Science Careers Assignment

For my science career, I have chosen to be a Meteorologist. Meteorologists do more than just forecast the weather and tell if its going to be a good day to swim, or a good day to stay inside for a snow storm. They study atmospheric phenomena such as storms, pollution and climate change. So they could tell you whats going on with pollution, or if a storm is coming today or tommorrow. They also conduct research in all areas involving the atmosphere. So being a meteorologist i can tell people the weather forecast for the day, rest of the week, and anything happing with storms, pollution, and climate change.

To be a meteorologist you need have a bachelors degree (minimum), a major in meteorology or a closely related field, and have a few courses taken in weather analysis and forecasting, dynamic meteorology, calculus and physics. Areas in math, physics, and computers will help you if you choose this job. Also meteorological programs are offerer through a universitys department, you just need to ask what departments handling meteorology. Some things im doing is researching my future job and what it takes/requires so I can be prepared. For this job you need to be ready to work 37.5 hours a week that can be spread over any time of day or night 24/7,they work rotating shifts (including night shifts) which can vary from 8 - 12 hrs.

A career somewhat like Meteorology is a Storm chaser, which is where people put them selves in harms way to keep society informed about life threatening weather brewing on the horizon, another is a Meterologist which is where people investigate and interpret meteorological data to prepare weather reports and forecasts for people so they know whats coming. High school courses that i might need to take are Algebra 1, Biology, Civics states history, and English/ Language Arts 1. A couple facts about tution that you might need to know are that full-time graduate students had to pay an average of $6,899 for tuition and other required fees at public institutions in the 2006-2007 school year, says the NCES (National Center for Education Statistics). But full-time graduate students who paid an average of $18,145 for tuition and required fees at in private institutions in the 2006-2007 school year, which means if you pay at private institutions then it will cost somewhere around $10,000 more. This is a bunch of information about becoming a Meteorologist that I have just learned.