Brief lesson provided through PowerPoint on Green Career opportunities that was developed and utilized for 11th grade Career Prep classes.

1. Go Green
11th grade Career Prep

2. Objective:
 After a brief introductory lesson on green career
opportunities, students will identify and summarize
a career choice that is related to a green company.
100% participation is required and will be gauged
by the quality of student research, information, and
summarization skills.
 Students will:
 Find and investigate a Green Career Choice of interest on:
http://www.greencareersguide.com/Good-Green-
Jobs.html
 Summarize in a 1 page double-spaced report what their
career entails
 Upload their findings to the Student Share folder to be
critiqued by their peers, then to be added to the high school
website

3. Lesson Content
 Emphasis on “Going Green”
 Overview of green career opportunities
Wind Power

Solar Power

Geothermal Power

Hydropower
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 Brief overview of other green careers available
 Additional Resources
 CNN News Clip on Wind Mill Manufacturing Plant
 Green Careers Guide Online

4. Outlook
 Emphasis on “Going Green”
 Government is promoting Green Companies through
funding and legislature
 New jobs are being created in all areas
 Production Labor
 Design/Engineering
 Business Related
 Marketing
 Finance
 Management and more

5. Careers: Wind Power
 Wind Analyst
 Meteorological Professional that uses
advanced technology
 Wind Power Turbine Installer
 Uses applied science and knowledge of physics and science
of turbines
 Wind Energy Technician
 Maintain turbines on wind farms – very high demand
that is only increasing

6. Careers: Solar Power
 Solar Hot Water Installer
 Installs and maintains hot-water systems that
harness the sun’s power
 Solar Sales
 One of the newest and most lucrative green
opportunities
 PV Solar Panel Installer
 Installs the panels convert solar energy

7. Careers: Geothermal
Power
 Geologist
 Studies the physical workings of the earth
 Geothermal Installer
 High demand – geothermal energy is in endless
supply and companies are looking for more
capable installers
 Hydrologist
 Studies water, the way it moves and the way it
works – provides nearly endless opportunities

8. Careers: Hydropower
 Micro Power System Installer
 Using water to generate electrical energy
 Electrical Engineering
 For those who love science, this is a very rewarding,
challenging, and well paid field of work

9. Careers: Miscellaneous
 Environmental Science
 Holistic Alternative Medicine
 Mass Transit
 Building Retrofitting
 Energy Efficient Automobiles
 Organic Farming
 Nature Building
(To find more, see Green Careers Guide
link on next slide)

10. Additional Information
 CNN News Clip
http://snackfeed.com/videos/detail/b3e23f10-58bd-102c-a525-
00304897c9c6/Green-jobs?_s=s
 To find out more about green careers, visit
Green Careers Guide Online:
http://www.greencareersguide.com/Good-Green-Jobs.html

11. Activity
 Select a Green Career choice that suits your interests
and capabilities
 Summarize what skills and abilities are needed to be
successful in your career choice
 Save your summary to the student share folder for peer
review
 See the teacher to receive assigned review partner
 Upload reviewed summary to the school website for
others to be able to review

12. Results
 Students enjoyed learning about interesting career
opportunities in a successful, growing field
 Students were exposed to a variety of strong career
choices through summary writing and peer review
 Students were engaged and interested throughout
the assignment
 Downside:
 Writing assignment took some students longer than
others due to lack of keyboarding skill – this delayed
the entire class
 Some students need crash course in summary writing
skills prior to being asked to do this assignment

13. Question & Answer
All questions, comments, & thoughts are
welcome and appreciated!