Produced for Future Morph, this short video shows the activities of a student studying a National Diploma in Land Based Technology at Bicton College. The student describes how the course develops skills in the maintenance and repair of machinery such as tractors, commercial vehicles and other agricultural...

Produced for Future Morph, this resource contains a video in which an apprentice plumber talks about his work in a renewable energy company installing solar water panels. The theory and practicals he learns in college is applied in the workplace. A second activity looks at a demonstration that illustrates the...

Produced for Future Morph, this video sees an apprentice in service engineering talk about his work. Service engineers are mechanical engineers who work on equipment such as engines and gearboxes. The student describes how his attendance at college fits with his job in an engineering business and allows him to...

Produced for Future Morph, these materials contain a video clip showing a student talking about his National Diploma course in Sport and Exercise Science. He describes how science, physiology and psychology are important aspects of his studies as well as the careers his course can lead on to.

Produced for Future Morph, this video clip shows an apprentice in motor vehicle maintenance talking about her work and college course. She describes how a car's engine is tested to find a fault with its fuelling. An additional activity describes a classroom demonstration that shows the products of hydrocarbon...

Catalyst Magazine is a science journal for young people aged 14-19 and their educators. It brings STEM subjects to life with insights into cutting-edge scientific research and industry R&D exploring the practical applications of complex science in the world around us. Catalyst magazine is a digital only...

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Exploring Saturn

This article follows the journey of the space probes "Huygens" and "Cassini", sent to explore Titan, a moon of Saturn. After a seven year journey it was...

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Hair

Hair can be cut and sculpted into the latest fashionable shapes and can hold fast to all the colours of the rainbow. This article explores how hair grows and how...

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Medical Imaging

Microwaves, infrared, ultraviolet and X-rays are all electromagnetic waves. Some are used to create medical images and others to treat disease. How the...

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Life in the Balance?

Much of the Earth's biodiversity appears to be teetering on the brink of a man-made extinction crisis. Scientists have suggested that, unless urgent...

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Impact Earth

Astronomers say that, one day, a giant rock from space will collide with the Earth and cause mass devastation. This could lead to the extinction of many...

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Fruit Flies and Alzheimer's Disease

This article looks at some basic aspects of genetics and how fruit flies are being used in novel ways to study genetic diseases....

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Eyes

Human beings depend on their eyes to provide them with information about their surroundings. This article examines the basic functioning of the eye and at what can...

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Journey Into Inner Space

By the end of 2007, physicists working at Europe’s Large Hadron Collider hope to have received the first results from what is probably the...

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Wave Power

To tackle climate change, one potential major energy resource has remained untapped until now: wave power.

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