Digital Literacy Instructional Guide

Extension

Extension Activity: “Reality Check – Career Deep Dive”

Adds rigor and real-world thinking

Students research their Top You Science career and use Career One Stop or O*Net Online and answer: ●​ Actual salary range (entry vs experienced) ●​ Job outlook (growing, shrinking, stable) ●​ Daily tasks vs what they expected ●​ One challenge people in this career face Reflection prompt: ​ “Does this career still fit me after learning more? Why or why not?” Additional Extension Ideas: ●​ Extension (SALTA): "Reality Check – Career Deep Dive" modification using Career One Stop or O*Net Online to analyze actual entry-level vs. experienced salary ranges, job outlook statistics, and daily task expectations. ●​ Visual step-by-step guides for online platforms ●​ Bilingual vocabulary for career terms for high use vocabulary 6th Grade: Completes the short-form YouScience Interest Profiler, focusing broadly on identifying high-interest Career Clusters. 8th Grade: Completes the full-length YouScience Discovery Aptitude Assessment, mapping explicit multi-year high school sequences .

ML Supports

6th vs. 8th Grade

Resources/ Suggested Lesson(s) ●​ You Science- 6th Grade Interest Profiler, 8th Grade Complete Discovery

●​ Keys to Success ●​ Career One Stop ●​ My Next Move ●​ Utah Career Clusters and Pathways

Additional resources may be located in the Digital Literacy 26-27 Shared Resource Folder

Recommended Equipment Required Equipment Function: ●​ Computer or Chromebook - Access to online