Ready-to-go teacher packs
We’ve collated our STEM role models, aka, the Pathfinders, into teacher packs to make it easier for you to deliver engaging lessons to your students.
Whether you’re teaching in the classroom, running a club, or supporting STEM learning at home, Future You offers free, high-quality resources to help you build the next generation of problem-solvers, innovators, and creators.
Our goal is simple: to challenge stereotypes, spark curiosity, and inspire the next generation to explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in ways that feel real, relevant, and exciting.
To do that, we’ve made ready-to-go teacher packs that save time and energy by enhancing existing lesson plans with engaging, curriculum-aligned activities that bring STEM to life. You can use these to show students the real-world relevance of subjects like Maths, Literacy, Science, and Technologies, creating inclusive, exciting learning experiences where every child feels they belong
Each Future You Pathfinder comes with the full suite of resources that brings real world relevance and inspiration into the classroom.
Deliver content that aligns with student interests, connect learning to the world around them, and spark ideas for what their future could look like.
What are the Pathfinders?
They’re real stories from people using STEM to solve problems and make the world better. Each Pathfinder includes videos, comprehension activities, discussion starters, a classroom poster, and informative career sheets to help students explore pathways in their own words.
In every teacher pack
Each pack includes practical, curriculum-aligned ideas that make learning socially relevant and engaging:
Capability convos: This activity can be adapted to use in your own classroom, and can be a quick 10 minute activity by selecting just some of the questions, or stretched for longer by adding some of your own. You know your students best, so adapt where needed.
Comprehension questions:This activity is linked to the videos/profiles on each Pathfinder page, using the real-life role model as the stimulus for this Literacy curriculum aligned activity.
Career Information Sheet (for Adults): Find practical advice for teachers and families who are looking for age-appropriate ways to support students exploring career pathways.
Career Information Sheet (for Students): These can be given to children who have expressed a specific interest in this area, or used as a classroom stimulus for a range of teacher led activities.
Career Pathway Infographic: A visual guide that can be used to break down the myth that STEM requires a university degree. These infographics offer clear, accessible insights for adults into the many routes into STEM, and help young people see what's possible.
Classroom poster: Highlight the skills and values behind each career with a printable display for your wall whilst showing the real-life people in these roles who might share similarities with your students.
Student Skills Brain Break: A mindfulness-style activity that encourages reflection on personal skills and strengths.
Word search and answers: A fun literacy warm-up featuring key vocabulary linked to each career.
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Ajay Teacher's Pack
Ajay is a visualisation programmer who turns data into pictures.
Bardie Teacher's Pack
Bardie is a carpenter who builds awesome structures using her hands.
Daisy Teacher's Pack
Daisy is an optometrist who helps people see better.
Jamie Teacher's Pack
Jamie is a patisserie chef who makes fancy cakes and delicious desserts.
Lisa Teacher's Pack
Lisa is an astrophysicist who studies space, stars, and planets.
Louise Teacher's Pack
Louise is a heavy vehicle mechanic who fixes big trucks and machines.
Meredith Teacher's Pack
Meredith is a software engineer who makes the internet more accessible.
Mikaela Teacher's Pack
Mikaela is a digital entrepreneur who took a brand new idea and turned it into a business.
Phoebe Teacher's Pack
Phoebe is a wildlife conservation officer who keeps wild animals safe.
Renee Teacher's Pack
Renee is an aerospace engineer who designs and builds places, rockets and spaceships.
Sharna Teacher's Pack
Sharna is a neuroscientist who studies how the human brain works.
Siobhan Teacher's Pack
Siobhan is an audiologist who supports people with hearing injuries.
Skye Teacher's Pack
Skye is a food scientist/entomologist who makes new food from insects.
Stuart Teacher's Pack
Stuart is a registered nurse who wants to improve health outcomes for his patients.
Kayta Teacher's Pack
Kayta is a software engineer, building tools to send the news directly to millions of readers.
Future You was funded by the Australian Government as part of the Women in STEM Ambassador Initiative from 2019 to May 2024, delivered through a grant with UNSW Sydney. The program is hosted at UNSW Sydney and co-funded by the Optiver Foundation and the Faculties of Science at UNSW Sydney and The University of Sydney.
