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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Secondary science challenges
From designing electric vehicles to investigating garden wildlife, our hands-on tasks will inspire every budding detective, designer, and curious explorer.
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Science card games and interactives
Give your class some gaming fun and test their learning with these curriculum-linked games and quizzes.
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Primary science challenges
From designing electric vehicles to investigating garden wildlife, our hands-on tasks will inspire every budding detective, designer, and curious explorer.
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Feed our future! Poster
Inspire your budding young scientists with potential STEM careers in the food industry and encourage them to complete the Feed our future! challenge.
Feed our future! Challenge presentation (primary)
Use this presentation, with video clips presented by Stefan Gates, to recap healthy diets, to discover how our food affects our planet and inspire pupils to come up with a new food for the future.
Feed our future! Activity sheet (primary)
Pupils use this activity sheet to describe their innovative new future-food.
Feed our future! 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 ideas for diving deeper, if more time is available.
Resource planner 2025: 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.
Day and night poster
Use this poster to help your pupils explain day and night and the apparent movement of the Sun across the sky.
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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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.
Meet a materials engineer video (9-11)
Watch Anna, a materials scientist working in the construction industry, describe her job and what inspired her to be become an expert in concrete.
Material investigators presentation
Use this presentation to lead pupils through the challenge, providing step-by-step instructions for investigating the strength of corrugated cardboard planks and designing their own innovative material.
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.'
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 a research technologist video (ages 9-11)
Meet Hannah, a research technologist. Discover her career path, favorite parts of the job, required skills, and key responsibilities.