Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online.

This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Geography, Chemistry, Biology and Physics.

It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
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 Dr James Mungall and Samuel Robb, of Bronzite Exploration, and Karim El Ghawi, a PhD student at Carleton University, in Canada, who are exploring unique locations and using remote sensing tools and laboratory techniques to discover potential new copper mining sites, and new ways of deciding which rocks may be useful for copper extraction.
• This resource also contains interviews with the team, providing insights into careers in geology.
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on the team’s research, and tasks them to plan a geology field trip.
• The PowerPoint reiterates key points from the article and includes further talking points to encourage students to reflect on their own skills and aspirations.

This resource was first published on 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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