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Activity 2a: The Detective Challenge
The Detective Challenge
It is important that when you make decisions about what to study in Key Stage 4, at the end of Year 11 and beyond, your choices are based on accurate and reliable information.
This activity is intended to encourage students to consider where they are sourcing information about their career options and evaluate which sources they are drawing on to make their decisions. This activity is split into two parts: Activity 2a: The Detective Challenge Resources: The Detective Challenge: sourcing information’ PDF Learners are asked to investigate what different sources know or think they know about progression pathways. They are asked to pick three sources of information. This could be a website, a person, or any other source they can think of. We have included websites like Career Pilot, the National Careers Service and the UCAS website (all hyperlinked in the resources) as suggestions alongside family members and their teachers. They then need to investigate what those sources know about starting three different career pathways: P olice Officer
It’s hard to know what will happen in the future but by using accurate and reliable information to help you make your decision, you can be more confident in your choices. Activity: We would like you to become a ‘Careers Detective’ for this next task. We would like you to investigate what different sources of information can tell you about uture options. Step One: Check out the four careers listed in the first column. You’re going to investigate how you might reach this career goal.
Forensic Scientist {Example)
Police Officer
N urse C hef An example (Forensic Scientist) is modelled for them on how to complete the table (please see PDF resource on XX page).
Time: XX mins
Nurse
Chef
Step Two: However, this first activity is not necessarily about finding out the right answers . Like a detective, you’re investigating what different sources believe about career pathways . You need to identify three sources who might be able to help you think about career options (see the purple box on the left-hand side). Step Three: Investigate what they know about options for the future! Interrogate (nicely if it’s a person) them to find out what they think they know about progressing into that career. Check out the first line for an example that we did for you.
What sources did you use?
What did they tell you about how to reach that career?
1. My teacher
1. My teacher told me you would probably need an A-level in one of the three sciences but he wasn’t sure.
2. My sister 3. UCAS website
2. My sister’s friend studied Forensic Science at University. She did psychology, biology and criminology at A-level. 3. When looking on UCAS, there was lots of undergraduate degree options with many needing three A-levels, with many Universities preferring one of those to be science.