Science, Mathematics and Research
This pathway is for students who are good at, or curious about, science and mathematics and want to know what the actual jobs are. It covers laboratory work, agriculture and food science, environment and water, statistics and data, and research support roles.
Most science work is not sudden discovery. It is careful measurement, repeated the same way every time, written down so someone else can check it. If that sounds boring, some of these jobs are not for you. If it sounds satisfying, several of them are.
By the end you will have named a few real roles, checked what your school subjects lead to, run one small investigation, and written questions for a mentor who does this work.
Learning Outcomes
- Name at least five real jobs that people with science or maths training actually do, and say what a normal week looks like in two of them.
- List the science and mathematics subjects you are taking now and check them against the entry requirements published by two real programmes.
- Explain the difference between the Ghana route through WASSCE electives and the Canadian route through Grade 11 and 12 science and maths courses.
- Complete one small investigation with a question, a method, a table of results, and an honest note about what went wrong.
- Write three mentor questions about the work itself, without sharing your address, index number, school ID or any password.
Steps
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