What if we stopped using pesticides?

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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, biology/STEM clubs and at home.

This resource links to KS4 and KS5 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 how Professor Xiangming Xu and Dr Michelle Fountain, of the National Institute of Agricultural Botany, are finding out how a deeper understanding of biology can allow us to be more tactical about protecting our crops.

This resource also contains interviews with Professor Xu and Dr Fountain.

The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ to prompt students to reflect on the research and also includes activities on microbiomes and analysing pests that can be found in a garden.

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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