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Career Workshops · Now booking: Geology

Spend seven days inside one career, with someone who has done the work.

A workshop gives students a real taste of a single career. It begins with a free talk at school, continues with online classes, takes students out to a field site, and ends with a project that a practitioner reviews. Our first workshop is in geology.

Dates and fees shared when you enquire · For Class 8 to 12
A geologist's field notebook, hand lens, rock hammer and fossil on layered rock

From a lecture hall to a field site

  1. Day 1

    Guest lecture

    Free, at school

  2. Days 2 and 3

    Online classes

    Deep into the career

  3. Days 4 and 5

    Field visit

    Where the work happens

  4. Days 6 and 7

    Project

    Real work, real feedback

  5. After

    Certificate

    For every finisher

A retired geologist showing a rock to a class of students in a school hall
Day 1. A free lecture in your school hall.
A student taking notes during an online geology class, rock samples on her desk
Days 2 and 3. Online classes, rocks on the desk.
Students with hand lenses and notebooks at a rock face with a geologist
Days 4 and 5. Out in the field with a geologist.
A student presenting a hand-drawn rock layer diagram to the geologist
Days 6 and 7. Present your project, get feedback.

Three things a classroom can't give

A practitioner leads it

Every day is led by someone who has done the job for years, not by a teacher reading from a textbook.

A visit to a real site

Students spend two days where the work actually happens and see the conditions, tools and pace of the job for themselves.

Work to show for it

Students finish with a real project, written feedback from the practitioner and a certificate of completion.

Geology, with Mr. Vidhya Sagar

Mr. Vidhya Sagar is a retired geologist who spent his working life in the field. He leads every part of the workshop himself, from the school talk to the field visit, and he is happy to answer questions from parents before they book.

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Common questions

Is the whole workshop paid?

Day 1 is free. Days 2 to 7 are paid by parents, and we share the fee when you enquire.

Is the field visit in person?

Yes, with the practitioner. Families who enquire get the location and supervision details before they book.

Who can join?

Students in Class 8 to 12, with a parent's consent. Students do not need to have chosen Science, though geology at university usually needs physics, chemistry and mathematics or biology in Class 12.

Do students get a certificate?

Yes. Students who complete all seven days receive a certificate, along with written feedback on their project.

Would your child like a place in the geology workshop?

Tell us your child's class and we will share the dates, the fee and the plan for the field visit.

Career Discovery app · Coming soon

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Every career world, with all its careers, routes and class-by-class steps, lives in the Career Discovery app. It is coming soon, and it will be free for students.