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/engineering/maths/economics/sustainability clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Maths, Science, Engineering & Electrical 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 a specialist multidisciplinary team of researchers working on the IDLES programme at Imperial College London. The team is using the latest technology to understand how the UK can transition to a low carbon energy sector within the next few decades. This resource contains insights from each of the researchers involved in this innovate project. The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ to prompt students to reflect on the team’s work and activities to help them explore the issues connected to sustainable energy. 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, engineering/STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 engineering: make connections and draw conclusions based on the theoretical knowledge and understanding learnt, and the subsequent application of skills within a practical context. 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 describes how a team of structural and civil engineers are working together to make timber buildings more resilient to earthquakes. It also introduces students to a shake table. The resource includes interviews with members of the team, who explain the difference between structural and civil engineering and the pathway to careers in engineering. The activity sheet includes discussion points - eight questions the students can answer in groups or individually that relate to Blooms Taxonomy. There are also educational activities such as instructions on how to make a structurally-sound building using toothpicks and gumdrops. 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 PPT can be used in the classroom, engineering/STEM clubs and at home. The PPT challenges students to think about the different career paths available to engineers. They don’t all wear hard hats on constructions sites, so what do they do? For more free articles and activity sheets linking to biology, physics, chemistry, maths, space, Earth and environmental science, engineering, technology, computer science, medicine, social science and humanities, visit Futurum Careers articles page: https://futurumcareers.com/articles If you like these free resources - or have suggestions for improvements -, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!

Thank you for downloading this free resource. Let us know how we are doing and leave us a review. Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM/engineering 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 Marianna Maiaru, of the Windstar Center at the University of Massachusetts Lowell in the US, who is using her expertise in aerospace engineering to understand how to repair damaged wind turbine blades in the shortest possible time. This resource also contains an interview with Dr Maiaru. The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ to prompt students to reflect on Dr Maiaru’s research and poses the ‘Coffee Cup Turbine’ challenge. 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 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 Gabriel Keith Harris who studies food science for a living at NC State University’s Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Sciences department. His current work focuses on coffee: its chemical composition, flavour and shelf life, as well as the uses for coffee grounds after brewing. This resource also contains an interview with Dr Harris. The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ about Dr Harris’ work and prompts students to think about the science behind other food and drink. 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, engineering/computing/STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Engineering and Computing 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 pervasive computing expert, Dr Elena Gaura of Coventry University, and her work on an amazing humanitarian engineering project that provided energy to refugee camps in Rwanda and Nepal. This resource also contains an interview with Dr Gaura. The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ to prompt students to reflect on Dr Gaura’s work and links so they can find out more about the HEED project. 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 Computer Science. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of Professor Klara Nahrstedt from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. She is using her computer science skills to design and develop a system that can monitor the environmental conditions in scientific laboratories and cleanrooms. • This resource also contains an interview with Klara. If your students have questions for Klara, 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). Klara will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Klara’s research and challenges them to think about the broad range of careers available in computer science. • The PowerPoint reiterates the key points in the article. 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 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!

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 Chemistry, Biology and Food Technology. 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 Reza Tahergorabi, an associate professor at North Carolina Agriculture & Technical State University in the US, who is exploring oleogel as a new frying medium to reduce the fat content in fried foods. • This resource also contains interviews with members of Reza’s team. 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. Reza and the team will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Reza’s research, and tasks them to think about what they would research as a food scientist. 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 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 Information Technology 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 the University of Oxford’s Information and Network Science Lab. Head up by Professor Justin Coon, the lab at novel ways of approaching communication and data. • The researchers in Justin’s lab come from a variety of mathematics, physics, and engineering backgrounds. This resource also contains interviews with Justin and Tanmayee Deshprabhu, a PhD student in Justin’s lab . 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. Justin and Tanmayee will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on the lab’s research, and tasks them to think about how communications may evolve in the future. • The animation summarises the key points in Justin’s article and can be used as a standalone resource (with the script) or together with the article and activity sheet. 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 Information Technology 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 Spanish teaching resource explains the work of the University of Oxford’s Information and Network Science Lab. Head up by Professor Justin Coon, the lab at novel ways of approaching communication and data. • The researchers in Justin’s lab come from a variety of mathematics, physics, and engineering backgrounds. This resource also contains interviews with Justin and Tanmayee Deshprabhu, a PhD student in Justin’s lab . 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. Justin and Tanmayee will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on the lab’s research, and tasks them to think about how communications may evolve in the future. 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 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 Danielle Densley Tingley, of the University of Sheffield’s Department of Civil and Structural Engineering in the UK, who is investigating how to make buildings more sustainable by reusing and recycling everything in them. • This resource also contains an interview with Danielle. 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. Danielle will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’, (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Danielle’s research, and tasks them to think about how they would recycle and reuse building materials. 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 engineering and 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 Anuscheh Nawaz, an ocean engineer at the University of Washinton, USA. She is developing the technology needed to measure concentrations of nitrous oxide (a potent greenhouse gas) dissolved in the ocean. • This resource also contains an interview with Anuscheh and offers an insight into careers in ocean engineering. If your students have questions for Anuscheh, 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). Anuscheh will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Anuscheh’s research and challenges them to design a proposal to bring life into ocean dead zones. 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 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 R. Byron Pipes, of the Composites Manufacturing and Simulation Centre at Purdue University in the US. Byron forms part of a team that was involved in the development and installation of the world’s largest 3D-printed structure – located within the US National Football League’s Las Vegas Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium. • This resource also contains an interview with Byron. 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. Byron will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Byron’s research, and tasks them to design their own 3D structure. 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 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 Justin Starr, at the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) in the US, who is teaching students to operate industrial machines remotely and making mechatronics more accessible than ever. • This resource also contains an interview with Justin. 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. Justin will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Justin’s work, and tasks them to devise their own remote training system. 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 Automotive Engineering, Mechanics, Electronics and Mechatronics. 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 • Transportation is about to go electric and drive itself, meaning every car technician will need to understand how artificial intelligence works. This teaching resource explains the work of Dr Justin Starr and Robert Koch, professors at the Community College of Allegheny County in the US, who are working to prepare the next generation of technicians for a computerised transport age. • This resource also contains interviews with Justin and Robert. 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 their research, and tasks them to think about the moral decisions autonomous vehicles may have to make. 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!