Using entrepreneurship as a vehicle, Activate builds the 21st Century Skills required for young people to thrive in the future.
Activate 2025
The convergence of entrepreneurial pedagogy and Project-Based Learning, Activate supports educators to build enterprising mindsets in every classroom.
WELCOME TO ACTIVATE 2025
Activate is Future Anything’s award-winning in-curriculum program.
Delivered over a term or semester by primary and secondary classroom teachers, young people take an enterprising approach to their learning: they ideate, prototype, and pitch their own innovative solutions to the problems in their world.
Project-Based Learning for Primary & Secondary Schools
ENTERPRISE STREAMS:
LOCAL MARKET / SIDE HUSTLE / SOCIAL ENTERPRISE / STARTUP ENTERPRISE
Delivered most often in Business, Economics and Entrepreneurship subjects, our Enterprise Streams put
students in the role of ‘entrepreneur’ and stretch them to develop financially sustainable ideas with
commercial viability.
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IMPACT STREAMS:
THE PASSION PROJECT / IMPACT X / SOCIAL ENTERPRISE / TECH X
Delivered in everything from Humanities and Science to Service Learning and Digital & Design Technologies subjects, our Impact Streams focus on curiosity and creativity, with optional booster modules which explore the ‘business’ side of innovation.
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What's Included?
Activate includes a range of supports to enable schools to build enterprising mindsets. This includes teacher professional development, detailed curriculum resources and assessment tools. Activate is an easy – and fun- way for teachers to embed Project Based Learning in all their classrooms.
BESPOKE SCHOOL INDUCTION PROGRAM
FULLY RESOURCED CURRICULUM WITH ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS
TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
YOUR SCHOOL'S OWN 'ENTREPRENEUR-IN-RESIDENCE'
CATAPULT CARDS KIT
ONGOING COACHING + SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS
COMMUNITY OF LIKE-MINDED EDUCATORS
YOUR OWN SCHOOL SHOWCASE EVENT
NATIONAL STUDENT COMPETITION WITH PRIZES
TAILORED EVALUATION & REPORTING
How Activate Works
Activate is delivered in three phases, designed by experienced educators to set both teachers and students up for success.
1. INDUCTION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
After a bespoke onboarding and induction program, Activate schools get access to a suite of professional development opportunities to
set their teaching team up for success. Choose between our face-to-face Professional Learning Conference or virtual options, and
continue to access 1-1 coaching and support from our experienced and friendly team throughout the delivery of the program.
Bespoke School Induction Program
Professional Development
Ongoing Coaching and Support
2. PROGRAM DELIVERY
Activate teachers are provided with digital access to 20+ hours of curriculum content, including detailed lesson plans, case study
videos and suggested assessment instruments. Each Activate school is also partnered with their very own Activator or ‘Entrepreneur in
Residence; an industry representative who provides 5+ hours of mentoring to teachers and students.
Fully Resourced Curriculum
Your own ‘Entrepreneur in Residence’
Catapult Cards Kit
3. CELEBRATION & IMPACT
Activate schools are supported to run their own community ‘Showcase Event’ and all participating students have the opportunity
to apply for the Future Anything Grand Final where winners receive the funding and support to launch their ideas in the real world.
Every Activate school also receives detailed impact and evaluation reporting.
School Showcase
High-profile Student Competition
Tailored Evaluation & Reporting
Curriculum-Aligned Subject Streams for Primary & Secondary Schools
Choose from seven curriculum-aligned subject streams, or ‘Create Your Own’ curriculum.
Activate 2025 Subject Streams
LOCAL MARKET (Years 5/6/7)
MISSION
FINAL PRODUCT
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“As an entrepreneur, design and sell an innovative, sustainable and profitable product at a local market.”
A physical market stall with product/s for sale.
THE PASSION PROJECT (Years 5/6/7)
MISSION
FINAL PRODUCT
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“As an explorer, develop a project that brings a curiosity or passion you have to life, and share this with your community.”
An engaging display at a school-based Passion Project Expo.
SIDE HUSTLE (Years 7/8)
MISSION
FINAL PRODUCT
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“As an entrepreneur, create your own ‘side hustle’ as a way to make money whilst still at school.”
A portfolio and/or multi-modal presentation of learning.
IMPACT X (Years 7/8/9)
MISSION
FINAL PRODUCT
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“As a changemaker, share an innovative idea that tackles one of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.”
Tradeshow display and/or multi-modal persuasive pitch.
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE (Years 9/10)
MISSION
FINAL PRODUCT
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“As an entrepreneur, pitch an innovative social enterprise that makes the world a better place.”
A multi-modal persuasive pitch.
TECH X (Years 10/11)
MISSION
FINAL PRODUCT
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“As a designer, prototype an innovative solution that uses technology to make the world a better place.”
A portfolio of learning that includes a prototype.
STARTUP ENTERPRISE (Years 10/11/12)
MISSION
FINAL PRODUCT
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“As an entrepreneur, build an innovative, scalable, and sustainable business that you have validated in-market.”
A business report and/or multi-modal persuasive pitch.
CREATE YOUR OWN STREAM (Years 5-12)
MISSION
FINAL PRODUCT
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We’ll work with you to choose a role, problem and context for students, codesigning your own bespoke mission.
We’ll work with you to develop your own curriculum-aligned assessment instrument / final product.
Embedding Future Capabilities
Activate uses entrepreneurship as a vehicle to build the capacity of young people across seven key future capabilities. Future Anything surveys students before and after the program to evaluate our impact, and to provide educators with detailed, bespoke reports that help them understand the change in their students’ confidence. If you’d like to know more about how we evaluate our impact, get in touch!
CURIOSITY
Curious thinkers want to understand different perspectives or ideas, are eager to explore new sources of information, and tackle challenges for the fun of uncovering solutions.
INNOVATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING
Good problem solvers are curious, and use their initiative to understand, define and tackle problems as they arise.
COMMUNICATION
Good communicators speak clearly, listen actively and are able to change how they communicate to suit different audiences.
ADAPTIVE MINDSET
Those with adaptive mindsets adjust to feedback & change. They bounce back from setbacks & stay curious & positive, even when under pressure.
CREATIVITY
Innovators challenge the way we do things by imagining new possibilities. They seek opportunities for improvement and try and test new ideas (even if they don’t always work).
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Good project managers have the ability to work with different people, build positive relationships and contribute to achieving shared goals. They are able to break large projects into achievable steps, and manage their time and resources efficiently.
CRITICAL THINKING
Good critical thinkers question information (who is saying this and why?), look at different opinions or perspectives on an issue and challenge their own thoughts and ideas (why do I think this way?).
Interested in finding out more about running Activate in your school or region?
Registration for Activate 2025 is now open! If you want to know more, check out our FAQ, get in touch, or join our mailing list and we’ll keep you up to date!
