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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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.
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 (secondary)
Use this presentation, with video clips presented by Stefan Gates, to recap healthy diets, to discover how our food affects our planet and inspire students to come up with a new food for the future.
Feed our future! Delivery guide (secondary)
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! Activity sheet (secondary)
Students use this activity sheet to describe their innovative new future-food.
Meet a materials engineer video (11-14)
Watch Anna, a materials scientist working in the construction industry, describe her job and what inspired her to be become an expert in concrete, for ages 11-14.
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.
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.
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.
Meet a research technologist
Use these resources to introduce your class to Hannah, a real-life research technologist. Watch the video to explore Hannah’s daily responsibilities. Use the job-role card to discover the skills and qualifications needed for her career.
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Meet an apprentice research technologist
Use these resources to introduce your class to Will, an apprentice research technologist. Use the job-role card to learn about the skills and qualifications required, discover Will's job-related interests, and gain insight into his daily responsibilities.
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Meet a research technologist job card
Use this job-role card to inspire your students to explore future careers and connect their learning to the real world.