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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/Grade 9-10 and Grade 11-12 Biology.

It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks (UK):
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 Netz Arroyo from the Johns Hopskins School of Medicine, USA. He is developing wearable continuous molecular monitors that can help us track our health and manage diseases.

• This resource also contains an interview with Netz, and offers an insight into careers in biomedical engineering. If your students have questions for Netz, they can send them through the Futurum Careers website.

• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Netz’s research and challenges them to practice their science communication skills by imagining themselves in different scenarios.

• The animation summarises Netz’s research and is accompanied by a script.

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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