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Calendar of events 2026

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.

Our RoboRevolution freepost label

Use this freepost label to send in your learners' competition entries without paying postage.

Our RoboRevolution competition entry form (primary)

Pupils use this entry form to describe their innovative robot and enter the 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.

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.

Secondary science challenges

From designing electric vehicles to investigating garden wildlife, our hands-on tasks will inspire every budding detective, designer, and curious explorer.

Science card games and interactives

Give your class some gaming fun and test their learning with these curriculum-linked games and quizzes.

Primary science challenges

From designing electric vehicles to investigating garden wildlife, our hands-on tasks will inspire every budding detective, designer, and curious explorer.

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.

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.

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.