9-11

Fashion fixers challenge

This real-world challenge dives into the world of fast fashion and its environmental impact. The perfect range of activities for engaging students in conversations around sustainability, science and the choices we make every day.

Our RoboRevolution challenge: Secondary

This real-world challenge dives into the world of robotics, recapping the science of the human body. The perfect range of activities for engaging students in conversations around the future of robotics and future careers, inspiring students to come up with a robot of their own.

Our RoboRevolution challenge: Primary

This real-world challenge dives into the world of robotics, recapping the science of the human body. The perfect range of activities for engaging pupils in conversations around the future of robotics and future careers, inspiring pupils to come up with a robot of their own.

Our RoboRevolution activity sheet (primary)

Pupils use this activity sheet to describe their innovative robot. 

Autumn/Winter Calendar of events 2026 (primary)

Celebrate themed events from September to December with Energising Futures resources!

Rocket science resources

Support your class to learn about gravity, thrust, and air resistance, and apply their understanding by designing and testing their own high flying rocket.

Rocket science (primary)

Pupils learn about gravity, thrust, and air resistance, and apply their understanding by testing how to design their own high flying rocket. 

It’s rocket science presentation (primary)

Discover how NASA's Artemis program plans to return astronauts to the Moon and explore the forces that will get them there.

Ready. Steady. Rocket science! Bottle rocket demo activity sheet (primary)

Follow the instructions on this activity sheet to make and investigate a gas-propelled rocket using vinegar and bicarbonate of soda.

Ready. Steady. Rocket science! Straw rocket racer activity sheet (primary)

Whose straw rocket can fly the furthest? Use this activity sheet to investigate what happens when you change a variable.

World Book Day resources

Uncover the science of books with these resources this World Book Day.

Feed our future! Poster (9-11)

Inspire your budding young scientists with potential STEM careers in the food industry and encourage them to complete the Feed our future! challenge.

World Book Day resources (Primary)

Celebrate the science in your favourite stories this World Book Day with our eye-catching poster and Science in stories lessons.

2026 Resource planners

Use this selection of comprehensive resource planners to unlock a wealth of Energising Futures materials tailored to your learners. Discover essential science resources to teach the curriculum, real-world challenges to bring science to life and career connections to learn about jobs from real professionals.

Resource planner 2026: Ages 9-11

See all Energising Futures resources with direct links, sorted by topic, for ages 9-11 to easily integrate them into your planning.

Calendar of events 2026

Celebrate themed events from January to July with our resources below!

Meet a robot programmer job card (primary)

Use this job card to inspire your pupils to explore a future careers in robotics and connect their learning to the real world. 

Meet a robot design engineer job card (primary)

Use this job card to inspire your pupils to explore a future careers in robotics and connect their learning to the real-world. 

Our RoboRevolution challenge presentation (primary)

Use this presentation, with video clips presented by Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon, to recap the science of the human body, discover how robots benefit humans and inspire pupils to come up with a robot of their own.

Our RoboRevolution delivery guide (primary)

A short guide with curriculum links, and step-by-step instructions for how to deliver the challenge in a 1-hour lesson. Includes information about diving deeper, if more time is available.

Our RoboRevolution careers poster

Inspire your budding young scientists with potential STEM careers in the robotics industry and encourage them to enter the Our RoboRevolution competition.

Careers posters (secondary)

Primary resources celebrating Black Scientists

Ignite your pupils’ passion for science and prove science has a place for everyone this Black History Month and beyond!

Feed our future! Challenge (secondary)

Use this lesson, with video clips presented by Stefan Gates, to recap healthy diets, discover how our food affects our planet and inspire students to come up with a new food for the future.

Feed our future! Challenge (primary)

Use this lesson, with video clips presented by Stefan Gates, to recap healthy diets, discover how our food affects our planet and inspire pupils to come up with a new food for the future.

Challenges (secondary)

Set your students a real-world challenge that will boost their essential science knowledge and enhance their careers connections within STEM industries.

Science activities (primary)

Refresh your teaching of essential science topics with this selection of fun activities. From stories of super scientists to carrying out their own investigations, these resources are guaranteed to get your class excited about science.

Games (primary)

A selection of games to energise your classroom and support pupils learning of essential science knowledge. Perfect for enhancing speaking and listening skills.

End of term activities (secondary)

Keep your learners engaged in the run up to the summer holidays and find out what they've learned this year with these curriculum-linked challenges, posters, and lessons.

End of term activities (primary)

Keep your learners engaged in the run up to the summer holidays and find out what they've learned this year with these curriculum-linked games, posters, and lessons.