  • Browse a website related to your career for DIY projects that would include math.
  • Look for lesson plans on teaching a skill related to your career.

Suggested Search Engines

Other resources

Creating a Citation for Your Resources

MLA Formating 8th Ed. Introduction

  1. Identify core elements. -- Use the Worksheet.
  2. Format core elemnts. -- Use the "Rules".
  3. Position core elements. -- Follow the "Model".

Practice

  • Use the Worksheet.
  • Fill in and write a citation for a resource that your found.
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