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Suitable for 11-18-year olds (secondary, middle and high schools), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, in science clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS3 Science, Earth: Earth Resources and Climate and KS4 Chemistry, Earth and Atmospheric Science; Geography, physical geography and people and environment, but is also internationally relevant.
It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
The article includes a summary of a geoscience research project, including an explanation of rare elements such as tellurium, which is rarer than gold! Marine geoscientist Prof Bram Murton explains his fascination with marine geoscience as well as the career opportunities that are available in this field.
The activity sheet includes discussion points - seven questions the students can answer in groups or individually - and ideas for activities that are relevant to geoscience, including Boaty McBoatface!
This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).
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Suitable for 11-18-year olds (secondary, middle and high schools), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, in science clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS3 Chemistry, Earth and atmosphere; Design and Technology, Evaluate; *Geography, human and physical *and KS4 Chemistry, Earth and atmospheric science, but is also internationally relevant.
It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
The article includes a summary of a carbon capture project, an interview with chemical engineer Prof Chris Jones and an overview of chemical engineering.
The activity sheet includes discussion points - eight questions the students can answer in groups or individually. There are also links to other relevant resources from Science Buddies.
This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).
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Suitable for 11-18-year olds (secondary, middle and high schools), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, in science clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS3 *Human and physical geography *and KS4 Earth and atmospheric science but is also relevant internationally and is a good climate change resource.
It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
The article includes a summary of a water research project, an interview with the hydrologist Dr Emile Elias and an overview of the Southwest Climate Hub in the USA.
The activity sheet includes discussion points - eight questions the students can answer in groups or individually. There are also links to other relevant resources from the Asombro Institute for Science Education.
This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).
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Suitable for 11-18-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, geography/STEM clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS3, KS4 and KS5 human geography, It is also internationally relevant.
It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
The article explains what geomatics is and the difference between how humans and computers understand maps and places. There is also an interview with geomatics researcher Dr Stephan Winter, who talks about his career path and opportunities in geomatics - the collection, analysis and use of geographic information.
The activity sheet includes discussion points - seven questions the students can answer in groups or individually. There are also links to educational activities such as the National Geographic MapMaker Interactive.
This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).
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Suitable for 11-18-year olds (secondary, middle and high schools), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, in science/geography clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS3 Chemistry, Earth and Atmosphere; Geography but is also internationally relevant.
It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
The article includes a summary of an earthquake research project, an interview with the Earth scientist Dr Alex Copely and an overview of seismology i.e. what is seismology and how do you become an Earth Scientist?
The activity sheet includes discussion points - six questions the students can answer in groups or individually. There are also links to other relevant resources from Science World.
The case study interviews students living in Anchorage, USA, an earthquake hot spot.
This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).
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Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Geography and Information Technology/Computing.
It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
• This teaching resource explains the work of Dr Alan Condron from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA. A climate modeller, he is investigating past incidences of climate change to model future changes to our planet’s climate.
• This resource also contains an interview with Dr Alan Condron about his work and career path. If your students (or you) have questions for Dr Condron, you/they can send them to him online. All you need to do is to go to his article online (see the Futurum link below), scroll down to the end and type in the question(s). Dr Condron will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Dr Condron’s research and challenges them to design a computer model.
• The PowerPoint reiterates some of the points in the article.
This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).
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Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, science/geography/STEM clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Geography.
It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
This teaching resource explains how tectonic plates work and why earthquakes happen. It also describes a phenomenon known by scientists as slow slip events or silent earthquakes, which have only been recently discovered. An interview with seismologist Dr Rebecca Bell will inspire your students to study geography further and get into geology!
The activity sheet includes discussion points - seven questions the students can answer in groups or individually. There are also instructions on how to simulate a silent earthquake in the classroom using washing up liquid and bricks.
This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).
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Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS4 and KS5 geography, (environmental) physics and (atmospheric) chemistry.
It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
• This resource introduces the work of Associate Professor Morewell Gasseller, an environmental physicist at Xavier University of Louisiana, USA. He leads a STEM education programme that equips undergraduate students with vital skills for careers in STEM and empowers local communities to tackle environmental problems, by building and deploying air pollution monitors.
• This resource also contains an interview with Morewell and some of his students. If your students have questions for Morewell, they can send them to him online. All they need to do is to go to the article online (see the Futurum link below), scroll down to the end and type in the question(s). Morewell will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Morewell’s research and challenges them to create their own air pollution monitors.
This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).
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Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS4 and KS5 chemistry, biology and geography.
It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
• This teaching resource explains the work of Professor Katsumi Matsumoto, an ocean biogeochemist at the University of Minnesota. He is using numerical modelling to investigate the ratio of carbon to nitrogen to phosphorus in phytoplankton in the ocean.
• This resource also contains an interview with Katsumi. If your students have questions for Katsumi, they can send them to him online. All they need to do is to go to the article online (see the Futurum link below), scroll down to the end and type in the question(s). Katsumi will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Katsumi’s research and challenges them model the global ocean carbon cycle.
This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).
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Suitable for secondary, high school and college students, this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, school clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS4 and KS5 biology and geography.
It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
• One significant effect of climate change is that the ocean is becoming increasingly acidic. This has implications for marine life, including farmed shellfish such as oysters and mussels. Dr Susan Fitzer at the University of Stirling is investigating what climate change means for shellfish farming, and how aquaculture could adapt to keep thriving. This article explains key biological processes such as biomineralisation, isotopes and ocean acidification.
• This resource also contains an interview with Susan about her career path. If your students (or you) have questions for Susan, you/they can send them to her online. All you need to do is to go to the article online (see the Futurum link below), scroll down to the end and type in the question(s). Susan will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) and activities to prompt students to reflect on Susan’s research.
• The PowerPoint and animation summarise the main points in the article. A script with activity ideas is also available.
This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).
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Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, geography/geology/STEM clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Geography
It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
This fascinating teaching resource looks at Professor Stephen Self’s life-long study of lava-producing and explosive super-eruptions.
This resource also contains an interview with Professor Self.
The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ to prompt students to reflect on Prof Self’s research and includes useful links for students who want to learn more about volcanology.
This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).
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Suitable for 11-18-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, geography/STEM clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS3 and KS4 physical geography, It is also internationally relevant.
It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
The article explains how tectonic plates work and how these moving plates lead to earthquakes and tsunamis. There is also an interview with Earth scientist Dr Zheng-Xiang Li, who talks about his career path and opportunities in Earth science.
The activity sheet includes discussion points - seven questions the students can answer in groups or individually. There are also links to educational activities such as instructions on how to make a volcano from homemade ingredients.
This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).
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Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Physical Geography and Physics.
It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
• This teaching resource explains the work of Dr Xinan Liu from the University of Maryland, USA. A physical oceanographer engineer, he and his team are investigating the air-sea boundary area - where rain meets the ocean - to understand its impact in climate change.
• This resource also contains an interview with Xinan. If your students (or you) have questions for Xinan, you/they can send them to him online. All you need to do is to go to the article online (see the Futurum link below), scroll down to the end and type in the question(s). Xinan will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Xinan’s research and challenges them to create their own model of raindrops falling on the sea.
• The PowerPoint reiterates some of the points in the article.
This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).
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Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom and at home.
This resource links to KS4 and KS5 geography.
It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
• This teaching resource explains the work of Professor Sarah Hall, an economic geographer at the University of Nottingham, UK, and a member of the UK in a Changing Europe research group. She is studying the financial impacts of Brexit.
• This resource also contains an interview with Sarah and offers an insight into careers in economic geography. If your students have questions for Sarah, they can send them to her online. All they need to do is to go to the article online (see the Futurum link below), scroll down to the end and type in the question(s). Sarah will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Sarah’s research and challenges them to design an economic geography-based board game.
• An animation about Sarah’s work is available through the weblink, along with a downloadable script.
This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).
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Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online.
This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Biology, Chemistry, Geography and Environmental Science.
It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
• This teaching resource explains the work of the FLARE Wildfire Research Group at The University of Melbourne in Australia which is developing models that can help predict where wildfires are most likely to occur and how fires behave under different weather conditions.
• This resource also contains interviews with members of the FLARE team. If you or your students have a question for them, you can submit it online – go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. The team will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on FLARE’s research, and tasks them to think about other extreme weather caused by climate change.
This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).
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Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online.
This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Geography and Science.
It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
• This teaching resource explains the work of geoscience Dr Laurent Ailleres and his team, from Monash University in Australia, who are developing a 3D modelling platform that will help mines become more efficient and reduce their environmental and climate impacts.
• This resource also contains interviews with Laurent and his colleagues. If you or your students have a question for them, you can submit it online – go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. The team will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on the team’s research, and tasks them to hold a debate.
This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).
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Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS4 and KS5 geology and geography.
It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
• This teaching resource explains the work of Professor Peter Clift, a sedimentary geologist at Louisiana State University, USA. He is investigating impact of the Asian monsoon on the Himalayas and on ancient civilisations.
• This resource also contains an interview with Peter and offers an insight into careers in sedimentary geology. If your students have questions for Peter, they can send them to him online. All they need to do is to go to the article online (see the Futurum link below), scroll down to the end and type in the question(s). Peter will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Peter’s research and challenges them to design their own geological expedition.
• The accompanying PowerPoint reiterates the key points in the article.
This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).
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Suitable for 11-18-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, geography/computing clubs and at home.
It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
The article includes an explanation of tornadoes and why the USA experiences more than anywhere else in the world, plus an interview with atmospheric scientists Dr Leigh Orf.
The activity sheet includes discussion points - seven questions the students can answer in groups or individually; and atmospheric pressure experiment and links to relevant education resources from the likes of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
This resource links to KS3 Geography: Human and physical; Chemistry: Earth and atmosphere; Physics: Atmospheric pressure; and KS4 Geography: Changing weather and climate; Chemistry: Earth and atmospheric science. It is also internationally relevant.
This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).
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Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Science and Geography.
It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
• This teaching resource explains the work of Professor Zhengyu Liu and Dr Bette Otto-Bliesner who are using state-of-the-art computer models to delve into our planet’s past, to see how insights into previous climatic changes can help inform our future.
• This resource also contains an interview with Professor Zhengyu Liu and Dr Bette Otto-Bliesner. If you or your students have a question for them, you can submit it online – go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. Professor Liu or Dr Otto-Bliesner will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect onProfessor Liu or Dr Otto-Bliesner’s research and challenges them to think about how Earth’s climate has changed since the Last Glacial Maximum.
This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).
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Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, tech/STEM clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Geography, locational knowledge; and Design &Technology, contextual challenges. It is also internationally relevant.
It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
The article explains the challenges facing hill farms in the UK, which also apply to hill farms elsewhere in the world. It discusses the differences between lowland and highland farming and how technology is adapting to meet farmers’ needs. There is also an interview with Prof Davy McCracken, plus ideas on where a career in agricultural sciences might lead.
The activity sheet includes discussion points - eight questions the students can answer in groups or individually. Students are also asked how different landscapes and environments will affect farming decision-making.
This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).
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