Capstone: My Future in Clean Energy and Climate Tech
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Provided by: Massachusetts Clean Energy Center|Published on: April 16, 2026
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Synopsis
- In this lesson, students will reflect on climate-related careers, analyze job descriptions, and consider what climate-related role they are best-suited for.
- The lesson includes options for hands-on activities, such as mock interviews, and different ways for students to demonstrate their learning.
- Teachers can find the other lesson materials, including the presentation slides and student handouts, here under the dropdown for Lesson 18.
Subjects: Engineering, Career Skills
Authors: Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
Region: Global, Massachusetts
Languages: English
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Positives
- Picturing themselves in a climate-critical career will help students feel more confident in their ability to work towards positive change in the future.
- Having students consider their own skills is an important component of career exploration.
Prerequisites
- This is meant to be the culminating lesson for the Massachusetts Climate Careers Unit; however, this lesson can be used to follow any exploration of climate-related careers.
- Before this lesson, students will need to have explored a variety of climate careers.
Differentiation & Implementation
- This lesson can be co-taught by science teachers, guidance counselors, or career skills teachers.
- When evaluating the job descriptions, students can select one of the jobs to fill out a mock application and cover letter for.
- This lesson offers a variety of differentiation options to meet the needs of many different students, and extensions to expand on the topics explored in the lesson.
- Teachers can use this lesson to make connections to the Sustainable Development Goals, especially SDG 8, Decent Work and Economic Growth. Teachers can also check out this resource for a green careers activity that has students consider the SDGs in a community project.
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