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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
¿QUÉ SIGNIFICA EL PASADO PARA LA GENTE DE HOY?
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¿QUÉ SIGNIFICA EL PASADO PARA LA GENTE DE HOY?

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Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Spanish. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This Spanish language teaching resource explains the work of Dr Sarah Kurnick, an archaeologist at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA. She is investigating how Postclassic Maya communities at Punta Laguna interacted with their Classic Maya past, by working with the contemporary Maya who live in Punta Laguna today. • This resource also contains an interview with Sarah and offers an insight into careers in archaeology. If your students have questions for Sarah, they can send them to her online. All they need to do is to go to the article online (see the Futurum link below), scroll down to the end and type in the question(s). Sarah will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Sarah’s research and challenges them to explore why we topple statues to protest how we commemorate the past. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!
Archaeology and the ancient Maya: What does the past mean to people today?
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Archaeology and the ancient Maya: What does the past mean to people today?

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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 history and archaeology. 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 Sarah Kurnick, an archaeologist at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA. She is investigating how Postclassic Maya communities at Punta Laguna interacted with their Classic Maya past, by working with the contemporary Maya who live in Punta Laguna today. • This resource also contains an interview with Sarah and offers an insight into careers in archaeology. If your students have questions for Sarah, they can send them to her online. All they need to do is to go to the article online (see the Futurum link below), scroll down to the end and type in the question(s). Sarah will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Sarah’s research and challenges them to explore why we topple statues to protest how we commemorate the past. • The article and activity sheet are also available in Spanish through the weblink below. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!
WIE SIND DIE CHEMISCHEN ELEMENTE ENTSTANDEN?
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WIE SIND DIE CHEMISCHEN ELEMENTE ENTSTANDEN?

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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 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!
HOGYAN KELETKEZTEK A KÉMIAI ELEMEK?
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HOGYAN KELETKEZTEK A KÉMIAI ELEMEK?

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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 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!
HOE ZIJN DE CHEMISCHE ELEMENTEN ONTSTAAN?
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HOE ZIJN DE CHEMISCHE ELEMENTEN ONTSTAAN?

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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 Dutch. 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 Dutch 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!
¿CÓMO NACIERON LOS ELEMENTOS QUÍMICOS?
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¿CÓMO NACIERON LOS ELEMENTOS QUÍMICOS?

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Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Spanish. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This Spanish language teaching resource explains the work of Dr Maria Lugaro of the Konkoly Observatory, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences in Hungary. Maria is a nuclear astrophysicist who is part of an international and interdisciplinary team of scientists working on the RADIOSTAR project, investigating radioactive nuclei and the clues they left behind in meteorites. • This resource also contains an interview with Maria. If you or your students have a question for her, you can submit it online – go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. Maria will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Maria’s research, and tasks them make their own spectrometer. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!
¿CÓMO PODEMOS APRENDER DE LAS PROTEINAS VEGETALES?
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¿CÓMO PODEMOS APRENDER DE LAS PROTEINAS VEGETALES?

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Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Spanish. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This Spanish language teaching resource explains the work of Dr Charles Stewart Jr., of the Macromolecular X-ray Crystallography Facility at Iowa State University in the US, who is seeking to improve our understanding of the function of these enzymes by examining their 3D molecular structure. • This resource also contains an interview with Charles. If you or your students have a question for him, you can submit it online – go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. Charles will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Charles’ research, as well as a challenge from Charles! This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!
RENDRE LES RADIOGRAPHIES PLUS SÛRES ET EFFICACES
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RENDRE LES RADIOGRAPHIES PLUS SÛRES ET EFFICACES

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Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 French. 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!
Understanding the language of science through the science of language
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Understanding the language of science through the science of language

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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 languages 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 teaching resource explains the work of Dr Laura Wagner, at The Ohio State University, and Dr Sudha Arunachalam, at New York University. They are language scientists who have devised a project to allow the public to conduct their own language science research while learning about the scientific method. • This resource also contains interviews with Laura, Sudha and other team members and offers an insight into careers in language science. If your students have questions for Laura and Sudha, 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). Laura and Sudha will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Laura and Sudha’s research and challenges them to design their own language science experiments. 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!
L’UTILISATION DES NANOTECHNOLOGIES POUR COMPRENDRE ET VAINCRE L’ADHÉSION DE LA BACTÉRIE PATHOGÈNE ST
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L’UTILISATION DES NANOTECHNOLOGIES POUR COMPRENDRE ET VAINCRE L’ADHÉSION DE LA BACTÉRIE PATHOGÈNE ST

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Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 French. 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 Yves Dufrêne, a researcher in nanobiophysics with an interest in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) bacterial strains. Based at the Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology in Belgium, his work focuses on finding new means of thwarting these pathogens and their ability to stick to medical devices and cause life-threatening infections. • This resource also contains an interview with Yves. 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. Yves will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Yves’ 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!
ENTENDIENDO LAS CÉLULAS Y FOMENTANDO EL AMOR POR LA CIENCIA
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ENTENDIENDO LAS CÉLULAS Y FOMENTANDO EL AMOR POR LA CIENCIA

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Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Spanish. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This Spanish language teaching resource explains the work of Dr 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!
AVEZ-BIEN VOUS LU CELA ?
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AVEZ-BIEN VOUS LU CELA ?

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Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 French. 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!
COMMENT LES ÉLÉMENTS RADIOACTIFS PEUVENTILS NOUS AIDER ?
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COMMENT LES ÉLÉMENTS RADIOACTIFS PEUVENTILS NOUS AIDER ?

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Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 French. 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!
How can electronics engineers help to power the green transition?
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How can electronics engineers help to power the green transition?

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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 engineering 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 Professor Peter Gammon, an electronics engineer at the University of Warwick. He is developing silicon carbide technology to improve the efficiency of electric vehicles, satellites and the National Grid. • This resource also contains an interview with Peter. If your students have questions for Peter, 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). Peter will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Peter’s research and challenges them to discover how the electrification of fossil fuel systems will contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. • The PowerPoint reiterates the key points in the article. • An animation about Peter’s work, with downloadable script, is available through 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!
Monsoons and mountains: unpicking the sedimentary geology of Asia
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Monsoons and mountains: unpicking the sedimentary geology of Asia

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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 geology 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 Professor Peter Clift, a sedimentary geologist at Louisiana State University, USA. He is investigating impact of the Asian monsoon on the Himalayas and on ancient civilisations. • This resource also contains an interview with Peter and offers an insight into careers in sedimentary geology. If your students have questions for Peter, 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). Peter will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Peter’s research and challenges them to design their own geological expedition. • The accompanying 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!
Improve students memory and problem-solving abilities with computational thinking
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Improve students memory and problem-solving abilities with computational thinking

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Suitable for teachers of all STEM subjects, this resource discusses the work of Professor Osman Yaşar, based at the Computational Math, Science, and Technology Institute at the State University of New York in the US. Osman trains teachers to teach students to think in ways that improve their memory and problem-solving abilities, setting them up for shining careers in STEM. This resource touches on: BLOCKED PRACTICE COMPUTATIONAL THINKING DEDUCTIVE THINKING GENERATIVE RETRIEVAL PRACTICE INDUCTIVE THINKING INTERLEAVED RETRIEVAL PRACTICE SCIENTIFIC THINKING The activity sheet includes activities for students as well as a link to 309 free lesson plans. 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!
Law: The premenstrual defence
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Law: The premenstrual defence

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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 Law. 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 Caroline Henaghan, based at the University of Manchester in the UK, who is taking a socio-legal and interdisciplinary approach to the problems associated with premenstrual dysphoric disorder. The findings will help develop understanding of – and appreciation for – the relationship between the female menstrual cycle and mental health. • This resource also contains an interview with Caroline. 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. Caroline will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Caroline’s research, and challenges them to imagine they are a defence lawyer. 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!
Tecnología Astronómica: Construyendo una cámara para mirar las primeras galaxias
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Tecnología Astronómica: Construyendo una cámara para mirar las primeras galaxias

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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 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!
Astronomy technology: building a camera to see the first galaxies
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Astronomy technology: building a camera to see the first galaxies

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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 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 Spanish, use the link below to access the translated versions. • An animation 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!
Can chemical reactions be encoded into algorithms and understood by computers?
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Can chemical reactions be encoded into algorithms and understood by computers?

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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 Chemistry. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of Professor Alexei Lapkin, from the University of Cambridge in the UK, a chemical engineer using robotics and artificial intelligence to change the way we design and produce chemical products. • This resource also contains an interview with Alexei. 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. Alexei will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Alexei’s research, and tasks them to think about the cradle-to-cradle philosophy. 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!