Career Poster Project

This project entails interviewing someone who uses mathematics in his or her job. Ask the person to give you an example of a math problem used in his or her work. It does not have to be a problem related to the subject matter of this class, although, we will discuss these in class.

You need to make a poster. The title of the poster should be the name of the career, such as “Engineer” or “Carpenter”. On the poster you need to include the following information:

· The mathematics problem given to you by the person you interviewed.

· A paragraph explaining the context in which the problem is used.

· A picture to illustrate the job. It can be a photograph of the person you interviewed, or it can be a picture cut from a magazine of a person in that occupation.

On the back of the poster, you must include these three items:

· Your name

· The name of the person interviewed and the name of the place where she or he works.

· The daytime phone number of the person you interviewed.

You will be graded by the following criteria:

· Title

· Math Problem

· Explanation of the problem

· Illustration of the Career

· Quality of Work