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Whether you’re a teacher of STEM, information technology, humanities, careers or social studies, we want to help you with all of these challenges and put the ‘wow’ into classrooms. We want to support you with resources that aim to engage all students regardless of their gender, ethnicity or background. There are multiple organisations and global initiatives that are focused on this mission, and our aim is to bring these resources together so that you can access them quickly and easily – For Free

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Whether you’re a teacher of STEM, information technology, humanities, careers or social studies, we want to help you with all of these challenges and put the ‘wow’ into classrooms. We want to support you with resources that aim to engage all students regardless of their gender, ethnicity or background. There are multiple organisations and global initiatives that are focused on this mission, and our aim is to bring these resources together so that you can access them quickly and easily – For Free
What will data and communication look like in the future?
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What will data and communication look like in the future?

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Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 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!
Economic geography: How is Brexit affecting the UK's economy?
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Economic geography: How is Brexit affecting the UK's economy?

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Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 geography. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of Professor Sarah Hall, an economic geographer at the University of Nottingham, UK, and a member of the UK in a Changing Europe research group. She is studying the financial impacts of Brexit. • This resource also contains an interview with Sarah and offers an insight into careers in economic geography. If your students have questions for Sarah, they can send them to her online. All they need to do is to go to the article online (see the Futurum link below), scroll down to the end and type in the question(s). Sarah will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Sarah’s research and challenges them to design an economic geography-based board game. • An animation about Sarah’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!
Discover the X-ray Materials Science (XMaS) project
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Discover the X-ray Materials Science (XMaS) project

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Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 physics, chemistry 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 the XMaS (X-ray Materials Science) research project. Head up by Professor Tom Hase from the University of Warwick alongside Professor Chris Lucas from the University of Liverpool in the UK, XMaS uses a synchrotron facility, a massive doughnut-shaped structure that accelerates electrons to high velocities. These electrons emit X-ray radiation, which can be used to study the tiniest intricate structures within all kinds of materials. What does this mean for society and our future? • Through XMaS, researchers are able to examine the behaviour of minute and hidden objects. This resource contains interviews with researchers who are investigating a wide range of societal challenges from tooth decay to photovoltaics in solar panels… from the Tudor warship Mary Rose to organic electronics…and from contraceptive devices to the behaviour of catalysts. If you or your students have a question for them, you can submit it online – go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. the researchers will reply! • You will also find details for numerous student outreach opportunities, including the XMaS Scientist Experience. This Experience is a UK competition for Year 12 female physics students aimed at encouraging female students into scientific careers where they are seriously under-represented. • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on the the work being undertaken through XMaS, and tasks them to think about how materials science impacts us all. • The PowerPoint summarises the key points in the article and can be used as a standalone resource 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!
LA GRAN MORTANDAD DESCIFRANDO LA EXTINCIÓN DEL PÉRMICO-TRIÁSICO
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LA GRAN MORTANDAD DESCIFRANDO LA EXTINCIÓN DEL PÉRMICO-TRIÁSICO

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Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Geography, Geology and Science. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This Spanish language teaching resource explains the work of Professor Paul Wignall, at the University of Leeds in the UK, who leads a transnational project investigating the Permo-Triassic extinction event, attempting to understand the relationships between species extinctions and environmental changes. • This resource also contains an interview with Paul and his colleagues, Dr Alex Dunshill and Dr Barry Lomax. 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 animals that lived in the Permian and Triassic periods. 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!
DATOS Y COMUNICACIÓN EN EL MUNDO DEL MAÑANA
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DATOS Y COMUNICACIÓN EN EL MUNDO DEL MAÑANA

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Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 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!
JAK NAUKOWCY MOGĄ USPRAWNIĆ PROCES WYTWARZANIA WODORU, ABY ROZWIĄZAĆ PROBLEM ZMIAN KLIMATYCZNYCH?
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JAK NAUKOWCY MOGĄ USPRAWNIĆ PROCES WYTWARZANIA WODORU, ABY ROZWIĄZAĆ PROBLEM ZMIAN KLIMATYCZNYCH?

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Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Polish and Chemistry. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This Polish language teaching resource explains the work of Dr Nicolas Boscher and his team at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology who are using chemical engineering techniques – and taking inspiration from photosynthesis occurring in plants – to develop new polymers with the ability to produce hydrogen in a clean way. • This resource also contains interviews with the 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. The team will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Nicolas’ research, and challenges them to create their own multi-disciplinary ‘research team’ to tackle a global problem! 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!
What does adolescence look like for teenagers in England and Japan?
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What does adolescence look like for teenagers in England and Japan?

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Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Anthropology, Biology, Psychology and Sociology. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of anthropologists, Dr Emily Emmott at University College London in the UK and Dr Masahito Morita at the University of Tokyo in Japan, who are looking at what is important to teenagers in different cultures as they go through adolescence. • This resource also contains an interviews with Emily and Masahito. 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 Emily and Masahito’s research, and tasks them to explore what the photos they take say about them and their lives. 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!
Can a circular economy make the construction industry sustainable?
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Can a circular economy make the construction industry sustainable?

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Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 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!
Reaching out to overcome diabetic eye disease in the Philippines
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Reaching out to overcome diabetic eye disease in the Philippines

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Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Biology. 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!
イギリスと日本の中学生は どのような思春期を過ごすのか
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イギリスと日本の中学生は どのような思春期を過ごすのか

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Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Japanese. 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 Japanese language teaching resource explains the work of anthropologists, Dr Emily Emmott at University College London in the UK and Dr Masahito Morita at the University of Tokyo in Japan, who are looking at what is important to teenagers in different cultures as they go through adolescence. • This resource also contains an interviews with Emily and Masahito. 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 Emily and Masahito’s research, and tasks them to explore what the photos they take say about them and their lives. 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!
Neuroscience: Your pain is my pain - what makes us feel empathy?
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Neuroscience: Your pain is my pain - what makes us feel empathy?

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Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Biology and Psychology. 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 Valeria Gazzola and Professor Christian Keysers, of The Social Brain Lab based in the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, who employ the latest techniques in neuroscience to uncover how the process of empathy plays out in the brain. • This resource also contains an interview with Valeria and Christian. 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. Valeria and Christian will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on the Social Brain Lab’s research, as well as links to videos about the lab. • The animation reiterates the key points in the article and is accompanied by the 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!
¿CÓMO PUEDEN LOS CIENTÍFICOS PRODUCIR HIDRÓGENO LIMPIO PARA AYUDAR A HACER FRENTE AL CAMBIO CLIMÁTIC
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¿CÓMO PUEDEN LOS CIENTÍFICOS PRODUCIR HIDRÓGENO LIMPIO PARA AYUDAR A HACER FRENTE AL CAMBIO CLIMÁTIC

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Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 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 resource explains the work of Dr Nicolas Boscher and his team at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology who are using chemical engineering techniques – and taking inspiration from photosynthesis occurring in plants – to develop new polymers with the ability to produce hydrogen in a clean way. • This resource also contains interviews with the 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. The team will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Nicolas’ research, and challenges them to create their own multi-disciplinary ‘research team’ to tackle a global problem! 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!
WIE KÖNNEN WISSENSCHAFTLER DIE WASSERSTOFFPRODUKTION OPTIMIEREN, UM DEN KLIMAWANDEL ZU BEKÄMPFEN?
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WIE KÖNNEN WISSENSCHAFTLER DIE WASSERSTOFFPRODUKTION OPTIMIEREN, UM DEN KLIMAWANDEL ZU BEKÄMPFEN?

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Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 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 resource explains the work of Dr Nicolas Boscher and his team at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology who are using chemical engineering techniques – and taking inspiration from photosynthesis occurring in plants – to develop new polymers with the ability to produce hydrogen in a clean way. • This resource also contains interviews with the 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. The team will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Nicolas’ research, and challenges them to create their own multi-disciplinary ‘research team’ to tackle a global problem! 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!
Does science have all the answers?
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Does science have all the answers?

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Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 geography. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of Dr Siobhan Maderson, a geographer at Aberystwyth University, UK. She is investigating how the traditional environmental knowledge held by beekeepers can be used to help make agriculture more sustainable. • This resource also contains an interview with Siobhan. If your students have questions for Siobhan, 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). Siobhan will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Siobhan’s research and challenges them to discover what traditional environmental knowledge is held by indigenous groups around the world, or in their own communities. 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!
Urban analytics and digital geography - flooding in Brazil
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Urban analytics and digital geography - flooding in Brazil

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Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 geography. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of Professor João Porto de Albuquerque, an urban analyst at the University of Glasgow, UK. He is leading the Waterproofing Data project, increasing community flood resilience in Brazilian urban neighbourhoods by engaging community members in the process of data generation. • This resource also contains an interview with João. If your students have questions for João, 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). João will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on João’s research and challenges them to create their own rain gauge and learn the skills of an urban analyst. 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!
How research fields are joining forces to protect healthcare systems
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How research fields are joining forces to protect healthcare systems

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Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 biology and social sciences. 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 scientists Professor Alison Holmes, Dr Elita Jauneikaite, Dr Esmita Charani, Dr Tim Rawson and Dr Nina Zhu at Imperial College London, and Dr Matt Ellington at the UK Health Security Agency. They are combatting antimicrobial resistance and healthcare associated infections by combining their diverse range of expertise and addressing the issues from multiple directions. • This resource also contains interviews with the team. If your students have questions for them, they can send them to the team 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). Alison, Matt, Elita, Esmita, Tim and Nina 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 consider the range of careers that could lead them to solve the challenge of antimicrobial resistance. 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!
Can we vaccinate against the viruses hiding in our cells?
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Can we vaccinate against the viruses hiding in our cells?

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Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Biology. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of Dr 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!
Why worms matter: the importance of nematode diversity for studying biology and evolution
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Why worms matter: the importance of nematode diversity for studying biology and evolution

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Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 biology. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of Dr 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!
What if we understood the genetic causes of cancer?
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What if we understood the genetic causes of cancer?

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Suitable for secondary, high school and college students, this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, school clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 biology and genetics. 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 • Cancer is a disease caused by mutations in the genes within our cells. Professor Ian Prior, at the University of Liverpool in the UK, is trying to find out why some gene mutations are more likely to contribute to cancer than others. This knowledge could lead to the development of new treatments for this widespread and deadly disease. This resource introduces students to molecular oncology and how gene mutations can lead to the development of cancer. • This resource also includes an interview with Ian about his career path, as well as a section dedicated to careers in his field. If your students (or you) have questions for Ian, you/they can send them to him online. All you need to do is to go to the article online (see the Futurum link below), scroll down to the end and type in the question(s). Ian will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) and activities to prompt students to reflect on Ian research. • The PowerPoint summarises the key points in the article and includes additional ‘Talking Points’. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!
How texts from the past can shape and inform the future
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How texts from the past can shape and inform the future

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Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 History, Religious Studies and English. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of Dr Alison Searle, an expert in textual studies based at the University of Leeds in the UK, who is currently focused on the description and analysis of the concept of pastoral care within three faith communities that operated across the British Atlantic between 1630 and 1720. • This resource also contains an interview with Alison. 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. Alison will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Alison’s research, and tasks them to think about what their writing reveals about them. 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!