Activity
Trees & Timber Job Profiles
Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) Outcomes and Experiences
Health and Wellbeing
HWB 2-20a / HWB 3-20a: I am investigating different careers/occupations, ways of working, and learning and training paths.
Literacy and English:
LIT 2-16a: To show my understanding across different areas of learning, I can identify and consider the purpose and main ideas of a text and use supporting detail.
LIT 2-17a: I can respond to literal, inferential and evaluative questions and other close reading tasks and can create different kinds of questions of my own.
LIT 3-16a: I can make inferences from key statements, identify and discuss similarities and differences between different types of text.
Duration
Materials
20 min
Copy of A Window Into Outdoors pages 40 - 43
Trees & Timber Job Profile Worksheet Pens/pencils
Optional access to digital device and Lantra Scotland website
Activity Instructions
1.Introduction: "What do you think about when you hear the term Trees and Timber.” Discuss initial ideas and write them down. Challenge assumptions: Show them a copy of ‘A Window Into Outdoors’. Explain: "Today, we're going to investigate how modern agriculture is changing and what diverse career opportunities it offers.”
2.Distribute/Display Page 40- 43 of ‘A Window Into Outdoors’ to small groups (2-3 pupils) and ask the pupils to read them.
3.Activity: Trees and Timber Job Profiles. Direct pupils to the case Study pages featuring Cameron Murray and Malcolm Whyte. Ask the pupils to answer the following questions about Cameron and Malcom. Alternatively they can complete the job profile sheet
"What is their job title?"
"What do they enjoy most about their job?” (Refer to their quotes)."
"What skills do you think Cameron and Malcolm need for their role?”
“How are their jobs different and similar?"
4.Wrap-Up:
Recap: "What new things have you learned about careers in Trees and Timber?”
"Do any of these careers spark your interest? Why? What skills do you already have that could be useful in these areas, even from hobbies or other subjects?"
"Why do you think it's important for us to know about industries like Trees and Timber, even if we don't plan to work in them?"
Extension Task:
1.Ask the pupils to look at the Lantra Scotland website and find out about 5 careers that they didn’t know were part of the Trees and Timber sector. Now ask them to create a job advert for one of them.
Name: Date:
Job Profile
Complete a Job profile for both case studies
First Person’s Name:
Job title:
Drawapictureoftheperson (orananimalonthepage)
Second Person’s Name:
Job title:
What do they enjoy most about their job? (Refer to their quotes)
What skills do they need to do their job?
What do they enjoy most about their job?
(Refer to their quotes)
What skills do they need to do their job?
Draw apicture oftheperson (or an animalon thepage)