Skills Miner Home Energy encourages the development of green engineering skills through a familiar, domestic world which poses power and energy challenges.
Players are tasked with upgrading a house in order to increase its sustainability rating, while meeting a budget.
Throughout the game they will discover the pros and cons of the decisions they make while learning about sustainability and climate change.
Our game is aimed at 12 to 14 year olds.
Skills Miner can be used during lessons, enrichment, or in after school clubs.
We have collaborated with Education Specialists to ensure that the game is built in line with the existing curriculum and mapped to Gatsby benchmarks.
Specially-created guides have been developed to assist teachers.
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.
Our games include teacher notes, student worksheets and lesson ideas aligned to all of the UK the National Curriculums for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Use the download button above to find out more.
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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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:
We welcome teachers from across the UK to join us and be part of Skills Miner Home Energy games and lessons, join our growing network of schools!
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It’s really nice to be learning engineering in a game that I can play and have fun at the same time
Our partner Tablet Academy can provide all the support you need to get Skills Miner up and running effectively in class.
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