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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 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).
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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 computer studies 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 Tony Pridmore, a computer scientist at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is developing computing methods to extract information from images of plants, to be used for plant phenotyping in order to improve crop yields.
• This resource also contains an interview with Tony, and Claire Hayes, the Network manager of PhenomUK, the UK’s phenotyping network. If your students have questions for Tony or Claire, 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). Tony and Claire will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Tony’s research and challenges them to design their own plant phenotyping 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).
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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 Italian, 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 Italian language teaching resource explains the work of Dr Maria Lugaro, a nuclear astrophysicist of the Konkoly Observatory in Hungary. She is working on the RADIOSTAR project, investigating radioactive nuclei and the clues they left behind in meteorites.
• This resource also contains an interview with Maria. 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. Maria will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Maria’s research, and challenges them to build their own spectrometer.
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 French, 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 French language teaching resource explains the work of Dr Maria Lugaro, a nuclear astrophysicist of the Konkoly Observatory in Hungary. She is working on the RADIOSTAR project, investigating radioactive nuclei and the clues they left behind in meteorites.
• This resource also contains an interview with Maria. 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. Maria will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Maria’s research, and challenges them to build their own spectrometer.
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 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 explains the work of Professor Will May, a literature researcher at the University of Southampton, UK. He is exploring the role of mentoring in the creative industries, and he has established a mentoring scheme for young poets.
• It includes an interview with Will and offers an insight into careers in literature research. It also includes interviews with Eve, a young and aspiring poet, and their poetry mentor, Romalyn. If your students have questions for Will, Eve or Romalyn, 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). Will, Eve and Romalyn will reply!
• The activity sheet contains ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Will’s work and challenges them to experience poetry mentoring. Students can write their own poetry and then try teaching someone else. Do they prefer being mentor or mentee? Or they can read and examine poetry written by Eve and Romalyn.
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 computer science, mathematics and music.
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
• Emerging research shows that the human ear has the capacity to process information far better than the eye and yet, despite the importance of sound in so many aspects of our lives, its role in the interpretation of scientific data is fairly limited. Glenn McClure and is team is using advanced mathematical techniques to translate complex data sets into music - through a process called sonification.
• This resource also introduces the Artists and Writer Collective (AAWC). Through the AAWC, artists team up with scientific research teams in the Antarctic and tell their stories in imaginative ways.
• There is an interview with Glenn about his career path. If your students (or you) have questions for Glenn, 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). Glenn will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) and activities to prompt students to reflect on Glenn’s’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).
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How can you improve your students’ ability to remember what you teach them?
This resource introduces the work of Professor Sheila J. Cunningham, a psychologist at Abertay University, UK. She is investigating the effect of self-referencing on memory and how this can be used in the classroom.
The resource includes activity ideas for how you can apply self-referencing in your own classroom, whatever subject you teach.
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.
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 Lixin Wang, a hydrologist at the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, USA. He is investigating the formation of fog and dew in dryland environments in order to understand where the moisture comes from, and what will happen to these ecosystems as a result of climate change.
• This resource also contains an interview with Lixin and his former student, Dr Kudzai Farai Kaseke. If your students have questions for Lixin or Farai, 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). Lixin and Farai will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Lixin’s research and challenges them to create their own dew collector.
• The PowerPoint reiterates the key points in the article and highlights the range of careers available in the field of hydrology.
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 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 Georg Kustatscher at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He is a proteomics researcher, investigating how our cells regulate their levels of proteins and uncovering why cells with cancer are unable to do this.
• This resource also contains an interview with Georg. If your students have questions for Georg, 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). Georg will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Georg’s research and challenges them to consider the importance of proteomics 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).
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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, STEM clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Chemistry 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 Dr Gabriela Chiosis, from New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the US, who is taking a unique chemical biology approach to understand, diagnose, and treat cellular processes associated with chronic stress.
• This resource also contains an interview with Gabriela. 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. Gabriela will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Gabriela’s research, and tasks them to think about what they could contribute to the field of chemical biology.
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 and high schools, and college, this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, school clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS3, KS4 and KS5 religious studies, citizenship, sociology and philosophy.
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 world is home to a stunningly diverse array of religions, and globalisation means that different groups of followers are mixing more than ever. In Japan, ‘mainstream’ and ‘minority’ religions have different connotations – and this brings with it the potential for tension. Professor Erica Baffelli of The University of Manchester, in the UK, is exploring how minority religions in Japan are perceived and portrayed, and what this means for their follower.
• This resource also contains an interview with Erica about her career path. If your students (or you) have questions for Erica, 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). Erica will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Erica’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).
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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, STEM clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Biology and 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 teaching resource explains the work of Dr Amanda Brown, a neuroscience researcher based at Johns Hopkins University in the US who is studying inflammation and neuronal injury in the brain, particularly that caused by HIV-associated disorders.
• It also contains an interview with Amanda. 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. Amanda will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Amanda’s research, and tasks them to think about what they could achieve as a neuroscience researcher.
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, STEM clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Physics 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 resources introduces The Etelman Observatory in the US Virgin Islands, an establishment focused on educating a new generation of students in physics, astronomy and engineering.
• This resource contains with interviews with Dr Orange and Dr Morris who lead the observatory. 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 Orange or Dr Morris will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Dr Orange and Dr Morris’ work, and links for them to find out more about the observatory.
• The PowerPoint reiterates the key points in the article and includes further talking points.
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/physics 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 Lachlan Rogers from the University of Newcastle in Australia. Lachlan works on a project that focuses on diamond colour centres. They are one of the most promising means of enabling the development of various quantum technologies that will change the world.
• This resource also contains an interview with Lachlan about his career path. If your students (or you) have questions for Lachlan, 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). Lachlan will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Lachlan’s research and challenges them to think about the impact of quantum 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).
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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 Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry and Art.
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 Joanna Leng, from the University of Leeds in the UK, a research software engineer who designs and develops the software that allows scientific imaging devices to be used to their full potential.
• This resource also contains interviews with Joanna and colleagues she works with. 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 researchers will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on the research, and tasks them to explore a synchrotron through the Diamond Light Source board game.
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 Spanish, Physics and 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 Spanish language teaching resource explains the work of Professor Joshua Robinson, a materials scientist and engineer based at The Pennsylvania State University in the US. His research focuses on 2D materials, such as graphene, and he is now exploring other materials for next generation electronics.
• This resource also contains an interview with Joshua and graduate students Alex and Cindy. 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 Joshua’s research, and tasks them to imagine they are a PhD researcher in 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!
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 Spanish.
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 Spanish language teaching resource explains the work of Dr Charles Stewart Jr., of the Macromolecular X-ray Crystallography Facility at Iowa State University in the US, who is seeking to improve our understanding of the function of these enzymes by examining their 3D molecular structure.
• This resource also contains an interview with Charles. 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. Charles will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Charles’ research, as well as a challenge from Charles!
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 Spanish.
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 Spanish language teaching resource explains the work of Dr Maria Lugaro of the Konkoly Observatory, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences in Hungary. Maria is a nuclear astrophysicist who is part of an international and interdisciplinary team of scientists working on the RADIOSTAR project, investigating radioactive nuclei and the clues they left behind in meteorites.
• This resource also contains an interview with Maria. 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. Maria will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Maria’s research, and tasks them make their own spectrometer.
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 Spanish.
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 Spanish language teaching resource explains the work of Dr Sarah Kurnick, an archaeologist at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA. She is investigating how Postclassic Maya communities at Punta Laguna interacted with their Classic Maya past, by working with the contemporary Maya who live in Punta Laguna today.
• This resource also contains an interview with Sarah and offers an insight into careers in archaeology. 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 explore why we topple statues to protest how we commemorate the past.
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 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 Jadranka Šepić, a geophysicist based at the University of Split in Croatia, who is investigating sub-hourly sea level oscillations and what they might tell us about rising sea levels.
• This resource also contains an interview with Dr Šepić and insights into how to become a geophysicist. 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. Dr Šepić 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).
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