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Computer Careers Cube

Computers are involved in many careers. Students will explore some of these areas and depict them creatively on a computer career cube.

Lesson Plan

Supplies Needed

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Steps

  • Step 1

    Challenge students to think of jobs using computer technology. Engineers and programmers will come to mind, but what about ultrasound technicians, film animators, technical support specialists, or cybersecurity analysts? Ask students to find out some of the educational requirements and job opportunities for some of these fields.

  • Step 2

    Have students design a computer careers cube. They can draw six large circles and then draw a square within each circle making sure the square's corners touch the circle's rim. Then ask them to cut out the circles and illustrate a different computer technology job in each of the squares. They might also choose to add a short writtenDescription to each.

  • Step 3

    To assemble the cube ask students to fold each line of the square, then glue the outer rim of the circle to another circle's outer rim. Continue to do this with each of the six circles, making sure each square's visuals are prominent.

  • Step 4

    Have students display their cubes and talk about the careers they chose to include. What types of overlap did they find in the preparation and responsiblities for these jobs? What were some of the surprising insights they learned? Do they aspire to work in any of these fields?

Standards

SS: Individuals, Groups, and Institutions: Explore ways in which institutions (including voluntary associations/organizations, health care networks, etc.) are created to respond to changing individual and group needs.

SS: Science, Technology, and Society: Identify how technologies such as communication and transportation have evolved and how people have employed advances in technology to modify daily lives including in health and economics. Explore historical examples and imagine future technologies.

Adaptations

Challenge students to create a cube for a different field of study that interests them. They might explore jobs in music, education, mathematics, etc.

Have students learn about ENIAC, the first programmable computer that was completed in 1945. Who designed it? What could it do? What role did it play in the development of the hydrogen bomb?