Summary

Virtual Apprentice: Oceanographer introduces readers to a fascinating career studying the oceans.

This useful new career guide takes readers behind the scenes with profiles of working professionals, “Reality Check” sidebars that help readers decide if this is the job for them, “A Day in the Life” activity list of a typical day on the job, and much more to help them understand what a career in oceanography would be like. This illustrated guide is the perfect starting point for young adults interested in becoming oceanographers.

Chapters include:

• Diving in to Oceanography
• Oceanographer at Work
• Oceanography Tech and Trends
• Oceanographer in Training
• Other Fish in the Sea
• Kids Ask, Oceanographers Answer
• Oceanographer for a Day.

Specifications

Full-color and black-and-white photographs. Index. Appendix. Sidebars.

About the Author(s)

Don Rauf is a writer and editor who specializes in material for middle school and high school students. He is the editor of Careers and Colleges, a magazine for high school juniors and seniors, and he helped write the Career Ideas for Teens series for Ferguson Publishing. He has published articles in Seventeen, Nick Jr., Young Entrepreneur, Scholastic's Science World, and many other youth-oriented publications.

Monique Vescia is an editor and writer of children's books. She is a contributor to the Scholastic BookFiles series of reading guides for middle-school kids and to the Career Ideas for Teens series for Ferguson Publishing.