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/Climate/Environment 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 the work of Dr Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, of the University of Vermont, who has dedicated her career to communicating about climate change and climate literacy. This resource also contains an interview with Dr Dupigny-Giroux. The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Dr Dupigny-Giroux’s work and an activity prompting students to think about how they would teach a climate concept to younger students. 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 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 Dr Sheldon Turner who leads the GENIUS (Geo-Engineering Innovations through Undergraduate Scholarship) Program at Triton College in Illinois, USA, with the aim of making geoscience accessible to all. This resource also contains an interview with Dr Turner. The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Dr Turner’s work and a challenge to design a geoscience programme promoting diversity and inclusion in the field. 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 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 Mark Rentschler and his team, based at the University of Colorado Boulder in the US, who are developing mobile robotic capsule endoscopes. These robots could improve procedures for patients and save lives. This resource also contains an interview with Dr Rentschler. The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) and activities to prompt students to reflect on Dr Rentschler’s research. 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 careers advice meetings, in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to careers and KS4 & KS5 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 gives an overview the work of Dr Mark Rentschler and his team, based at the University of Colorado Boulder in the US, who are developing mobile robotic capsule endoscopes. This resource also contains an interview with Dr Rentschler and his top tips for students. It includes ‘thinking points’ to prompt students to reflect on their own skills. 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 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 KS4 geography: locational knowledge; place: processes and relationships; physical geography: processes and change; people and environment: processes and interactions. 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 sediment (suspended particulate matter - SPM) travels from rivers into seas. It described the consequences of this and why 3D imaging SPM enables researchers to understand how nutrients and pollutants travel in this way. The resources includes interviews with Professor of Environmental Geography Kate Spencer and Postdoctoral Research Assistant Jonathan Wheatland. The activity sheet includes discussion points the students can answer in groups or individually. There are also suggested activities and other relevant links to resources from the British Geological Survey. 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 Biology and the whole school curriculum. 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 research of Dr Erin Peters-Burton, Director of the Center for Social Equity Through Science Education, George Mason University, USA. It looks at the metacognitive prompting intervention she has developed, which enables teachers to help students think like a scientist. This resource also contains an interview with Dr Peters-Burton. This resource contains a detailed lesson plan on respiration and photosynthesis, incorporating Dr Peters-Burton’s intervention strategy. The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ to prompt students to reflect on Dr Peters-Burton’s research. 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 KS3 and KS4 biology, engineering, chemistry, food technology, humanities, art, maths and English. 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 looks at how food can be studied across the curriculum. Dr Christian Nansen, Associate Professor of Entomology and Nematology at the University of California, explains how food provides many interesting learning opportunities across a range of subjects. The activity sheet provides activities based on cabbages and even includes a recipe for making cabbage muffins! 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, chemistry/engineering/biology/STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Chemistry, Engineering 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 that Dr Helen Bridle, from Heriot-Watt University, is doing on using sensors to explore the relationship between antimicrobial resistance and pollutants in India. This resource also contains an interview with Dr Bridle. The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ to prompt students to reflect on Dr Bridle’s work and links to find out more, including contact details for Dr Bridle. 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 - 14 year olds (secondary and high schools), this activity sheet can be used in the classroom, maths/STEM/food clubs and at home. This resource links to KS3. Designed by Dr Christian Nansen, this resource outlines maths activities focusing on the growth and nutritional content of cabbages. It even includes a recipe for cabbage muffins! 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, biology/science/careers/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 the work of Dr April Ulery, based at New Mexico State University, US, and the work she does to support underrepresented students in agricultural sciences. This resource also contains an interview with Dr Ulery. The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ to prompt students to reflect on Dr Ulery’s work and includes links to interactive learning resources. 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, biology/engineering/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 the work of Dr Dan Flippo, an associate professor at Kansas State University in the US. As the world faces an ever-growing demand for food, Dr Flippo’s research looks at how robotics can help farmers to maximise the land they have to grow food on. This resource also contains an interview with Dr Flippo. The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ to prompt students to reflect on Dr Flippo’s research and includes a link to a virtual walk around his lab! 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!

Suitable for teacher training, continuing professional development and staff well-being. • Teaching is a highly rewarding but also highly challenging career. Ensuring that pre-service teachers avoid compassion fatigue and burnout, both through their own self-care and through accessing support resources, is the mission of HEARTcare. Dr Astrid Kendrick, of the University of Calgary in Canada, believes that the HEARTcare resources that she helped formulate can set pre-service teachers on the path to a truly rewarding teaching career. • The activity sheet provides an insight into Astrid’s career and questions from the HEARTcare framework to prompt self-reflection. • If you have a question for Astrid, go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. Astrid will reply. 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!

A French language resource suitable for teacher training, continuing professional development and staff well-being. • Teaching is a highly rewarding but also highly challenging career. Ensuring that pre-service teachers avoid compassion fatigue and burnout, both through their own self-care and through accessing support resources, is the mission of HEARTcare. Dr Astrid Kendrick, of the University of Calgary in Canada, believes that the HEARTcare resources that she helped formulate can set pre-service teachers on the path to a truly rewarding teaching career. • The activity sheet provides an insight into Astrid’s career and questions from the HEARTcare framework to prompt self-reflection. • If you have a question for Astrid, go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. Astrid will reply. 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 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 Hanna Salman and Dr Andrew Mugler, from the University of Pittsburgh in the US, who are finding evidence that bacteria can pass on ‘memories’ to their offspring, over several generations. Understanding more about this process is crucial for the fight against the rise of antibiotic resistance in bacteria. • This resource also contains interview with Hanna and Andrew. 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. Hanna and Andrew will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Hanna and Andrew’s research, and tasks them to think about how biological physics is tackling some of society’s biggest issues. 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, Chemistry 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 • In this podcast (accompanied by a transcript), Dr Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque, Deputy Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research in the US, explains the opportunities for the next generation of dental researchers. • The accompanying PowerPoint contains a range of questions for pre- and post- listening and to help students break the podcast down. 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. 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 Jack Mellor, a neuroscientist at the University of Bristol. He is investigating the links between memory and schizophrenia. • This resource also contains interviews with Jack and his lab member, Shyline, and offers an insight into careers in neuroscience. If your students have questions for Jack, 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). Jack will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Jack’s research and challenges them to design an experiment to test their classmates’ memory. 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 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 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 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 • In this teaching resource, Dr Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque, Deputy Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research in the US, explains the opportunities for the next generation of dental researchers. • This resources also contains interviews with Jennifer and a range of dental researchers. 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 dental research, and tasks them to explore the different disciplines involved in dental research and to produce a dentistry careers stall. • 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!