Thank you for downloading this free resource. Let us know how we are doing and leave us a review. 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 Engineering, Physics and Computer 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 resource introduces the work of Professor Kristi Morgansen, a professor in the William E. Boeing Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the University of Washington in the US. Her fascinating aerospace engineering work focuses on sensory systems for flying vehicles and draws inspiration from biology and neuroscience. • This resource also contains an interview with Professor Morgansen. 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. Professor Morgansen will reply! • It also includes an activity sheet, which contains ‘thinking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Professor Morgansen’s research and challenges them to carry out their own investigation into how animals fly. 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!

Thank you for downloading this free resource. Let us know how we are doing and leave us a review. 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, Chemistry 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 Solange Duhamel, an oceanographer, and Dr Christopher Hamilton, a planetary scientist, who have explored microbial life in Iceland’s hydrothermal systems to investigate how life could survive on Mars. • This resource also contains an interview with Dr Duhamel and Dr Hamilton. 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. Dr Duhamel or Dr Hamilton will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on the research and provides a wealth of links to enable students to find out more. 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!

Thank you for downloading this free resource. Let us know how we are doing and leave us a review. 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 Careers. 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 introduces the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory’s Latino Initiative Program run by Dr Rodolfo Montez Jr. and Christine Crowley. The programme enables students from under-represented backgrounds to pursue careers in STEM. • This resource also contains interviews with Dr Montez and students who have taken part in the programme, so your students can think about routes into astrophysics and what reserach in the field is like. • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on the programme and challenges them to think about how the STEM community can become more diverse. 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!

Thank you for downloading this free resource. Let us know how we are doing and leave us a review. 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 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 Dr Peter Wizinowich, based at W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii, an engineer who specialises in optical sciences in astrophysics. His work involves using adaptive optics to improve the imaging capabilities of some of the world’s largest telescopes. This resource also contains an interview with Dr Wizinowich. The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Dr Wizinowich’s work and links to fin out more about W.M. Keck Observatory. 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!

Thank you for downloading this free resource. Let us know how we are doing and leave us a review. 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. 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 Wouter Deconinck, of Manitoba University in Canada, who is part of the team developing the Electron-Ion Collider. This resource also contains an interview with Dr Deconinck. The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Dr Deconinck’s research and links to a range of resources from the University of Manitoba. 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!

Thank you for downloading this free resource. Let us know how we are doing and leave us a review. 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. 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 Liz Johnson, a STEM education specialist based at Southern Research in the US, who implements an outreach programme that aims to inspire young people to embrace the joy of all things STEM. This resource also contains an interview with Dr Johnson and three of her STEM ambassadors. The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Dr Johnson’s work and a challenge to make an LED circuit. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers: https://futurumcareers.com/how-can-stem-education-provide-light-bulb-moments For more free articles and activity sheets linking to biology, physics, chemistry, maths, space, Earth and environmental science, engineering, technology, computer science, medicine, social science and humanities, visit Futurum Careers articles page: https://futurumcareers.com/articles If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!

Thank you for downloading this free resource. Let us know how we are doing and leave us a review. 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/Physics/Astronomy clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 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 Professor Tom Bania, of Boston University in the US, who is using the latest telescope technology to map out the Milky Way. This resource also contains an interview with Professor Bania. The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ to prompt students to reflect on Prof Bania’s work and activities on electromagnetic radiation and astronomical telescopes. 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!

Thank you for downloading this free resource. Let us know how we are doing and leave us a review. 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/STEM/environment clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Chemistry 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 atmospheric scientist, Darrel Baumgardner, and looks at how cloud seeding is used to modify the weather. This resource also contains an interview with Darrel. The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ to prompt students to reflect on Darrel’s work and tasks to ensure students consider the different issues connected to weather modification. 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!

Thank you for downloading this free resource. Let us know how we are doing and leave us a review. Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, maths/science/technology/STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 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 mentoring programme set up by the National Astronomy Consortium in the US and contains interviews with astronomy PhD researchers. The activity sheet provides astronomy challenges and research questions to prompt students to find out more. 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!

Thank you for downloading this free resource. Let us know how we are doing and leave us a review. Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, maths/physics/STEM clubs and at home . This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Physics 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 Matthew Redshaw, based at Central Michigan University, whose ambitious project aims to perform the most precise test of Einstein’s theory of relativity equation to date! This resource also contains an interview with Dr Redshaw. The activity sheet includes ‘talking points’ to prompt students to reflect on Dr Redshaw’s work and provides links to enable them to explore a whole range of ‘beautiful’ equations. 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!

Thank you for downloading this free resource. Let us know how we are doing and leave us a review. 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/STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 physics: cause and effect; and KS5 physics: quantum physics. 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 idea of cause and effect, and how this idea can be harnessed to develop quantum computers. There is also an interview with quantum physicist Dr Fabio Costa, plus ideas on where a career in physics might lead. The activity sheet includes discussion points - eight questions the students can answer in groups or individually. There are also links to educational activities such as Physics Girl, which explains the quantum coin toss. 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 11-18-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, in science/space clubs and at home. This resource links to KS3 Physics: space physics; and KS4 Space physics. It is also internationally relevant. It can 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 gravitational waves and what this means for space science, an interview with astrophysicist Dr Paul Lasky and an overview of gravitational-wave astronomy i.e. what is it and why should young people take an interest? The activity sheet includes discussion points - seven questions the students can answer in groups or individually. There are also instructions on how to make a model of a black hole and links to Zooniverse Citizen Science projects. 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!

Thank you for downloading this free resource. Let us know how we are doing and leave us a review. 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/space clubs and at home. This resource links to KS3 and KS4 space physics 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 space research project, an interview with the astrophysicist Dr Stacey Habergham-Mawson and an overview of astrophysics i.e. what is astrophysics and how do you become an astrophysicist? 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 National Schools’ Observatory. 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!

Thank you for downloading this free resource. Let us know how we are doing and leave us a review. 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/engineering/tech clubs and at home. This resource links to KS3 Physics, light waves; Design Technology, technical knowledge KS4 Physics; Design Technology 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 description of optics and photonics, a summary of modern technologies that rely on them, an interview with Professor of Optics Dr Alexis Vogt and an overview of optics careers (with so many devices now relying on optics and photonics, there’s a global shortage of technicians in this field). 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 the Institute of Physics. 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!

Thank you for downloading this free resource. Let us know how we are doing and leave us a review. Suitable for 14-18-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 Physics, Particle model and KS4 Physics, atomic structure 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 nuclear physics research project, an explanation of chemical elements, and an interview with nuclear physicist Dr Jacek Dobaczewski. The activity sheet includes discussion points - seven questions the students can answer in groups or individually - and ideas for activities that are relevant to physics. 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!