All in a Day’s Work

All In a Day’s Work will help you give students an exciting and varied look into the future, and the role played by an education in the sciences as a foundation for some of the world’s most fascinating jobs, including: the expected—high school science teacher, microbiologist, and forensics technician the unexpected—firefighter, landscape architect, and historical archaeologist the adventurous—astronaut, deep-cave explorer, and oceanographer the offbeat—roller coaster designer, perfumer, and sport biomechanist.The book is a compendium of more than 30 of the popular “Career of the Month” columns from the NSTA high school member journal The Science Teacher. Each column profiles people in science-related jobs and is designed to be reproduced and shared with your high school students as they formulate future career and education plans. Included in each profile is a helpful information box that lists the education requirements for each job as well as explanatory websites and related careers. All In a Day’s Work will give your students a look at the broad range of jobs involving science while building their awareness of the importance of science and science literacy in today’s working world. Will the book also inspire a new generation of forensics technicians, astronauts, and roller coaster designers? Try it and see!