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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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.
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.
Celebrating Black Scientists poster (secondary)
Use this 2-page poster to inspire secondary students with the work of Black Scientists across past and present day.
Fashion fixers challenge: Secondary
This real-world challenge dives into the world of fast fashion and its environmental impact. The perfect range of activities for engaging students in conversations around sustainability, science and the choices we make every day.
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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.
Meet a research technologist video (ages 11-16)
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 11-16)
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.
A scientist a day: Discover green careers
Introduce your students to green skills and a range of relatable professionals, highlighting careers that will help us build a greener future with this presentation. Use as a starter or plenary over a series of lessons to inspire your students into the STEM careers of tomorrow.
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A scientist a day: Discover green careers presentation
This presentation introduces your students to green skills, why they are important and to relatable professionals in careers that will help us build a greener future. Use as a starter or plenary over a series of lessons to inspire your students into the STEM careers of tomorrow.
Unlocking green skills and careers: A teacher guide
Use this secondary teacher guide to level up your career teaching and prepare your students for the green jobs of the future. Learn what green skills are, why they are important for students' motivation and attainment and discover how to easily integrate them into your lessons.
Interactive science games
All the essential knowledge and need-to-know facts on topics in the science curriculum. Use to introduce a topic or to support students.
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Hydrogen generation challenge delivery guide
Find out more about the real-world challenge, discover the resources available and use the suggested learning pathway to complete the challenge with your students.
Hydrogen generation challenge
Investigate the real-world challenge of producing hydrogen by electrolysis of water and analyse data to calculate the efficiency of the process.
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Ready. Steady. Science!
Creative and fun everyday science experiments.
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Fashion fixers (secondary): My fashion fixes sheet
Provide each student with this activity sheet so they can describe their own creative vision for how to fix fashion for the future!
Fashion fixers (secondary): Diamond nine
Students use this diamond nine ranking structure to decide which fashion fixes are the most important for a sustainable future.
Fashion fixers (secondary): Fashion survey
A questionnaire for students to gather data about how they, their friends and family buy, use and dispose of clothes.
Fashion fixers (secondary): Materials matter
Review the materials our clothes are made from and find out which are more sustainable.
Fashion fixers (secondary): Lesson
This presentation explains the impacts the fashion industry has on the environment, and inspires students with innovations that are fixing fashion.
Fashion fixers (secondary): Delivery guide
Find out everything that you need to know, to inspire your students to become fashion fixers with this real-world challenge!
Hydrogen generation knowledge self-check
Students use this activity sheet to demonstrate what's they've learnt during the challenge.
Hydrogen generation skills self-check
A skills self-assessment sheet for students to use after they have completed the' Hydrogen generation challenge'.
Hydrogen generation challenge support sheet
Step-by-step instructions for students to use during the challenge, as they set up an electrolysis cell to produce hydrogen.
Hydrogen generation efficiency calculator
Students use this spreadsheet to calculate the energy efficiency of the process in which they produced hydrogen by electrolysis.