Exploring a Job in the Industry

This lesson, from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE), gives students the opportunity to look ahead and consider a future in the energy industry. During the lesson, students investigate a job within the energy industry of their choosing. Students then research and write about the chosen job. 

A student lesson, an instructor guide, and two documents about science standards are included. The 4-page student lesson includes instructions for completing the activity, links to energy career maps, and writing prompts choices. The 4-page instructor guide includes activity and teacher notes. The science standard documents include what standards may be advanced by exploring a job in the energy industry.

For orientation purposes 508_Exploring A Job In The Energy Industry Instructor's Guide.pdf is included as a separate attachment and offers a sample of the type of material included in this lesson. 

Below is a list of the files included in the .zip attachment. The size of each file is included in parenthesis.

Exploring_a_Job_in_the_Industry (5 files, 786 KB)

• Exploring A Job In The Energy Industry Instructor's Guide (508_Exploring A Job In The Energy Industry Instructor's Guide.pdf 227 KB)
• Exploring A Job In The Energy Industry Student Lesson (508_Exploring A Job In The Energy Industry Student Lesson.pdf 319 KB)
• National Energy Literacy Standards (508_standards-advanced-els-exploring-a-job.pdf 116 KB)
• Next Generation Science Standards (508_standards-advanced-ngss-exploring-a-job.pdf 101 KB)