STEM+SHAPE Animations
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Futurum animations introduce researchers and their work to students in a fun and engaging way. Conveying often complex projects and research methods in an accessible, visual format, our animations can be used for an attention-grabbing lesson-starter, formative assessment, consolidatory plenary or homework task, or to support independent study.
Each animation is accompanied by a transcript so that students have the option to:
- Read the narration
- Pause the animation and make notes as they watch
- Add their own illustrations
- Add notes from classroom discussions
- Make notes of areas they will investigate further
- Make notes of keywords and definitions.
Can lifestyle choices protect your brain as you age?
Dr Tina Brinkley
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Can lifestyle choices protect your brain as you age?
Decoding RNA mysteries: a new era for biology and medicine
Professor Brenda Bass | Professor Taekjip (TJ) Ha
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Decoding RNA mysteries: a new era for biology and medicine
Does city life negatively affect wildlife?
Dr Sarah Guindre-Parker
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Does city life negatively affect wildlife?
How wearable tech can combat Parkinson’s disease
Professor Fay Horak
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How wearable tech can combat Parkinson’s disease
Detecting deepfakes: how can we ensure that generative AI is used for good?
Professor Siwei Lyu
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Detecting deepfakes: how can we ensure that generative AI is used for good?
Can microalgae improve honeybee health?
Dr Vincent Ricigliano
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Can microalgae improve honeybee health?
A world of opportunity in dental research
Dr Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
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A world of opportunity in dental research
Flying high with careers in aviation
Cranfield University’s Centre for Air Transport Management
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Flying high with careers in aviation
What happens when our blood production system fails?
Dr Kristina Ames
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What happens when our blood production system fails?
How can we detect and prevent brain injuries?
Professor Christian Franck | The PANTHER Programme
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How can we detect and prevent brain injuries?
Permafrost and Agriculture
Permafrost Grown
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Farming on permafrost
How are advances in technology improving dietary research?
Professor Deborah Kerr | Associate Professor Carol Boushey | Associate Professor Fengqing (Maggie) Zhu
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How are advances in technology improving dietary research?
Concrete change: the innovative chemistry of sustainable cement
Dr Theodore Hanein
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Concrete change: the innovative chemistry of sustainable cement
Could a healthy diet combat multiple sclerosis?
Professor Lucinda Black
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Could a healthy diet combat multiple sclerosis?
Lighting up cancer: innovation in paediatric surgery
Dr Stefano Giuliani
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Lighting up cancer: innovation in paediatric surgery
Practical activities to help geoscience students develop the skills they need to succeed
Dr Lisa Doner
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Practical activities to help geoscience students develop the skills they need to succeed
A star is born – using next generation telescopes to explore star formation
Professor Snežana Stanimirović
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A star is born – using next generation telescopes to explore star formation
How machine learning is revolutionising materials science
Professor Dane Morgan | Dr Ryan Jacobs
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How machine learning is revolutionising materials science
Understanding the atmosphere: What can atmospheric chemistry teach us about air pollution?
Dr Tran Nguyen
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Understanding the atmosphere: What can atmospheric chemistry teach us about air pollution?
What landscapes are hidden deep within the Earth?
Dr Paula Koelemeijer
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What landscapes are hidden deep within the Earth?
Can gardening help children grow?
Professor Sallie Marston | Moses Thompson
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Can gardening help children grow?
How and why do governments forget?
Associate Professor Alastair Stark | Professor Heather Lovell | Professor Rodney Scott
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How and why do governments forget?
What do eye movements tell us about the psychology of how we read and process words?
Simon P. Liversedge | Dr Chuanli Zang
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What skills do you need to succeed in school?
Dr Cheryl Talley
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Storage solutions: can we reimagine the trade-offs that limit flash storage devices?
Dr Bryan S. Kim
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Storage solutions: can we reimagine the trade-offs that limit flash storage devices?
Can we use mud to understand climate change?
Professor David Thornalley
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Can we use mud to understand climate change?
Why good childcare provision is important for gender equality
Professor Ingela Naumann
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Why good childcare provision is important for gender equality
Prostheses for people: matching the person and their new limb
Professor Laurence Kenney | Dr Alex Dickinson
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Prostheses for people: matching the person and their new limb
Can we harness the power of the oceans?
Professor Jennifer Franck
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Can we harness the power of the oceans?
Can we unlock the secrets hidden deep within the nucleus of an atom?
Dr Daniel Pitonyak
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Can we unlock the secrets hidden deep within the nucleus of an atom?
The engineering behind Evolutor
Professor Tuck Seng Wong
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The engineering behind Evolutor
Combining medicine and research to treat children with tuberculosis
Dr James Seddon
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Combining medicine and research to treat children with tuberculosis
What lessons can we learn from past pandemics?
Professor Lisa Sattenspiel | Taylor van Doren
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Bedside to bench to bedside: a unique way to treat lung injury
Dr Julie Bastarache
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Analysing the impacts of Brexit
Sarah Overton | Joël Reland
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Analysing the impacts of Brexit
Bringing life back to Kenya’s grasslands
Professor Mariana Rufino | Dr Joseph Hitimana
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Bringing life back to Kenya’s grasslands
How is Brexit affecting the UK’s economy?
Professor Sarah Hall
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How is Brexit affecting the UK’s economy?
Data and communication in the world of the future
Professor Justin Coon
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Data and communication in the world of the future
How ice sheets in the geological past can inform us of sea level rise in the future
Dr Ed Gasson | Professor Carrie Lear
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How ice sheets in the geological past can inform us of sea level rise in the future
How can we ensure that children in our care system get the best possible start to life?
Dr Dominic Mcsherry
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How can electronics engineers help to power the green transition?
Professor Peter Gammon
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Building a camera to see the first galaxies
MUSCAT Team
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Building a camera to see the first galaxies
How can we treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis?
Professor Andrew Nunn
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How can we treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis?
Using community data and analytics to build resilience to flooding
Professor João Porto de Albuquerque
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Using community data and analytics to build resilience to flooding
Your pain is my pain: what makes us feel empathy?
Dr Valeria Gazzola | Professor Christian Keysers
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Your pain is my pain: what makes us feel empathy?
Why worms matter: the importance of nematode diversity for studying biology and evolution
Dr Erik Andersen
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Why worms matter: the importance of nematode diversity for studying biology and evolution
Care at a distance: adapting during the pandemic
Professor Trish Greenhalgh | Laiba Husain
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Care at a distance: adapting during the pandemic
How does climate change impact aquaculture?
Dr Susan Fitzer
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How does climate change impact aquaculture?
Take a deep breath: Investigating air quality
BioAirNet
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Do industries influence government regulatory agencies?
Dr Eva Heims
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How one massive study is uncovering the secrets of UK society
Dr Alita Nandi | Nicole D. James
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Understanding the mechanisms behind lyme disease
Dr Catherine Brissette
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Understanding the mechanisms behind lyme disease
Mech-ing endoscopies safer by using robots you can swallow
Dr Mark Rentschler
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Studying earthquakes to save lives
Dr Alex Copley
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Studying Earthquakes To Save Lives