Exploring careers
Grade 7: job families, skills for jobs, jobs of the future, school subjects and careers.
Free to play. Teams answer on one screen; your phone is the remote. No student devices.
Questions
Which job family does a nurse belong to?
- Construction
- Finance
- Healthcare
- Transport
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HealthcareAn architect and a bricklayer both work in which job family?
- Agriculture
- Construction and building
- Entertainment
- Hospitality
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Construction and buildingWhich job belongs to the education job family?
- Accountant
- Chef
- Pilot
- Teacher
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TeacherA farmer and a food scientist could both work in the food and agriculture family. (True or false?)
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TrueWhich skill means sharing ideas clearly with other people?
- Budgeting
- Communication
- Memorizing
- Navigation
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CommunicationA job needs people to work well in a group. Which skill is that?
- Drawing
- Strength
- Teamwork
- Typing speed
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TeamworkName one skill, not a subject, that almost every employer values. (Answer out loud)
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For example: teamwork, communication, problem-solving, reliability, creativityWhich of these is a soft skill rather than a technical skill?
- Adaptability
- Bookkeeping
- Coding
- Welding
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AdaptabilityWhich job is growing because of the need for clean energy?
- Film projectionist
- Telephone switchboard operator
- Typewriter repairer
- Wind turbine technician
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Wind turbine technicianSome jobs that today's 12-year-olds will do have not been invented yet. (True or false?)
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TrueWhat does the abbreviation AI stand for in technology? (Answer out loud)
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Artificial intelligenceWhich school subject is most useful for a future civil engineer?
- Drama
- Foreign languages
- Mathematics
- Music
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MathematicsWhich subject helps most for becoming a translator?
- Chemistry
- Foreign languages
- Physical education
- Physics
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Foreign languagesOnly students who study art can become graphic designers or game designers. (True or false?)
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FalseA doctor most needs which pair of school subjects?
- Art and drama
- Biology and chemistry
- Geography and music
- History and PE
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Biology and chemistryWhich school subject builds the writing skills a journalist needs? (Answer out loud)
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English or language (writing); history or social studies also fine