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July 21, 2010
Be a science detective – Test of observation skills #2 (Part 1 of 4)
One of my favorite hobbies is backpacking. After Labor Day in 2008, my husband and I enjoyed walking by ourselves in Kings Canyon National Park in California, near Bullfrog Lake in the Eastern Sierra Nevada.
The mountains are mostly granite, gray rocks with gray specks, all different shades.
In the next photo, you can see four small rocks on a big rock, and to show the scale, a pair of pine needles (one inch long).
In the next photo, what do you see?
Click there for the answer.
The mountains are mostly granite, gray rocks with gray specks, all different shades.
In the next photo, you can see four small rocks on a big rock, and to show the scale, a pair of pine needles (one inch long).
In the next photo, what do you see?
Click there for the answer.
July 14, 2010
Top pay for girls
To help pick the right career for you, find out how much money you’re likely to make.
The article, “Best-Paying Jobs For Women,” ranks the ten top-paying jobs for women who worked full time in 2009.
Look at the graph below. It represents those ten top-paying jobs.
Each job is shown as a stack of coins. The more coins, the more pay.
The gold coins are STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) careers. How many of the top-paying careers for women are STEM careers?
BEST-PAYING JOBS FOR WOMEN
The STEM career that pays women the most is… pharmacist! And job opportunities for pharmacists are expected to grow faster than for most other careers until at least 2018.
LINKS
● For a quick-and-easy overview of pharmacist careers, click on "Listen to the podcast..." at the Sloan Career Cornerstone Center. It’s an introduction to the required schooling, a day-in-the-life of a pharmacist, salary info, where pharmacists work, and the fantastic job market in the years ahead.
● Read an interview of a research pharmacist (why she chose her career, her workday, what she likes best and least about work, career goals, hobbies).
The article, “Best-Paying Jobs For Women,” ranks the ten top-paying jobs for women who worked full time in 2009.
Look at the graph below. It represents those ten top-paying jobs.
Each job is shown as a stack of coins. The more coins, the more pay.
The gold coins are STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) careers. How many of the top-paying careers for women are STEM careers?
BEST-PAYING JOBS FOR WOMEN
The STEM career that pays women the most is… pharmacist! And job opportunities for pharmacists are expected to grow faster than for most other careers until at least 2018.
LINKS
● For a quick-and-easy overview of pharmacist careers, click on "Listen to the podcast..." at the Sloan Career Cornerstone Center. It’s an introduction to the required schooling, a day-in-the-life of a pharmacist, salary info, where pharmacists work, and the fantastic job market in the years ahead.
● Read an interview of a research pharmacist (why she chose her career, her workday, what she likes best and least about work, career goals, hobbies).
July 11, 2010
Be a science detective. Test of observation skills #1 (Part 1 of 3)
Sometimes, scientists make discoveries because they spotted something unusual. Therefore, it’s good to practice the ability to recognize both what is familiar and what is unfamiliar.
Try it.
This is the thief who ate my granola bar. Can you name what kind of critter he is?
Click here for the answer.
Try it.
This is the thief who ate my granola bar. Can you name what kind of critter he is?
Click here for the answer.
July 7, 2010
Why start a STEM Careers Blog?
For girls and boys like you,
● to help answer a question you might ask, about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) professionals: “What exactly do they do?”
● to go one step beyond what many excellent websites offer (STEM careers overviews, a day-in-the-life of STEM professionals, profiles, interviews) by showing you specific examples of some of the things STEM professionals do and how they do them (click on '"GLIMPSE" in the column on the right)
● to help you
- decide whether a STEM career is right for you
- find your truth
- in one word…
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I dedicate this blog launch to Tech Trek science camp girls.
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Back to blog
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Updated May 27, 2011
● to help answer a question you might ask, about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) professionals: “What exactly do they do?”
● to go one step beyond what many excellent websites offer (STEM careers overviews, a day-in-the-life of STEM professionals, profiles, interviews) by showing you specific examples of some of the things STEM professionals do and how they do them (click on '"GLIMPSE" in the column on the right)
● to help you
- decide whether a STEM career is right for you
- find your truth
- in one word…
. .
I dedicate this blog launch to Tech Trek science camp girls.
.
Back to blog
.
Updated May 27, 2011
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