Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home.

This resource links to KS4 and KS5/Grade 9-10 and Grade 11-12 Chemistry & Engineering.

It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks (UK):
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers

• This teaching resource explains the work of Evangeline Leong, Maksis Darzins and Dr Aaron Guo from the RECARB Hub at Monash University, Australia. They have created a new direct air capture system that can supply various industries with CO2, including the biomanufacturing industry which can use this CO2 to create valuable bioproducts.

• This resource also contains interviews with Evangeline, Maksis and Aaron and offers an insight into careers in direct air capture. If your students have questions for Evangeline, Maksis and Aaron, they can send them through the Futurum Careers website.

• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Evangeline, Maksis and Aaron’s research and challenges them to create a presentation to showcase the benefits of direct air capture.

This resource was first published by Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).

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