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Below you will find additional information to help you understand why we completed some of the stations we have and how the information relates to possible careers. Work your way through the page watching each video and READING all written information. Be prepared to answer questions in class tomorrow.
1. Injection Molding
1. Injection Molding
These are the types of things that could be done with a larger version of our injection molder where you made the golf tee.
2. Careers that deal with plastics and polymers
2. Careers that deal with plastics and polymers
3. Forensics
3. Forensics
You were able to dust for and lift fingerprints. Why are fingerprints different for different people?
According to www.siue.edu
Job postings through the American Academy of Forensic Sciences list starting salaries of $25,000, up through $80,000, depending on the position level. Positions requiring a medical degree listed for $200,000 and above. The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists forensic scientist positions with investigative and security service positions as an average of $58,420 per year, and in medical and diagnostic lab settings as $53,670 per year. The Illinois State Police Division of Forensic Services posts positions from $40,740 through $57,792 at the Trainee level.
Potential career opportunities are listed below. These careers require different levels of academic experience (see key at end of list).
Criminalist specialist/serologist*#
Criminalist/serologist*
Senior evidence technician^
Mitochondrial DNA examiner*,
Forensic scientist*
Criminalist I, II, III (variety of crime lab positions, including biological and trace evidence)
Forensic toxicologist*
Forensic pathologist+
DNA analyst (entry level and beyond)*
Forensic drug analyst*
Toxicology medical technician*
Chemistry instructor
Latent print instructor/examiner*
DNA instructor*, , &
Subject matter expert (biometrics)*
Morgue supervisor*
Quality assurance director#
Latent prints *&
Forensic photographer (different educational/experience background)
Firearms examiners*
Evidence custodians^
Biometrics examiners*#
Laboratory manager
Laboratory director
DNA CODIS administrator*&
Regional forensic pathologist+
Computer forensic examiner (prior computer experience)
Associate medical examiner+
Crime scene manager*&
Forensic analyst*&
Drug chemist
Laboratory manager for Firearms and Toolmark section*&
Advanced ballistics instructor#
Geneticist/molecular biologist*
Arson crime lab*&
Fingerprint criminalist*
Intelligence officer/analyst*
Forensic nurse/physician's assistant investigator*
Police services support technician
Forensic investigator with Medical Examiner's Office*
Forensic drug analyst*
Crime lab technicians*
Handwriting examiners*
Forensic Anthropologists (academic, research institutions, medical examiner's officers, and the military are some general employment outlets), *
LEGEND:
*= Bachelor's degree in biology, chemistry, or forensic sciences (and in limited jobs, nursing)
= prefer advance degree: Master's
* = prefer advance degree: Ph.D.
# = requires professional certification
^ = only requires prior law enforcement experience
+ = Medical degree required
4. Choose one of the careers above that you do not recognize, Google search it to see what a person in that field would do. Then return to this page.
4. Choose one of the careers above that you do not recognize, Google search it to see what a person in that field would do. Then return to this page.
5. Physical Therapy
5. Physical Therapy
6. Read through the list to see the different types of places a physical therapist would work.
6. Read through the list to see the different types of places a physical therapist would work.
Although many physical therapists practice in hospitals, more than 80% practice in other settings.
Acute Care - In this setting, physical therapy is provided to individuals who are admitted to a hospital for short-term patient care for reasons such as illness, surgery, accident, or recovery from a trauma. The goal in this setting is to discharge the person as soon as he or she is medically stable and has a safe place to go.
Rehab/Subacute Rehab**
- Rehabilitation Hospital - In this setting, physical therapy is provided to individuals who are admitted to a facility or rehabilitation unit. The goal is this setting is to provide intense therapy to improve the person's ability to care for himself or herself (typically 3 hours or more per day).
- Sub-Acute Rehabilitation - In this setting, physical therapy is provided to individuals who are admitted to a special hospital that provides medical and/or rehabilitation care. The rehabilitation is less intense (typically less than 3 hours per day).
Extended Care Facility /Nursing Home/Skilled Nursing Facility - In this setting, physical therapy is provided to individuals who are admitted to a facility that typically cares for elderly patients and provides long-term nursing care, rehabilitation, and other services.
Outpatient Clinic (also known as a Private Practice) - In this common physical therapy setting, individuals visit a physical therapist in a clinic, office, or other health care facility primarily to address musculoskeletal (orthopedic) and neuromuscular injuries or impairments.
School/Preschool - In this setting, physical therapy is provided within an educational environment, including preschool, elementary, or secondary education (high school and vocational) facilities.
Wellness/Prevention/Sports/Fitness - In this setting, physical therapy is provided to individuals with a focus on wellness. This approach to health care emphasizes preventing illness and injury and promoting a healthy lifestyle, as opposed to emphasizing treatment of diseases. Settings may include but aren't limited to fitness centers and sports training facilities.
Home Health - In this setting, physical therapy is provided in the patient's place of residence. While the majority of patients are senior citizens, there also are pediatric patients with developmental disabilities and other conditions, and individuals of all ages who need rehabilitation because of injury or other causes. Home care may actually be provided in the patient's residence, the caregiver's home, a hospital emergency room, skilled nursing facility, residential facility, group home, hospice, or elsewhere in the community.
Hospice - In this setting, physical therapy is provided to patients in the last phases of incurable disease so that they may maintain functional abilities for as long as possible and manage pain.
Industrial, Workplace, or Other Occupational Environments - In these settings, physical therapy is provided to individuals primarily to help them return to work or for the purpose of enhancing employee health, improving safety, and increasing productivity in the workplace.
Local, State, and Federal Government - In these settings, physical therapy is provided to civilians and military personnel. PTs are employed by federal agencies, including the Veteran's Health Administration (VHA), Department of Defense, and Indian Health Service (IHS).
Research Center - In this setting, physical therapists and other professionals conduct research to improve patient/client care outcomes and support the body of knowledge in the field physical therapy.
- taken from www.apta.org
6. Watch this video to see what the requirements are for wheelchair ramps.
6. Watch this video to see what the requirements are for wheelchair ramps.
If your front door was 7 inches off of the ground, how long would the ramp need to be?
7. Electricity
7. Electricity
When using the snap circuit car or creating the battery from pennies and washers, you are creating an electrical circuit. This video explains how and why that works.
Careers dealing with electricity
8. Dental Careers
8. Dental Careers
1. Watch the 2 videos below about being a dentist and a dental hygienist
2. Look over the types of teeth at the bottom of the page. . Notice which are upper teeth and which are lower teeth. At the end you will take a quiz to see if you can identify the different types of teeth.
3. Take the following quiz. If you score less than 50%, take it a second time.
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