Grade 5 Research Project Resources
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Project Description:
All fifth graders in the district participate in the Career Research Project. This task was designed to meet the College and Career Readiness standards requiring our fifth grade students to gain an awareness of various careers and gain a basic understanding of how careers are clustered. After conducting research on career clusters and specific occupations, students will write a report of his or her findings on the career. Students should include these elements in the report:
Career Clusters:
Helpful links:
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Career Kids
Vocational Information Center
Career One Stop
There are two excellent resources available through the South Brunswick Public Library:
World Almanac for Kids
Ferguson's Career Guidance Database
You will need a public library barcode and these instructions in order to get access to these online sources
All fifth graders in the district participate in the Career Research Project. This task was designed to meet the College and Career Readiness standards requiring our fifth grade students to gain an awareness of various careers and gain a basic understanding of how careers are clustered. After conducting research on career clusters and specific occupations, students will write a report of his or her findings on the career. Students should include these elements in the report:
- Identify career cluster
- Describe duties and responsibilities
- Explain qualifications and skills (including education)
- Describe compensation and ability for advancement
- Provide opinion and outlook
- Bibliography
Career Clusters:
- Agriculture, food and natural resources
- Architecture and construction
- Arts, audio visual technology and communications
- Business management and admin
- Education and training
- Finance
- Government public admin
- Health science
- Hospitality and tourism
- Human services
- Information technology
- Public safety corrections and security
- Manufacturing
- Marketing
- Science, technology, engineering and mathematics
- Transportation, distribution
Helpful links:
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Career Kids
Vocational Information Center
Career One Stop
There are two excellent resources available through the South Brunswick Public Library:
World Almanac for Kids
Ferguson's Career Guidance Database
You will need a public library barcode and these instructions in order to get access to these online sources
- Click to access the South Brunswick Public Library web page.
- From the top bar select, "e-services"
- Select "research"
- Scroll down to find and select "Facts on File"
- Enter library barcode
- Click on "Ferguson's Career Guidance Center" OR "The World Almanac for Kids Online"