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
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 or shared with students online.
This resource links to KS4 and KS5 French.
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 teaching resource explains the work of Professor Stephen Hutchings, based at the University of Manchester in the UK, who has been leading a modern languages research programme exploring the relationship between language and community.
• This resource also contains an interview with Stephen and several team members. 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 research, and tasks them to devise a community engagement workshop.
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 teaching resource explains the work of Professor Stephen Hutchings, based at the University of Manchester in the UK, who has been leading a modern languages research programme exploring the relationship between language and community.
• This resource also contains an interview with Stephen and several team members. 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 research, and tasks them to devise a community engagement workshop.
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 Modern Languages.
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 Stephen Hutchings, based at the University of Manchester in the UK, who has been leading a modern languages research programme exploring the relationship between language and community.
• This resource also contains an interview with Stephen and several team members. 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 research, and tasks them to devise a community engagement workshop.
• 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 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 German.
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 German 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).
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 French.
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 Professor László Forró of the École Polythechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, in Switzerland, who has developed the basis of a new device that not only uses significantly lower levels of radiation, but is also more efficient and cheaper to build.
• This resource also contains an interview with László. 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. László will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on László’s research, and tasks them to think about just how small nano really is!
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 French 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 French language teaching resource explains the work of Dr Vincent Prevot, a neuroendocrinologist based at the Inserm in Lille, France. He collaborates with Professor Markus Schwaninger and Dr Ruben Nogueiras on the WATCH project, which could help prevent, stall or reverse age-related diseases.
• This resource also contains an interview with Vincent, Markus and Ruben. 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 role the hypothalamus plays in the brain.
• This resource is also available in Spanish, German and English from the link 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 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 Spanish language teaching resource explains the work of Dr Vincent Prevot, a neuroendocrinologist based at the Inserm in Lille, France. He collaborates with Professor Markus Schwaninger and Dr Ruben Nogueiras on the WATCH project, which could help prevent, stall or reverse age-related diseases.
• This resource also contains an interview with Vincent, Markus and Ruben. 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 role the hypothalamus plays in the brain.
• This resource is also available in French, German and English from the link 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 German 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 German language teaching resource explains the work of Dr Vincent Prevot, a neuroendocrinologist based at the Inserm in Lille, France. He collaborates with Professor Markus Schwaninger and Dr Ruben Nogueiras on the WATCH project, which could help prevent, stall or reverse age-related diseases.
• This resource also contains an interview with Vincent, Markus and Ruben. 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 role the hypothalamus plays in the brain.
• This resource is also available in French, Spanish and English from the link 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 Arabic.
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 Arabic teaching resource explains the work of Professor Stephen Hutchings, based at the University of Manchester in the UK, who has been leading a modern languages research programme exploring the relationship between language and community.
• This resource also contains an interview with Stephen and several team members. 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 research, and tasks them to devise a community engagement workshop.
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 Arabic, History, Geography, Archaeology, Sociology and Anthropology.
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 Arabic teaching resource explains the work of Dr Lisa Maher, at the University of California, and Dr Danielle Macdonald, at the University of Tulsa, in the US, who are investigating artefacts left by humans living 20,000 years ago to gain an insight into how one of the earliest societies lived.
• This resource also contains interviews with Lisa and Danielle. 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. Lisa and Danielle will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Lisa and Danielle’s research, and tasks them to think about what different archaeological artefacts can reveal.
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 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 agricultural scientists Professor Mariana Rufino, at Lancaster University, UK, and Dr Joseph Hitimana, at the University of Kabianga, Kenya. They are members of the ReDEAL project, investigating methods for promoting land restoration and using a bottom-up approach to promote these methods among rural communities in Kenya
• This resource also contains an interview with Mariana and Joseph and offers an insight into careers in agricultural science. If your students have questions for Mariana and Joseph, 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). Mariana and Joseph will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Mariana and Joseph’s research and challenges them to task.
• An animation about Mariana and Joseph’s work is available through the weblink, along with a downloadable script.
• The article and activity sheet are also available in Swahili 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 Swahili 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 agricultural scientists Professor Mariana Rufino, at Lancaster University, UK, and Dr Joseph Hitimana, at the University of Kabianga, Kenya. They are members of the ReDEAL project, investigating methods for promoting land restoration and using a bottom-up approach to promote these methods among rural communities in Kenya
• This resource also contains an interview with Mariana and Joseph and offers an insight into careers in agricultural science. If your students have questions for Mariana and Joseph, 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). Mariana and Joseph will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Mariana and Joseph’s research and challenges them to task.
• An animation about Mariana and Joseph’s work (in English) is available through the weblink, along with a downloadable script.
• 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 Portuguese.
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 Portuguese language teaching resource explains the work of Dr Rodrigo Ochoa who, as part of his PhD in Chemical Sciences at the University of Antioquia, Colombia, used structural bioinformatics and biophysics simulations to design peptides that can be used as potential vaccines for neglected tropical diseases.
• This resource also contains an interview with Rodrigo . 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. Rodrigo will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Rodrigo’s research, and tasks them to inspire younger students to explore an area of 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 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!
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 Hungarian.
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 Hungarian 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).
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 Spanish resource links to KS4 and KS5 Spanish, Physics and 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 Sam Rowe of Cardiff University, UK, and Dr Víctor Gómez and Marcial Tapia of the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, Mexico. They are using their skills in physics, electronics and engineering to build a new camera to be installed at an astronomical telescope.
• This resource also contains interviews with the team. If your students have questions for Sam, Víctor or Marcial, 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). 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 challenges them to identify constellations of stars in the night sky.
• The article and activity sheets are also available in English, use the link below to access the translated versions.
• An animation (in English) with downloadable script about the team’s work is available from the link 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 French.
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 resources explains the work of Dr Davide Audisio, a radiochemist working on the FASTLabEX project, making molecules that contain radiolabels so that they can be traced – and so pharmaceuticals and chemicals can be developed and monitored, and safety ensured.
• This resource also contains an interview with Davide. 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. Davide will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Davide’s research, and tasks them to explore medical imaging.
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 French.
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 Jonathan Grainger, a cognitive psychologist who has made some fascinating insights into how we read.
• This resource also contains an interview with Jonathan. 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. Jonathan will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Jonathan’s research, and challenges them to conduct their own reading 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).
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 French, religious education, citizenship and sociology.
It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
• Dr Emma Wild-Wood is a senior lecturer at the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for the Study of World Christianity. She and a team of experts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are working on a project called ‘Belief in the time of COVID-19’. The team is investigating how public health officials and faith leaders communicate with each other, and to the public, on health emergencies. Their aim is to help public officials understand the vital role faith communities play and find ways to improve public health messaging in the DRC.
• This French resource also contains an interview with Emma and Dr Amuda Baba Dieu-Merci is a lecturer in public health at the Anglican University of Congo and nursing colleges in Bunia about their career paths. 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. Emma and Amuda will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Emma’s work.
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!