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Sundeep Bibra Cody Frank Period 7 Career Project: Earth Science Teacher For our career project we chose to be an Earth Science Teacher. We wanted to learn a little bit more about the teachers at our school and about what they had to do just to become teachers. In order to be an Earth Science Teacher, you have to make sure all the students learn what the science state standards tell them to learn, but you have to do it in a way that is easy and, hopefully fun, way to learn. You also have to have great communication skills and be very good at public speaking. Talking is a big key in being any kind of teacher. And in science it is harder because you have to teach the kids how to remember something and what to remember. You have to be able to speak loudly so the children can hear you, and you need to be able to talk to all of them. You need to be able to answer all their questions, and do it in a way that all the kids can understand easily. The duties you have as a teacher are making sure you now how to plan the year based on your state standards so all the kids learn all they need to know for next year. Also you need to make up lessons that the kids can understand. Planning lessons can take a lot of time. Making homework and classwork can also be a time consuming process. You also have to take a lot of your free time to grade tests, homework, and classwork. Working time can add up to over 40 hours a week. Teachers are in high need because every school in every state needs a …