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 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 Maria Octavia Rangel, from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in the US, who has been making significant changes to the lives of older adults with heart problems ever since she was studying for her master’s degree. By blending clinical practice, clinical research, and teaching and mentoring the next generation of medical professionals, Octavia uses her passion for improving the lives of older adults to improve treatment, medication and rehabilitation.
• This resource contains an interview with Octavia, providing an insight into careers in geriatric cardiology.
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Octavia’s research, and tasks them to design a research trial.
• In the accompanying podcast, Octavia speaks about how to create supportive and reciprocal relationships with your mentors, and the importance of pushing yourself out of your comfort zone.
• The podcast is accompanied by the transcript and a PowerPoint containing questions which help students to break the podcast down and reflect on what they have heard.
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).
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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 subject.
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 Jean-Pierre Leburton, a nanoscientist at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana. He is investigating how nanopores can detect DNA and generate electricity.
• This resource also contains an interview with Jean-Pierre and offers an insight into careers in nanotechnology.
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Jean-Pierre’s research and challenges them to explore the applications of nanopores.
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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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 Lali Medina-Kauwe, a biomedical scientist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She has bioengineered a new protein molecule that can cross the blood-brain barrier and deliver drugs to brain tumours.
• This resource also contains an interview with Lali and offers an insight into careers in biomedical science.
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Lali’s research and challenges them to build their own model of Lali’s protein using objects they can find around the house or classroom.
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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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 Biology 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 teaching resource explains the work of Professor Barbara Bendlin, a neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US, and Darby Peter, a PhD candidate working in her laboratory, who are investigating how gut bacteria influence brain function and whether changes in the microbiome could increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
• This resource also contains an interview with Darby,and provides an insight into careers in neuroscience.
• 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 explore outreach programmes.
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).
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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 design 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 introduces the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) Makerspace led by Professor Justin Starr and Assistant Professor Francis Cartieri. This stimulating teaching and learning space is providing the tools and facilities for students to imagine, create and perfect innovative products that solve real-world issues.
• This resource also contains interviews with their colleagues, Michael and Ellie, and provides insights into careers in entrepreneurial design and manufacturing.
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on the team’s work, and tasks them to design a product that solves an everyday 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!
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 David Langlais, a genomicist at McGill University. He is investigating transcription factors and the epigenome impact the immune system.
• This resource also contains an interview with David and his colleague, Dr Mathieu Mancini, and offers an insight into careers in genomics.
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on David’s research and challenges them to contact a scientist to learn more about real-world research.
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).
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 geology, 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 Rob Rainbird, a sedimentologist at the Geological Survey of Canada. He is studying sedimentary rocks to understand the evolution of the Earth’s early atmosphere.
• This resource also contains an interview with Rob and offers an insight into careers in sedimentology. If your students have questions for Rob, 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 Rob’s research and challenges them to describe a sedimentary rock, based on the conditions under which it formed.
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).
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 and at home.
This resource links to KS4 and KS5 economics and health.
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 Belinda Román, an economist at St. Mary’s University in Texas, USA. She is investigating whether providing people living with diabetes with glucose monitoring devices can help them to manage their condition and remain in the workforce.
• This resource also contains an interview with Belinda and offers an insight into careers in economics. If your students have questions for Belinda, 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 Belinda’s research and challenges them to design a diabetes awareness poster.
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).
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/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 Professor Tracy Raivio from the University of Alberta, Canada. She is studying bacterial envelopes and interactions with bacteriophages to understand the mechanisms underlying antibiotic resistance.
• This resource also contains an interview with Tracy, and offers an insight into careers in molecular microbiology. If your students have questions for Tracy, 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 Tracy’s research and challenges them to practice their science communication skills by creating an educational presentation or podcast about antibiotic resistance.
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).
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 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
• Dr Peter Bretscher, Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada, introduces the field of immunology and explains the main research questions immunologists are aiming to answer.
• This resource also contains an interview with Peter, providing an insight into careers in immunology.
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Peter’s work, and tasks them to explore ideas for preventing autoimmunity.
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/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 Stephen Pandol from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, USA. He is using artificial intelligence to improve pancreatic cancer diagnoses and developing therapeutic treatments for pancreatic diseases.
• This resource also contains an interview with Stephen, and offers an insight into careers in pancreatology. If your students have questions for Stephen, 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 Stephens’s research and challenges them to improve their science communication skills by designing an educational poster.
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).
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, art clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS4 and KS5/Grade 9-10 and Grade 11-12 sociology and art & design.
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 Ilya Parkins, a feminist fashion scholar at the University of British Columbia, Canada. She is exploring the role that clothing plays in shaping LGBTQ+ and feminist weddings and how clothing is used to showcase identities and values.
• This resource also contains an interview with Ilya and offers an insight into careers in gender, women and sexuality studies. If your students have questions for Ilya, 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 Ilya’s research and challenges them to listen to the interviews Ilya conducted with people who are LGBTQ+ and/or feminist and explore how they used clothing in their weddings.
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).
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 Biology, Physics 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 teaching resource explains the work of Dr Wilfred D. Stein, whose research has involved diving into genome databases to discover the origins of hair-producing cells, and to investigate how similar genes present themselves in other animals.
• This resource also contains an interview with Wilfred, providing an insight into careers in biophysics.
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Wilfred’s research, and tasks them to explore evolutionary relationships between different organisms.
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).
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Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary, middle and high schools), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, in science clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS3 Biology, Interactions and interdependencies and KS4 Biology, Ecosystems, but is also internationally relevant.
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
The article includes a summary of a bobtail squid research project, an interview with marine biologist Sarah McAnulty, and access to Skype a Scientist - a free resource for teachers that links classrooms to scientists around the world.
The activity sheet includes discussion points - eight questions the students can answer in groups or individually - and ideas for activities that are relevant to marine biology.
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 health 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 teaching resource explains the work of Dr Tina Brinkley, a gerontologist at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. She is investigating how diet, exercise and social activity influence brain health as we age.
• This resource also contains an interview with Tina and offers an insight into careers in gerontology. If your students have questions for Tina, 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 Tina’s research and challenges them to design a week-long brain boosting schedule containing activities to promote their brain health.
• In the accompanying podcast, Tina discusses the importance of finding mentors to support you and explains how a career in gerontology will allow you to help people as they grow older. The accompanying podcast PowerPoint contains questions to encourage students to reflect on what she says.
• The animation can be used as an engaging learning resource to showcase Tina’s career journey and research.
• The PowerPoint reiterates the key points from the article, highlights career pathways in gerontology, and contains questions to encourage students to reflect on their own aspirations.
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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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 Computing and ICT.
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 Professor Linglong Kong and Professor Bei Jiang from the University of Alberta in Canada. They are developing bias-free artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms that will promote equality in labour markets.
• This resource also contains interviews with Linglong and Bei and offers an insight into careers in AI research. If your students have questions for Linglong and Bei, 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 Linglong and Bei’s research and challenges them to consider how AI could help humans overcome their biases.
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).
If you like these free resources, or have suggestions for improvements, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!
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Suitable for 11-18-year olds (secondary, middle and high schools), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, in science/computer clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS3 and KS4 Computing: understanding algorithms; PSHE: health and wellbeing; living in the wider world. It is also internationally relevant.
It can 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
The article includes an explanation of algorithms, a discussion about how they can be beneficial and harmful, an interview with Digital Technology and Mental Health expert Dr Elvira Perez Vallejos and an overview of digital technology and mental health i.e. how technology can affect mental health.
The activity sheet includes discussion points - seven questions the students can answer in groups or individually. There are also links to quizzes such as how to spot fake news.
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).
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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.
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 Paul Treitz, based at Queen’s University in Canada, who is using remote sensing techniques and field measurements to investigate what vegetation in the Arctic can tell us about the effects of climate change.
• This resource also contains interviews with Paul’s colleagues, Sandra and Jacqueline, providing insights into careers in geography.
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on the team’s work, and tasks them to research an Arctic island.
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!
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Suitable for 11-18-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, biology/STEM clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS4 and KS5 biology, It is also internationally relevant.
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
The article explains how our immune system works and whether scientists can harness it to help people age without illness. There is also an interview with immunologist Prof Deborah Dunn-Walters, who talks about her career path and opportunities in immunology.
The activity sheet includes discussion points - seven questions the students can answer in groups or individually. There are also links to relevant educational activities such as learning more about smallpox.
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).
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