Materials investigators
Learn about the topic of materials and take on a real-life challenge investigating the properties of materials with a materials engineer.
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Material makers challenge
Explore the properties of materials with this hands-on real-world challenge including a range of exciting activities. Encourage your pupils to investigate materials with the Material Makers challenge, led by a real scientist, Anna.
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Respiration– Check your learning (14-16)
How well do your students know respiration? This resource helps assess aerobic vs. anaerobic knowledge. Pair with the Respiration Knowledge Organiser for effective revision.
Respiration – Check your learning (11-14)
Struggling with respiration? This resource helps identify gaps and assess aerobic vs. anaerobic knowledge. Pair with the Respiration Knowledge Organiser for extra support.
Respiration knowledge organiser (14-16)
This two-page revision guide clears up misconceptions about respiration and explains aerobic vs. anaerobic respiration.
Respiration knowledge organiser (11-14)
This two-page revision guide clears up misconceptions about respiration and explains aerobic vs. anaerobic respiration.
Respiration revision (ages 14-16)
Help your 14-16 students master respiration with these GCSE revision resources! Use the knowledge organiser to review key concepts and the check your learning sheet to identify gaps, consolidate understanding, and boost confidence.
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Respiration revision (ages 11-14)
Help your students master respiration with these revision resources! Use the knowledge organiser for review and the check your learning sheet to identify gaps, consolidate understanding, and boost confidence.
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A guide for parents and carers of 11-16 year olds
This useful guide is a great tool for showcasing the best of Energising Futures and how it can be used at home for parents/carers of 11-16 year olds. Parents and carers can discover what science capital is and how they can bring science alive at home.
A guide for parents and carers of 4-11 year olds
This useful guide is a great tool for showcasing the best of Energising Futures and how it can be used at home. Parents and carers can discover what science capital is and how they can bring science alive at home.
Careers linked to materials poster
Inspire your pupils to think about potential future careers linked to learning about materials, with this poster.
Meet an architect poster
Inspire your pupils to think about a potential future career as an architect with this poster.
Meet a materials engineer poster
Inspire your pupils to think about a potential future career as a material scientist with this poster.
Material investigators: Delivery guide
A brief teacher's guide outlining the challenge background, required equipment, and tips for using the resources effectively. This challenge focuses on 'materials' and provides real-world context for the curriculum topic of 'properties of materials.'
Celebrating women engineers secondary poster
Challenge stereotypes and inspire your students with this informative, visual poster celebrating the achievements of women engineers.
Celebrating women engineers primary poster
Challenge stereotypes and inspire your pupils with this informative, visual poster celebrating the achievements of women engineers.
Respiration posters
These two posters tackle misconceptions about respiration and ventilation. With age specific posters, for 11-14s and 14-16s, these are perfect revision tools for your students.
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Respiration poster: with symbol equation (14-16)
Use this 2-page poster to tackle misconceptions about respiration and ventilation, and discover the differences between aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
Respiration poster: without symbol equation (11-14)
Use this 2-page poster to tackle misconceptions about respiration and ventilation, and discover the differences between aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
Growing into adults (life-cycles) poster
Develop understanding of animal life-cycles with this 2-page poster about how animals grow from babies to adults.
Material investigators: Skills and knowledge self-check
Pupils use this activity sheet to demonstrate what's they've learnt during the challenge.
Material investigators: Design your own material
Pupils can use this sheet to record their creative ideas for a new material, that can be used in the building industry and beyond.
Material investigators: Which plank is strongest (direction of layers)
Step-by-step instructions on how to carry out an investigation to answer the question: How does the direction of layers affect the strength of a cardboard plank?
Material investigators: Which plank is strongest (number of layers)
Step-by-step instructions on how to carry out an investigation to answer the question: How does the number of layers affect the strength of a cardboard plank?
Material investigators: Plan an investigation sheet
Pupils can use this sheet to plan and record their own investigations into the strength of corrugated, cardboard planks.
Meet technologists combined job role card
Inspire your students to explore future careers and connect learning to the real world with this job-role card, featuring both an apprentice research technologist and a senior research technologist.
Meet an apprentice research technologist job role card
Use this job-role card to inspire your students to explore future careers and connect their learning to the real world.
Volunteering session: Teacher guide
Get involved with the STEM volunteering scheme and invite a volunteer into your school. Careers education is all about showing young people different paths to success and the variety of options available.
Celebrating Black Scientists poster (secondary)
Use this 2-page poster to inspire secondary students with the work of Black Scientists across past and present day.
Celebrating Black Scientists poster (primary)
Use this 2-page poster to inspire primary pupils with the work of Black Scientists across past and present day.