Skills Miner Vertical Farming
Students discover their inner vertical farmer through gameplay, and see how their ideas can make a difference to the future of food.
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Overview
Uncover engineering skills through gameplay with Enginuity's latest game!
Skills Miner Vertical Farming allows students to find out what it's like to design, build and manage a vertical farm through their Minecraft games.
Skills Miner Vertical Farming brings green skills and the “engineering in everything” into the classroom. It inspires students to focus on sustainability and consider innovative and exciting engineering careers.
Promoting STEM, the available resources harness young people’s love of gaming and it is designed for use during lessons, enrichment, or in after school clubs.
How does it work?
The Enginuity website explains each step in detail, including where to find the game file (you'll need to download the Minecraft Education Edition first), Teacher Notes and Worksheets. They also have video tutorials to get everyone up to speed before playing each game.
Details
- School subject
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- Biology
- Technology/computing
- Design and technology
- Engineering
- Maths
- Curriculum links
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- Design and technology: Cooking and nutrition
- Biology: Material cycles and energy
- Physics: Energy
- Engineering
- Technologies - Food and textile technology
- Sciences - Planet earth: Energy sources and sustainability
- Sciences - Planet earth
- Technologies - Craft, design, engineering and graphics: Application of engineering
- Biology
- Physics: Energy transfer
- Design thinking and engineering: Engineering
- Sciences - Organisms and health: Interdependence of plants and animals
- Sciences - Earth and universe: The environment and human influences
- Sciences - Forces and energy
- Technology & design - Manufacturing
- Group size
- Small groups, Whole class, Whole year group
- Participation level
- Hands-on
- Duration
- Multi-session - flexible
- Cost
- Free
- Location
- Online
Learning outcomes
- Improve engagement, interest or enjoyment in STEM subjects
- Attainment and progress
- Learning what the engineering workplace is like
- Develop engineering employability skills
- Improve awareness and aspirations for STEM-related study and careers
- Challenge stereotypes by showing the diversity of disciplines, people and skills involved in engineering
Frameworks
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:
- 2 - Learning from career and labour market information
- 3 - Addressing the needs of each pupil
- 4 - Linking curriculum learning to careers
- 5 - Encounters with employers and employees
EqualEx
- Introduce and Inspire
Essential skills
The essential skills every young person needs to succeed in education and their future career. Find out more at the Skills Builder Partnership. This experience builds the following skills:
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Enrichment framework
- 5 - An accessible and engagement enrichment offer
- 7 - An outcomes-focused enrichment offer
