Lessons (secondary)
A selection of engaging lessons for 11-16s that are perfect for sparking group discussions and providing essential knowledge and key facts on a range of topics in the science curriculum.
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Challenges (secondary)
Set your students a real-world challenge that will boost their essential science knowledge and enhance their careers connections within STEM industries.
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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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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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Jobs of the future assembly (secondary)
Use this assembly to inspire young people to consider their future careers and to dream big, by highlighting the ever-changing job market and the exciting opportunities that lay ahead for them.
Chemical reactions check your learning (14-16)
Use alongside the Chemical reactions Knowledge Organiser to support students revise this challenging topic.
Chemical reactions knowledge organiser (14-16)
Use this resource to help your students balance chemical equations and learn about different types of chemical reactions.
Chemical reactions: Revision resources (14-16)
Support your students to grasp key types of chemical reactions using the Chemical Changes Knowledge Organiser. Then, use the Check Your Learning activity sheet to reinforce understanding and identify gaps—perfect for revision or classroom use.
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Resource planner 2025: Ages 14-16
See all Energising Futures resources with direct links, sorted by topic, for ages 14–16 to easily integrate them into your planning.
Careers linked to renewable energy resources poster
Use this poster to link learning about renewable energy resources with the world of work and inspire students to think about new, potential careers.
Career topic posters
Use this selection of posters to link curriculum learning to the world of work and inspire students to think about potential future careers.
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Careers linked to respiration poster
Use this poster to link learning about respiration with the world of work and inspire students to think about potential future careers.
Careers linked to plants and photosynthesis poster
Use this poster to link learning about plants and photosynthesis with the world of work and inspire students to think about potential future careers.
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 knowledge organiser (14-16)
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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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.
Women and girls in science secondary assembly
This assembly will showcase the achievements, skills and challenges faced by past and present female scientists. Encourage students to think critically about stereotypes they may hold and present real-world role models for them to aspire to.
Celebrating women engineers secondary poster
Challenge stereotypes and inspire your students 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.
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.
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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Celebrating black scientists poster (secondary)
Use this 2-page poster to inspire seconodary students with the work of black scientists across past and present day.
Check your learning: Waves (GCSE Combined science)
Use this check your learning activity sheet after using the waves knowledge organiser, to consolidate your learning on this topic. Use the read-cover-write technique to help you retain the information.
GCSE combined science knowledge organiser: waves
Use this knowledge organiser to revise the topic of waves including, the properties of a wave, how to measure the speed of a sound wave, electromagnetic waves and more.
Check your learning: Waves (GCSE physics)
Use this check your learning activity sheet after using the waves knowledge organiser, to consolidate your learning on this topic. Use the read-cover-write technique to help you retain the information.
GCSE Physics knowledge organiser: Waves
Use this knowledge organiser to revise the topic of waves including, the properties of a wave, how to measute the speed of a sound wave, electromagnetic waves and more.
Waves revision (GCSE triple science)
Consolidate your student’s understanding of waves with this triple science knowledge organiser and accompanying activity sheet.
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Waves revision (GCSE combined science)
Consolidate your student’s understanding of waves with this combined science knowledge organiser and accompanying activity sheet.
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