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Teaching Net Zero Skills and Jobs
Education resources to help teachers equip students with the skills and knowledge required for the jobs and career pathways that will sustain our transition to a net-zero economy.

What will it take to achieve net zero?

Addressing climate change and transitioning to a net-zero economy will involve everyone—from individuals to governments—working together to establish policies and design, manufacture and implement sustainable solutions to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and removing carbon from the atmosphere.

The key to success? Skilled and passionate people dedicated to making a difference.

About these resources

These resources have been designed to boost teacher confidence in teaching about the impacts of climate change and transitioning to a net-zero economy using real-world examples.

They'll inspire your students to take socially and environmentally responsible action, develop young people's awareness of and confidence in becoming climate change entrepreneurs and increase student desire to consider future sustainability jobs that will be vital in our transition to a net zero economy.

Units

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Designing for Food and Farms into the Future

Primary
Year 5 - 6
Technology
Design and Technologies
Environmental
Land Management
Sustainability
Economic
Design Thinking

Unit
Free
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Habitats and Humanity

Primary
Year 6
Science
Biology
Environmental
Biodiversity
Climate Change
Energy
Sustainability
Economic
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Job Ready
Technology

Unit
Free
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Exploring Earth’s Systems: Carbon, Climate and Renewable Energy

Secondary
Year 9
Science
Earth and Space
Environmental
Climate Change
Energy
Sustainability
Economic
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Job Ready

Unit
Free
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Powering the Future: Sustainable Energy Use and Production For a Net Zero Economy

Secondary
Year 9
Science
Physics
Environmental
Climate Change
Energy
Sustainability
Economic
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Job Ready

More organisations and information

There are many organisations out there doing amazing things to support our transition to net-zero. Here are just a few you might like to check out.

Terra.do (think Seek but only jobs that are verified climate jobs)
Clean Energy Council's Careers for Net Zero Platform
Tomorrow Movement
Beyond Zero Emissions

Image credit: Careers for Net Zero.
This image originally appeared on the Careers for Net Zero website.

Primary lessons for climate solutions

Lesson
Free
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The Environmental Impacts of Agriculture

Primary
Year 5 - 6
Technology
Design and Technologies
Environmental
Land Management
Sustainability

Lesson
Free
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How Can Bush Foods Help Agriculture?

Primary
Year 5 - 6
Technology
Design and Technologies
Environmental
Land Management
Sustainability

Lesson
Free
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Technology and Agriculture

Primary
Year 5 - 6
Technology
Design and Technologies
Environmental
Land Management
Sustainability
Economic
Design Thinking

Lesson
Free
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Design a Sustainable Farm for the Future

Primary
Year 5 - 6
Technology
Design and Technologies
Environmental
Land Management
Sustainability
Economic
Design Thinking

Primary lessons for exploring habitats

Lesson
Free
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How Do Habitats Change?

Primary
Year 6
Science
Biology
Environmental
Biodiversity
Conservation

Lesson
Free
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Ecosystem Disruption

Primary
Year 6
Science
Biology
Environmental
Biodiversity
Conservation

Lesson
Free
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The Impacts of Climate Change on the Environment

Primary
Year 6
Science
Biology
Environmental
Biodiversity
Conservation

Lesson
Free
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Clean Energy and the Environment

Primary
Year 6
Environmental
Biodiversity
Climate Change
Energy
Sustainability
Economic
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Technology

Secondary lessons for exploring our Earth’s systems

Lesson
Free
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Renewable Energy and Its Impacts on Earth’s Spheres

Secondary
Year 9
Science
Earth and Space
Environmental
Citizen Science
Energy
Sustainability
Economic
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Job Ready

Lesson
Free
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What Is Carbon Capture and How Does It Affect the Carbon Cycle?

Secondary
Year 9
Science
Earth and Space
Environmental
Climate Change
Energy
Sustainability
Economic
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Job Ready

Lesson
Free
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What Causes Australia’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

Secondary
Year 9
Science
Earth and Space
Environmental
Climate Change
Energy
Sustainability
Economic
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Job Ready

Lesson
Free
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How Does Climate Change Affect Earth's Spheres?

Secondary
Year 9
Science
Earth and Space
Environmental
Climate Change
Energy
Sustainability
Economic
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Job Ready
Systems Thinking

Secondary lessons for sustainable energy

Lesson
Free
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Energy Efficiency: From Theory to Electricity Generation

Secondary
Year 9
Science
Physics
Environmental
Climate Change
Energy
Sustainability
Economic
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Job Ready

Lesson
Free
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Using Nature as Inspiration to Engineer Renewable Energy Efficiency

Secondary
Year 9
Science
Environmental
Climate Change
Energy
Sustainability
Economic
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Job Ready

Lesson
Free
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Design a Net Zero Home Using Scientific Knowledge

Secondary
Year 9
Science
Environmental
Climate Change
Energy
Sustainability
Economic
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Job Ready

Lesson
Free
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Careers in Energy That Can Make a Difference to Climate Change

Secondary
Year 9
Science
Physics
Environmental
Climate Change
Energy
Sustainability
Economic
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Job Ready

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