Welcome to Skills Miner Home Energy
Inspiring the next generation of engineers to solve sustainability challenges in the home. Home Energy is a single session where learners can replay the lesson to make different choices and achieve a better energy rating.
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Key Information and Who
Skills Miner Home Energy Lesson
Players begin in the Mesolithic Era where they will see how people lived, and learn about how fire was used for food preparation and heat.
They are then "teleported" to today and given the opportunity to consider which improvements will make the most difference for their budget.
The video on the left is the lesson walkthrough, also available on our YouTube channel.
Home Energy Walkthrough
Creativity, Listening, Problem Solving, Aiming High
Skills Builder Framework
Skills Miner is being mapped to the Skills Builder Essential Skills Framework to provide a comprehensive learning experience.
The essential skills are needed by every young person to succeed in education and future career.
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Gatsby Benchmarks
We have collaborated with Education Specialists to ensure that the game is built in line with the existing curriculum and mapped to Gatsby benchmarks.
The Gatsby benchmarks are a framework for good careers guidance for schools across all of England and in some areas across the rest of the UK. This experience helps your school to reach the following benchmarks:
- Learning from career and labour market information
- Addressing the needs of each pupil
- Linking curriculum learning to careers
- Encounters with employers and employees
- Experiences of workplaces
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