Problem Solving through Careers with Hands On Materials
Joyce Bryant and Carolyn Kinder
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LEARNING ACTIVITIES FOR CAREERS
Stock Clerk
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1. Have students contact a stock clerk in a local store and find out what methods and procedures he or she uses to keep track of his merchandise sold, in stock and what is needed.
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2. List problem solving skills needed to solve the above problem.
Salesperson
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1. Find the commission and net proceeds when the sales are $259.98 and the rate of commission is 8%.
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2. Find the price of the living room set sofa $800.00, love seat $500.00, chair $259.00, sales tax 7%.
Purchasing Agent
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1. Roleplaying
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MaterialsNew Haven Register
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Sears Roebuck Catalog
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Have students order AV equipment for the school. Compare prices, transportation cost, delivery time and compute the difference.
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2. Discuss bidding and the bidding process, including substitutions, penalties, deadlines and specifications.
Statistician
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1. There are fifteen people in the physical education class. Here are a number of baseball points made by each student. Organize this information into a chart. Find the median, mode and mean. 17,4,25,15,8,9,8,27,22,15,14,15,8,10,8
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2. Have students construct a bar graph from the following information. Monday 98° Tuesday 75° Wednesday 80° Thursday 71 ° Friday 68° Saturday 69°.
Bank Teller
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1. John Doe’s pay check was $459.98 which he gave to the bank teller. The teller made the following deductions: $150.00 in his savings account, $200.00 in his checking account and $50.00 on an installment loan, what was his change?
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2. Name four qualities a bank looks for when hiring a bank teller.
Chef
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1. How many people could a chef feed with a 100 pound roast, giving each person 1/4 of a pound?
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2. There is a banquet at the Motor Inn and the chef must purchase food for two hundred people.
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He will purchase
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25
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pounds of chicken wings for
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18.25
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50
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pound roast
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100.00
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25
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pounds of white potatoes
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10.00
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15
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tomatoes
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5.00
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10
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heads of lettuce
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6.50
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20
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pounds of green beans
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12.75
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225
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rolls
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25.00
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cake
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30.00
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coffee
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9.00
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milk
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3.00
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hors d’oeuvres
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50.00
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What is the total bill?
Listed are some activities that we have found to be helpful in the other academic areas through an interdisciplinary approach.
