Dissecting Essential Skills

Extension Activities To Mind-Map

If there is a careers section in this science course, the following activities could be used to enhance the mind-map assignment. Students are asked to choose a career in science (as per your course). Based on that they could do any or all of the following:

• Summarize how the Essential Skills from their mind-map are related to this occupation
• Review another student’s mind-map with a different Essential Skill and write a summary of how the Essential Skill from their peer’s mind-map is significant to their occupational choice as well.
• Act out tasks in small groups and have others identify the task and the related Essential Skill
• Explore HRSDC’s website and review a career in science