Power Up Career Exploration Challenge
Project
Toolkit
Inspire young people in Scotland with exciting green job opportunities.
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.
What you'll get
Register with Power Up: Career Exploration Challenge and you'll get access to the following resources.
Download all the resources to run the Power Up: Career Exploration Challenge as a full one-hour workshop.
Designed for STEM and non-STEM teachers alike, it challenges 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.
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
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.