Power Up Career Exploration Challenge

Project

Toolkit

Inspire young people in Scotland with exciting green job opportunities through this STEM challenge.

Age range:

16-18 yrs

Subjects:

Careers, Personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE), Science

Countries:

Scotland

Overview

Power up your students' career aspirations with an interactive, real-life energy challenge exploring careers in Scotland's fast-growing green energy industry.

Curriculum links and career standards

By highlighting the variety of jobs, skills and exciting new energy sources in the Scottish renewable industry, Power Up will help you fulfil:

The Career Education Standard
Scotland’s Learning for Sustainability Action Plan
The Skills Development Scotland Meta-Skills Progression Framework
The Developing the Young Workforce and Wider Achievement initiatives

What you'll get

Designed for STEM and non-STEM teachers alike, this one-hour workshop sees students take on different job roles, from engineer to head of communications and project manager, and decide the best renewable energy source for their local community.

Includes a Teacher's Guide, a Student Briefing Pack, and PowerPoint slides for delivering the workshop.

A take-home handout showing students how to showcase the skills they've practised during the Power Up Challenge in future job applications.

A take-home handout to help students explore green careers in Scotland and the skills they'll need to work in the renewable sector.

Designed to be flexible

You can run the Power Up: Career Exploration Challenge as a full one-hour workshop, or add individual activities to other renewable energy or STEM careers sessions you have planned.

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About Field

Field is one of Scotland’s leading energy storage developers, building and optimising a network of big batteries supplying the grid. The batteries store huge amounts of renewable energy for when it’s needed, creating a more reliable, flexible and greener grid.

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