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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 geography and Earth 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 Émilie Saulnier-Talbot, a biogeographer from Université Laval, and Dr Hilary Corlett, a geologist from Memorial University. They are investigating how carbon is stored in seafloor sediments and took part in an ocean expedition to collect sediments.

• This resource also contains an interview with Émilie and Hilary and offers an insight into careers in Earth science.

• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Émilie and Hilary’s research and challenges them to imagine what life would be like onboard a research ship.

This resource was first published by 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).

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