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?
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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.
Meet an apprentice research technologist video (ages 9-11)
Will is an apprentice research technologist. Find out about his career path and what he enjoys most about his job. Discover the skills and qualifications required, as well as the responsibilities.
2025 resource planners
See all Energising Futures resources, sorted by topic, for your age group to easily integrate them into your planning for 2025.
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Feed our future! Careers poster
Inspire your budding young scientists with potential STEM careers in the food industry and encourage them to enter the Feed our future! competition.
Feed our future! Freepost label
Use this freepost label to send in your students’ competition entries, without paying postage
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.
Feed our future! Competition entry form (primary)
Pupils use this entry form to describe their innovative new future-food and enter the competition.
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.
Fashion fixers challenge: Primary
This real-world challenge dives into the world of fast fashion and its environmental impact. The perfect range of activities for engaging pupils in conversations around sustainability, science and the choices we make every day.
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