The learners will practice their audio/visual career research presentation in front of their peers, and use peer feedback to make adjustments and finalize their presentations.  They will plan, implement and reflect on a service project to inform others about careers with animals by hosting an informational Careers with Animals Expo.

The learner will:

• perform their career presentation for peer review.
• use peer feedback to enhance his/her presentation.
• share their presentations with a student-selected audience(s).
• reflect learning and impact of their service.
• write a response in which learners reflect about their plans for selecting a career. 

Anticipatory Set:
Display this quote as the learners enter the room: "Learning is finding out what you already know, Doing is demonstrating that you know it, Teaching is reminding others that they know it as well as you do. We are all learners, doers, and teachers." (Richard David Bach)

Read the quote to the class and explain that today they will be all three – learners, doers, and teachers - by listening and responding to one anothers' presentations about their selected careers with animals.

• Distribute Copies of Attachment One: Peer Review Audio/Visual Presentation Rubric. Tell the class that they will provide anonymous constructive peer feedback as they listen to each “practice” presentation. Have the students score each presentation using the rubric.
• After all learners have presented, they should receive the scoring forms from their peers, average the scores and determine which if any aspect of their presentation needs to be enhanced. Students can be assigned to refine their presentations according to the feedback as homework.
• Facilitate a class meeting during which the learners plan the career expo and develop action steps to implement the plan including what audience(s) would benefit from this information, when and where it will be presented, the roles and responsibilities of each member of the class in making the Career Expo a success.

After the Careers with Animals Expo:

• “Café” Reflection Activity: (Optional – To enhance the informal discussion “café” atmosphere, offer the students coffee, hot chocolate, or other soft drinks during this activity.) Arrange the room into four “tables” (desks pushed together work well). Put a “table covering” (large sheet of paper) on each “table.”  Write one of the following headings/questions on each “table covering.”
  
  
  • Learning About Careers
    What did you learn about choosing a career and what more would you like to know?
     
  • Feelings about Careers with Animals
    How do you feel about pursuing a career that supports humane treatment and animal welfare?
     
  • Sharing the Presentations
    What impact did preparing for and presenting the Careers with Animals Expo have on you and the audience?
     
  • Career Choice
    What are your current thoughts about a career choice, why?
• Arrange the students into four groups, assigning each group a colored marker and a starting table.  Have the students at each table, read the prompt, discuss and write their thoughts on the table covering using their marker. After 2-5 minutes, have the students rotate as a group to the next “table covering” taking their colored marker with them.  They are to read the written comments, discuss and write their responses to the prompt.  After 2-5 minutes the rotation continues until all of the groups have been to each table, read the comments, responded to the prompt and have returned to their originally assigned table to read all the comments made by the other groups.  Depending on time, a whole classroom discussion could conclude this activity.
• Assign a written response (in class if time or as homework) in which learners reflect about their plans for selecting a career.  The response should include thoughts from the “Café Reflection” activity, the concept of job satisfaction, and indicate if they will consider a career of service, specifically with animals, and why or why not.

• Invite individuals representing several careers with animals to the class and/or the Expo to speak about their experiences in selecting their career with animals.