Wednesday, April 22, 2009

The House of Your Dreams--Day 1

USE YOUR NOTEBOOK.
Think about where you want to live as an adult. Write a location down and tell me why you want to live there. Tell me the size of your family, in detail.



Now, pick one of the following careers. For the purpose of this exercise, it must be one of these:
a) financial advisor
b) teacher
c) construction worker
d) energy lineman worker
e) boat captain
f) day care worker
g) cable repairman

Go to http://online.onetcenter.org/ and find out job information, including a median salary, for this job. Print it out and DON"T LOSE IT. You will need it for the rest of this project.

You find out that a job move is in your future. You need to move within 30 miles of one of the following.

a) Fargo, ND
b) San Francisco, CA
c) Galveston, TX
d) St. Louis, MO
e) Omaha, NE
f) Honolulu, HI
g) Raleigh, NC
h) Colorado Springs, CO

Research to find out if hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, volcanos, fires, rainstorms, blizzards, or any other natural disaster can affect your new home.

Decide on a house. You need to go to http://www.realtor.com/ and find a house. Print out the primary page you need.

Water usage: Go to the calculator and find out how much water your family will use by doing the quizzes at http://www.tampagov.net/dept_water/information_resources/Saving_water/Water_use_calculator.asp and http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/sq3.html Explain, to the best of your knowledge, the differences between the quizzes.

Energy usage: We need to find out about the average climate in your chosen city. Find out the temperature month-by-month, and the amount of precipitation that falls.

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