Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this Spanish language 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 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 teaching resource explains the work of Dr Dongyan Tan, a structural biologist at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, USA. She is investigating how variations in histone proteins result in changes to chromatin and therefore to DNA damage repair pathways. • This resource also contains an interview with Dongyan, and with Harry, an undergraduate student working in her lab, and offers an insight into careers in structural biology. If your students have questions for Dongyan or Harry, 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). Dongyan and Harry will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Dongyan’s research and challenges them to imagine what it would be like to work in a research lab, like Harry. • The article and activity sheet are also available in English 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 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 Verónica Segarra, a cell biologist based at High Point University in North Carolina, USA. In addition to her research on how cells respond to changing environments, she is also passionate about developing the next generation of scientists. • This resource also contains an interview with Verónica. 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. Verónica will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Verónica’s research, and tasks them to imagine their own research career. 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 Careers, Biology and Environmental 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 Shad Nelson from Texas A&M University-Kingsville. He leads the START NOW programme that seeks to improve Hispanic participation in agriculture through experiential learning in soil science, plant science and environmental science. • This resource also contains interviews with Dr Nelson and students who have taken part in the programme, as well as questions to prompt 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!

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/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 Ann Matthysse, a geneticist based at the University of North Carolina in the US. She is investigating E.coli to understand how these bacteria bind to plant surfaces. This resource also contains interviews with students who have worked with Professor Matthysse. The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ to prompt students to reflect on Professor Matthysse’s research and instructions for conducting their own investigations. 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, computing/engineering/biology/STEM/clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Engineering, Computing 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 Chang-Soo Kim from the Missouri University of Science and Technology in the US. His research is concerned with rhizobox systems, which aim to analyse factors affecting root growth. This resource also contains an interview with Professor Kim. The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ to prompt students to reflect on Professor Kim’s work and information about a virtual summer camp. 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!

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 engineering, biology and ICT. 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 • Imagine losing your left arm, but months later you experience pain in your left hand, even though it is no longer there. This is known as phantom limb pain, the painful sensations amputees feel in their missing limbs. Dr Katharine (Katie) Polasek is an associate professor of engineering at Hope College in the US. Katie and her team are using their engineering skills to find innovative ways to relieve phantom limb pain. • This resource also introduces the field of neural engineering and offers career pathways from school to a career in this field. • There is an interview with Katie about her career path. If your students (or you) have questions for Katie, 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). Katie will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) and activities to prompt students to reflect on Katie’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!

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 Dongyan Tan, a structural biologist at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, USA. She is investigating how variations in histone proteins result in changes to chromatin and therefore to DNA damage repair pathways. • This resource also contains an interview with Dongyan, and with Harry, an undergraduate student working in her lab, and offers an insight into careers in structural biology. If your students have questions for Dongyan or Harry, 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). Dongyan and Harry will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Dongyan’s research and challenges them to imagine what it would be like to work in a research lab, like Harry. • The article and activity sheet are also available in Spanish 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 Chinese 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 Rebecca McLean and Professor Simon Graham, vaccinologists at the Pirbright Institute, UK. They are developing a vaccine against Nipah virus in pigs, which will prevent humans from becoming infected. • This resource also contains an interview with Rebecca and Simon and offers an insight into careers in vaccinology. If your students have questions for Rebecca and Simon, 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). Rebecca and Simon will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Rebecca and Simon’s research and challenges them to consider how they would contain a future outbreak of Nipah virus. • The article and activity sheet are also available in English and Bengali 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 chemistry, biology 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 Professor Jo Collingwood, Head of the Trace Metals in Medicine Laboratory, School of Engineering, University of Warwick, UK. She and a team of engineers, biologists and chemists are using innovative synchrotron techniques to find out whether trace metals in the brain are linked to neurodegenerative diseases. • This resource also contains interviews with Jo and and the rest of the team, offering an insight into how research projects often need people with a wide range of expertise. If your students have questions for Jo or other members of the team, 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). They will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Jo’s research and tasks them to study an image of brain tissue, used by the team. 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. 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 students to plant science and the work of Dr Seung Yon (Sue) Rhee and Dr Selena Rice from the Carnegie Institution for Science in Stanford, California, USA. They are building a Plant Cell Atlas, which aims to help scientists answer important questions such as how do plants grow, respond to environmental cues, and reproduce at the molecular and cellular levels. This resource asks students to think about how answering these unknowns is essential to ensuring that we can address some of the biggest challenges that society faces, such as food and energy insecurity, climate change, and environmental degradation. • This resource also contains interviews with Sue and Selena. 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. Sue and Selena 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 think about the different areas contributing to advances in plant 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 14-19-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 anthropology and social studies. 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 Taylor van Doren and Professor Lisa Sattenspiel, anthropologists at the University of Missouri, USA. They are investigating the impacts of social inequalities on the outcomes of the 1918 influenza pandemic in Newfoundland, Canada. • This resource also contains an interview with Taylor and Lisa and offers an insight into careers in anthropology. If your students have questions for Taylor and Lisa, 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). Taylor and Lisa will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Taylor and Lisa’s research and challenges them to design an anthropological study. • An animation about Taylor and Lisa’s work is available through the weblink, along with a downloadable script. 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 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 Tunde Peto and her team at Queen’s University Belfast, in the UK, who are are working in collaboration with the Philippine Eye Research Institute. Their REACH-DR project has been established to share UK expertise and enable sustainable diabetic eye screening programmes in the Philippines. • This resource also contains an interview with Tunde and her colleagues, Katie and Recivall. 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 the team’s research and tasks them to think about the impact of sharing research between countries. • 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 14-19-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 Matthew Reeves, a molecular virologist at University College London. He is developing a vaccine against human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), a herpes virus that infects over 70% of the world’s population. • This resource also contains an interview with Matt. If your students have questions for Matt, 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). Matt will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Matt’s research and challenges them to explain the benefits of an HCMV vaccine to organ transplant patients and pregnant women. 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 Dr Erik Andersen, a geneticist at Northwestern University in the USA. He is collecting wild strains of the nematode C. elegans and building a resource of natural genetic diversity, to improve the use of C. elegans in genetic studies. • This resource also contains an interview with Dr Andersen. If your students have questions for Dr Andersen, 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). Dr Andersen will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Dr Andersen’s research and challenges them to help Dr Andersen collect nematodes. Your students can contribute to the field of genetics by sending nematodes to Dr Andersen! • An animation about Dr Andersen’s work is available through the weblink, along with a downloadable script. 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 Spanish language 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 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 teaching resource explains the work of Professor James Lupski, a pioneer in the field of clinical genomics at Baylor College of Medicine. He contributed to the first personal genome sequencing efforts and was then one of the first people to have their genome sequenced. Through his pioneering work, he helped uncover the causes of his own genetic condition. • This resource also contains an interview with James and offers an insight into careers in clinical genomics. If your students have questions for James, 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). James will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on James’s research and challenges them to consider the ethics of genome sequencing. • The article and activity sheet are also available in English through the weblink below, along with a podcast in which James discusses his personal story. 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. 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 Robert J. Wessells at Wayne State University, in the US, who has been studying how fruit flies can be ‘tricked’ into getting fit without exercising. This discovery has left him asking if we could do the same in humans. • This resource also contains interviews with RJ and a couple of his students. 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. They will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on RJ’s research, and tasks them to explore other discoveries resulting from model organism 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!

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. 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 Fadi Lakkis, of the University of Pittsburgh in the US, who is examining the mechanisms behind organ transplant rejection. He is using some interesting little invertebrates with their own unique traits to test his theories. • This resource also contains an interview with Fadi. 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. Fadi will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Fadi’s research, and tasks them to think about what happens when the body’s immune system goes wrong. 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 14-19-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 Davide Foffa, a palaeontologist at National Museums Scotland. He is using modern techniques to examine ancient Triassic fossils, uncovering new information about ancient species. • This resource also contains an interview with Davide and offers an insight into careers in palaeontology. If your students have questions for Davide, 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). Davide will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Davide’s research and challenges them to explore whether we are currently living through a new mass extinction event. 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!