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Thinking sheet · Imagine and invent
Job from the Future
Invent a job that doesn’t exist yet, like robot dog walker, and describe a day at work.
- Grades
- 2–6
- Time
- about 25 minutes
- Topic
- Imagine and invent
- Kids practice
- career thinking, future thinking, imagination
What kids do
“Invent a job nobody has yet. Would you want it?”
- My future job title:
- Me at work
- The job
- Why the world will need this job:
How to run it
- Talk about jobs that didn’t exist 30 years ago.
- Jobs can be silly or serious.
- Hold a future job fair.
Talk about it
- What skills would you need?
- Would it be hard?
- What job might disappear?
Take it further
Write the job advert.
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