For teachers and careers leaders
Teaching with the energy skills roadmap
A free, 20-minute activity that helps pupils in Years 7 to 11 see how the GCSE topics they study now lead to jobs in clean, local energy.
The teacher pack
- Classroom slides: seven slides that run in any browser. Use the arrow keys, or press F for full screen.
- Pupil worksheet: one A4 page to print, for pupils to record their roadmap and next step.
- QR code poster: an A4 poster for classrooms, corridors or a careers board.
- The roadmap itself: each pupil can save a two-page PDF. There is also a full version, with every GCSE topic and what the course says, under Download PDF.
These resources are free to print and use with your classes.
Before the lesson
- Open the roadmap on a school device to check it loads on your network. If it does not, ask your IT team to allow vahidinasab.github.io.
- Pupils need a phone, tablet, Chromebook or computer, one each or one between two. No login, app or email address is needed.
- Print a worksheet for each pupil, and open the slides on the board.
A 20-minute activity
By the end, pupils can: name at least two jobs in clean, local energy; link one topic from a GCSE subject they study to one of those jobs; and describe one way into that job.
| Time | What happens |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | Starter. Show slides 1 to 3. On the board, open the roadmap and tap two or three parts of the home picture, such as the heat pump and the solar panels. Ask: which school subjects turn up here? Who installs it? |
| 10 minutes | Build a roadmap. Show slide 5. Pupils scan the QR code, answer the four questions and read their four jobs. They fill in the worksheet: one job, one GCSE topic it uses, one way in, and one question for a careers adviser. |
| 5 minutes | Share. Use slide 6. In pairs: which job surprised you? Which of your subjects linked to the most jobs? Finish with slide 7: pupils download their PDF or email it home. |
Adapting it
- Years 7 and 8: spend longer on the home picture and on "A day might include" in each job card.
- Year 9: link it to options. Ask which subjects can include an energy project, such as the D&T design project.
- Years 10 and 11: focus on "Ways in", the timeline and application deadlines. Pupils can open "What do these words mean?" for T Levels, apprenticeships and levels.
- Subject lessons: science, maths, geography, D&T and computing teachers can open "GCSE topics to look out for" to show where their topic is used in real jobs.
How it supports careers education
The activity supports two of the Gatsby Benchmarks for good career guidance:
- Benchmark 4, linking curriculum learning to careers: each roadmap shows pupils where topics from their own GCSE subjects are used in real jobs, quoting the Department for Education's subject content.
- Benchmark 2, learning from career and labour market information: jobs, pay ranges and ways in come from the official careers website for England, alongside the government's figures on clean energy jobs.
It is a guide, not personal careers advice. It works best as a way into conversations with your careers adviser, for example before options evenings or personal guidance meetings.
Privacy and safety
Pupils do not create accounts or give any personal details. Their answers stay on their own device. The tool counts visits anonymously and has no adverts, chat or messaging. Read the privacy notice and the accessibility statement.
Feedback
If you use the roadmap with a class, we would like to hear how it went. Use Send feedback on the roadmap page.