Maritime Career Market
for teachers

Full support for teachers

The Maritime Career Market once again offers students an excellent opportunity this year to gain insights into the maritime industry and receive valuable guidance for their future careers.

The on-site program is specifically tailored to the needs of students in grades 9 to 13 and enables engaging group experiences. Teachers can use the event to complement their lessons and optimally prepare their students.

Below you will find two sample daily schedules that proved helpful during the event in order to gain as much knowledge and as many impressions as possible:

Besuchende unterhalten sich mit Ausstellenden

Pay nothing, take part in everything:

Accompany your students on their journey into the world of work:

Teachers and school classes receive free access to the Maritime Career Market and SMM 2026. Take advantage of this opportunity to experience future-oriented industries first-hand, establish contacts with companies, and provide your students with valuable inspiration for their career orientation.

Career Happy Hour

After an informative first day, the Career Happy Hour provided the perfect opportunity to relax with music, snacks and drinks and reflect on the impressions.  

Available free of charge

Teaching materials

The Deutsches Maritimes Zentrum’s Maritime Pathfinder contains plenty of free information, as well as teaching and learning materials for teachers of all grades to make the societal and economic significance of the maritime industry more tangible for pupils.

Of particular note is the extensive range of formats provided in the Maritime Pathfinder by various industry players. You have access to analogue and digital materials, worksheets, and presentations, as well as the comprehensive, sustainable education project MarWiLo – Maritime Wirtschaft und Logistik (maritime economy and logistics), a curriculum-based concept with work aids, teaching handouts and online modules, along with access to an online portal for supplementary materials and training offers.

The following offers (in German) are available free of charge in the Maritime Pathfinder for grades 9 to 13:
 

  • Wir wollen Meer – die Zukunft der Ozeane zwischen Konsuminteressen und Umweltschutz (the future of the oceans between consumer interest and environmental protection). Provided by Greenpeace.
  • Echt fair! Ermöglicht ein Lieferkettengesetz verantwortungsvolles Handeln? (Genuinely fair! Does a supply chain law facilitate responsible trade?). Provided by teacheconomy.de, by the Joachim Herz Foundation.
  • Was tun, wenn die globale Lieferkette reißt? (What to do when the global supply chain breaks?). Provided by teacheconomy.de, by the Joachim Herz Foundation.
  • Ocean Lovers Education. Provided by the German Ocean Foundation.
  • Foto-Identifikation von Belugas (Weißwalen) (photo identification of belugas (white whales)). Provided by Spektrum der Wissenschaft Verlagsgesellschaft mbH.
  • Lecture: Warum Wale hören können müssen (why whales need to be able to hear). Provided by the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg
  • PlasticSchool, secondary level I and II. Provided by the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde
  • Umwelt im Unterricht (environment in teaching). Provided by the Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMUV)
  • MarWiLo – Maritime Wirtschaft und Logistik (maritime economy and logistics). Provided by: Institut für Ökonomische Bildung gGmbH, affiliated institute of the University of Oldenburg.

     

To Maritime Pfadfinder website

Contact

Nina Krüger

Conference Manager

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