Project
Students discover their inner vertical farmer through gameplay, and see how their ideas can make a difference to the future of food.
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.
Improve engagement, interest or enjoyment in STEM subjects
Improve attainment and progress in STEM subjects
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
Whichever curriculum your school follows, pupils should have the opportunity to carry out practical investigations in science that help them to develop their scientific skills. This experience builds the following enquiry 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:
Planning - Setting goals and designing routes to achieve them
Creativity - Using imagination and generating new ideas
Listening - Receiving, retaining and processing information
Problem solving - Finding solutions to challenges
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Primary
Connect your students with working engineers online.
Primary
Build a micro greenhouse, code a micro:bit to monitor and control conditions, and grow microgreens – an insight into sustainable farming.
Primary
Students learn how engineers and STEM can change our world in a free to use online cityscape.
