Make career conversations meaningful with CANDOO Cards in your D&T classroom

Published 15th September 2025

Finding fresh ways to bring careers into your design and technology lessons can be tricky. CANDOO Cards give you a simple, interactive tool to spark discussion, teamwork and reflection through game play.

CANDOO is a card-based game that helps pupils explore career paths in a fun and engaging way. The pack includes career cards, skills cards, qualification cards, life experience cards and clear instructions, so it is quick to introduce into your classroom.

Here’s how it works: pupils collect the skills and qualifications they need to complete their chosen career path. To win, they build up the most points. Life experience cards add excitement, allowing players to boost their career, pick up bonus points, start a second career or even make rivals redundant. The competitive element keeps pupils hooked, while the learning focus helps them see how skills link to future opportunities.

Watch how to play CANDOO Cards

Rose, a secondary teacher, explained the impact in her classroom:
“The pupils really enjoy the game play, especially if it results in wiping my career progression. Most importantly, I overheard one group having a really interesting conversation about science careers and the game really seemed to be provoking questions and discussion which is fab.”

For D&T teachers, CANDOO Cards can:

• Make careers education part of your everyday lessons without extra planning
• Encourage meaningful conversations about skills, qualifications and pathways
• Support teamwork and peer learning in a light-hearted and accessible way
• Link directly to the wider role of D&T in preparing pupils for future careers

By weaving careers learning into active play, you help pupils build awareness of the skills and choices that shape their futures without it feeling like another lesson.

Bring CANDOO Cards into your classroom today and watch the conversations unfold. Order your set here.