Whether you’re a teacher of STEM, information technology, humanities, careers or social studies, we want to help you with all of these challenges and put the ‘wow’ into classrooms. We want to support you with resources that aim to engage all students regardless of their gender, ethnicity or background. There are multiple organisations and global initiatives that are focused on this mission, and our aim is to bring these resources together so that you can access them quickly and easily – For Free
Whether you’re a teacher of STEM, information technology, humanities, careers or social studies, we want to help you with all of these challenges and put the ‘wow’ into classrooms. We want to support you with resources that aim to engage all students regardless of their gender, ethnicity or background. There are multiple organisations and global initiatives that are focused on this mission, and our aim is to bring these resources together so that you can access them quickly and easily – For Free
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 STEM subjects.
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 the RACE for Success in STEM team (Research Advancement among Careers and Education for Success in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, including Spanish and English). This project at the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico takes a holistic approach to help students develop a STEM identity.
• This resource also contains interviews with team members. If your students have questions for the team, they can send them through the Futurum Careers website.
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on the team’s research and challenges them to design a holistic project to help a fictional character prepare for a STEM career.
This resource was first published by 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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This teacher CPD resource will improve teachers’ mathematical skills, confidence and teaching abilities.
• This resource introduces the work of Dr Jennifer Holm, a mathematics educator at Wilfrid Laurier University. She has developed an online teaching platform to help teachers improve their mathematical skills and confidence.
• This resource also contains an interview with Jennifer. If you have questions for Jennifer, you can send them through the Futurum Careers website.
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt you to to reflect on Jennifer’s research and your own teaching methods.
This resource was first published by 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).
If you like these free resources, or have suggestions for improvements, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!
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 mathematics 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 Dr Ruth Joy and Dr Kaitlin Palmer who are part of the HALLO project, researching how the specific sounds killer whales make to communicate can be used to track them as they move through the sea. By using deep learning AI techniques to identify which whales are making which sounds, they aim to alert nearby ships when certain endangered whale populations are nearby.
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Ruth and Kaitlin’s research, and tasks them to listen to orca calls and conduct a deep learning experiment.
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).
If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!
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 and Mathematics.
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 Jamie Fleet and Dr Stephanie Frisbee, at Western University in Canada, who are collaborating to improve health outcomes for people affected by stroke, depression and dementia.
• This resource also contains interviews with Jamie and Stephanie, providing insights into careers in healthcare research.
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Jamie and Stephanie’s research, and tasks them to devise a group exercise workout!
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).
If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!
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 maths, statistics and biology.
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 Joanna Mills Flemming, a statistician at Dalhousie University. She is developing statistical models to gain insights into ocean data, allowing her to uncover information about marine animals.
• This resource also contains an interview with Joanna and offers an insight into careers in statistical ecology. If your students have questions for Joanna, they can send them through the Futurum Careers website.
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Joanna’s research and challenges them to conduct their own statistical research project.
This resource was first published by 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).
If you like these free resources, or have suggestions for improvements, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!
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 economics, maths and sociology.
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 Tom Kirchmaier and Dr Magdalena Domínguez, crime economists at the London School of Economics. They are investigating crime from an economic perspective to improve police services.
• This resource also contains an interview with Tom and Magdalena and offers an insight into careers in crime economics. If your students have questions for Tom and Magdalena, they can send them to them 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). Tom and Magdalena will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Tom and Magdalena’s research and challenges them to consider what economic and social factors influence people’s decisions to commit crimes.
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).
If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!
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 biology, maths and statistics.
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 Guillaume Blanchet, a quantitative ecologist at the Université de Sherbrooke in Canada. He is developing statistical models to uncover the complex relationships organisms have with each other and their environment.
• This resource also contains an interview with Guillaume and offers an insight into careers in quantitative ecology. If your students have questions for Guillaume, 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). Guillaume will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Guillaume’s research and challenges them to conduct their own ecological survey to analyse what species live in their area.
• The article and activity sheet are also available in French through the weblink below.
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).
If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!
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 maths.
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 Min Xu, a statistician at Rutgers University in the US. He has developed a probabilistic model to describe the growth and evolution of real-world networks.
• This resource also contains an interview with Min and offers an insight into careers in probability and statistics. If your students have questions for Min, they can send them to them 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). Min will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Min’s research and challenges them to explore their own social network.
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).
If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!
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 maths, statistics and biology.
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 Professors Sumithra and Jay Mandrekar, biostatisticians at Mayo Clinic, USA. They are using biostatistics to design and analyse clinical trials, leading to improvements in healthcare and medical treatments.
• This resource also contains an interview with Sumithra and Jay and offers an insight into careers in biostatistics. If your students have questions for Sumithra and Jay, they can send them to them 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). Sumithra and Jay will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Sumithra and Jay’s research and challenges them to design a clinical trial.
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).
If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!
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 maths and biology.
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 Renata Ivanek, an epidemiologist at Cornell University, USA. She is creating mathematical models to investigate epidemiology in the food industry.
• This resource also contains an interview with Renata and offers an insight into careers in epidemiological modelling. If your students have questions for Renata, 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). Renata will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Renata’s research and challenges them to have a go at epidemiological modelling in a fun online activity.
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).
If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!
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 Science, Mathematics and 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 Professor David Thornalley from University College London, in the UK, a climate scientist who has been using data from ocean floor mud to understand how the Atlantic Ocean has changed over thousands of years into the past and how it may change in the future due to climate change. His data show that the ocean’s circulation has been weakening, probably as a result of human-caused warming.
• This resource also contains an interview with David. If you or your students have a question for him, you can submit it online – go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. David will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on David’s research, and tasks them to investigate how our oceans are being affected by human activity.
• The animation summarises David’s research and is accompanied by a script.
• The PowerPoint reiterates the key points in the article and includes further talking points to encourage students to reflect on careers in climate science.
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).
If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!
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 Mathematics.
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 Anotida Madzvamuse, an applied mathematician at the University of Sussex, in the UK, and the University of British Columbia, in Canada, whose work includes data-driven mathematical modelling, mathematical analysis of models, parameter estimation and model selection by fitting models to data. He also led the UK-Africa Postgraduate Advanced Study Institute in Mathematical Sciences.
• This resource also contains an interview with Anotida. If you or your students have a question for him, you can submit it online – go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. Anotida will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Anotida’s research, and tasks them to explore careers in applied mathematics.
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).
If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!
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 Economics, Mathematics and Social 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 Professor Birgitta Rabe, an economist based at the University of Essex in the UK. A researcher on the Understanding Society longitudinal study, Birgitta investigates trends in education, family and labour economics and uses data from Understanding Society to inform government support for children’s well-being.
• This resource also contains an interview with Birgitta. If you or your students have a question for her, you can submit it online – go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. Birgitta will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Birgitta’s research, and tasks them to devise their own Understanding Society survey.
• The PowerPoint reiterates the key points in the article and includes further talking points to encourage students to reflect on careers in economics.
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).
If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!
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 Engineering, Mathematics 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 Professor Zi-Qiang Lang, an automatic control and systems engineer based at the University of Sheffield in the UK. Three of his former PhD students, a former PhD supervisor and Zi-Qiang share what it means to be an automatic control and systems engineer. Together, their commentaries highlight what is required to succeed in the field.
• If you or your students have a question for Zi-Qiang and his colleagues, you can submit it online – go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. They will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy), to prompt students to reflect on Zi-Qiang’s research, and tasks them to devise a campaign to encourage others to explore careers in the field of automatic control and systems engineering.
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).
If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!
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 Computer Science, Mathematics and Engineering.
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 Kristin Y. Rozier, a temporal logician based within the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Iowa State University in the US. Her work encompasses many different fields, but all are aimed at making people’s lives better and safer.
• This resource also contains an interview with Kristin. If you or your students have a question for her, you can submit it online – go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. Kristin will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Kristin’s research, and tasks them to try matrix puzzles.
• The PowerPoint reiterates the key points in the article and includes further talking points to encourage students to reflect on their own skills and aspirations.
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).
If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!
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 Physics and Maths.
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 Daniel Terno and his team at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, who are building a framework of characteristics that can be used to search for black holes in the Universe - their findings may challenge our understanding of the fundamental laws of physics.
• This resource also contains interviews with Daniel and his colleague Pravin. 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. Daniel and Pravin will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Daniel and Pravin’s research, and challenges them to explain a complex quantum physics concept to a younger a student.
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).
If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!
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 physics and maths.
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 Akhshay Bhadwal, an experimental physicist at Nottingham Trent University, UK, and Dr Joseph Cousins, a mathematician at the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde, UK. They are combining their skills and expertise to understand how nematic liquid crystals, used in the screen of phones, TVs and computers, behave.
• This resource also contains interviews with Akhshay and Joseph and offers an insight into careers in physics and maths. If your students have questions for Akhshay and Joseph, they can send them to them 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). Akhshay and Joseph will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Akhshay and Joseph’s research and challenges them to conduct their own experiment to investigate the physics of rivulets.
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).
If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!
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 mathematics.
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 Zach Boyd, a mathematician at Brigham Young University, USA. He is creating mathematical models of global supply chain networks to protect them from disruptions.
• This resource also contains an interview with Zach and offers an insight into careers in maths. If your students have questions for Zach, 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). Zach will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Zach’s research and challenges them to create a supply chain network for an item in their classroom.
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).
If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!
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 entomology and nematology.
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 Christian Nansen, from the Department of Entomology and Nematology at the University of California, Davis, who developed an interactive teaching tool that uses mathematical models to predict and manage future outcomes.
• This resource also contains an interview with Christian. If you or your students have a question for him, you can submit it online – go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. Christian will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Christian’s research and tasks them to think about how you could use mathematical modelling results to influence the future.
• This resource is also available in Spanish from the link below.
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).
If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!
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, STEM clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Mathematics and Biology.
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 Andrew Nunn, an epidemiologist at the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London in the UK, whose research focuses on clinical trials of drugs that have the potential to prevent and treat infectious diseases. He is currently working to develop a treatment regimen for a form of tuberculosis that is resistant to the most effective drugs commonly used.
• This resource also contains an interview with Andrew. If you or your students have a question for him, you can submit it online – go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. Andrew will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Andrew’s research, and tasks them to think about infectious diseases - and their treatments - impacting the world today.
• The accompanying animation summarises Andrew’s research in an engaging and accessible way and comes with a script to help students access the information.
• The PowerPoint reiterates the key points in the article and includes further talking points to encourage students to reflect on their own skills and aspirations.
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).
If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!