Building career connections: Ecologist (primary)
A guide for teachers with suggestions for how to build awareness of a career in ecology. Includes ideas for role play and vocabulary development.
Ages 4-7
Be a minibeast habitat explorer challenge
A real-world challenge inspiring pupils to find out what minibeasts are, where they live, and what they need to survive.
6 resources
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Why teaching careers matters: Your guide to green skills
Use this primary teacher guide to skill up your career teaching and prepare your pupils for the green jobs of the future. Learn what green skills are, why they are important for pupils' motivation and attainment and discover how to easily integrate them into your lessons.
Meet an ecologist (primary)
Inspire your students to think about their future careers with real-world resources.
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Meet a field service engineer
Inspire your students to think about their future careers with real-world resources.
3 resources
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Meet a data analyst
Inspire your students to think about their future careers with real-world resources.
3 resources
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Meet a petrologist
Inspire your students to think about their future careers with real-world resources.
3 resources
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Careers linked to living things poster
Make meaningful links between science curriculum knowledge and skills, and potential future careers with this inspirational careers poster focusing on living things.
Design an electric vehicle challenge
A real-life electric vehicle field service engineer and a data analyst guide pupils through the basic science of circuits and electric vehicles before they take on a real-life challenge to design an innovative electric vehicle of their own.
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Science in stories: Three Little Pigs
Learn about the different properties of materials though the popular children's story 'The Three Little Pigs'.
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Biodiversity challenge (primary)
Learn about biodiversity and why it is important; explore how to improve biodiversity and use all the acquired knowledge to design a wild area.
7 resources
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Be a battery investigator
Enquiry-based resources exploring how batteries work.
2 resources
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Unlocking green skills and careers: A teacher guide
Use this secondary teacher guide to level up your career teaching and prepare your students for the green jobs of the future. Learn what green skills are, why they are important for students' motivation and attainment and discover how to easily integrate them into your lessons.
A scientist a day: Discover green careers
Introduce your students to green skills and a range of relatable professionals, highlighting careers that will help us build a greener future with this presentation. Use as a starter or plenary over a series of lessons to inspire your students into the STEM careers of tomorrow.
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Meet an ecologist (secondary)
Inspire your students to think about their future careers with real-world resources.
2 resources
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Meet a stakeholder engagement advisor
Inspire your students to think about their future careers with real-world resources.
2 resources
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Meet a wind turbine technician
Inspire your students to think about their future careers with real-world resources.
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Meet a vehicle mechanic
Inspire your students to think about their future careers with real-world resources.
2 resources
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Careers linked to ecology poster
Make meaningful links between science curriculum knowledge and skills, and potential future careers with this inspirational careers poster focusing on ecology.
Careers linked to electricity poster (11-16)
Make meaningful links between science curriculum knowledge and skills, and potential future careers with this inspirational careers poster focusing on electricity.
Ages 14-16
Meet a manufacturing engineering intern
Use these resources to introduce your class to a real-life manufacturing engineer intern. Watch the video to gain insights into Murtada’s daily responsibilities, understand the role of internships and the importance of manufacturing interns in the greening economy. Use the job role card to learn the skills and qualifications required for the job.
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Meet an energy industry consultant video
Watch Edris, an energy industry consultant working on the energy transition, at work and learn about the knowledge and skills he needs for success.
Meet an energy industry consultant job card
Inspire your students to think about a future career and link learning about electrolysis and hydrogen to the real-world, with this job-role card.
Making and evaluating a biodiesel challenge
In this real-world challenge, your class can apply their knowledge of hydrocarbons to make and evaluate biodiesel. Students will build their knowledge of traditional and alternative aviation fuels. Use the delivery guide and practical guide to prepare the experiments which students can take responsibility for using their logbooks. The skills checklists enable students to reflect on skills they have built.
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Hydrogen generation challenge
Investigate the real-world challenge of producing hydrogen by electrolysis of water and analyse data to calculate the efficiency of the process.
7 resources
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