Future Scientists – Eton College

18 Hours of Academic Content Per Week
Take part in 18 hours of science-focused academic learning each week, guided by an experienced tutor. Lessons are interactive and hands-on, allowing you to explore key concepts in biology, chemistry, and physics through experiments, discussions, and problem-solving activities that inspire curiosity and understanding.

Time to Shine
Apply your scientific knowledge in engaging ‘Time to Shine’ group projects. Working collaboratively with your peers, you’ll investigate real scientific questions and present your discoveries at the end-of-week ceremony — a celebration of teamwork, creativity, and innovation.

Excursions
Join exciting excursions designed to spark curiosity and adventure while exploring some of the UK’s most iconic locations. From thrilling rides at Thorpe Park to cultural visits in London and Oxford, each trip offers opportunities to learn, explore, and create unforgettable memories.

Social Programme
Enjoy a vibrant social schedule packed with fun and enriching activities. Take part in sports such as football, basketball, and tennis, or explore your creativity through arts and crafts, talent shows, and special events like off-site bowling, capture the flag, and secret cinema. It’s a chance to relax, have fun, and form lasting friendships.

Develop English Language Skills
Throughout the programme, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to enhance your English — expanding your scientific vocabulary and improving your confidence in communicating complex ideas, both in conversation and in your Time to Shine presentation.

End-of-Course Report and Certificate
At the end of the programme, you’ll receive a personalised end-of-course report and a certificate of achievement. These documents highlight your progress, the skills you’ve developed, and the contributions you’ve made throughout the course. Your report includes thoughtful feedback from tutors, while your certificate serves as formal recognition of your effort and success — a valuable addition to any future academic application.

Mission 2035 — Innovate Under Pressure

Mission 2035 places students at the centre of a global response taskforce. Throughout the week, you’ll step into scenarios shaped by urgent global challenges — cyberattacks, energy shortages, pandemics, and climate disasters — and work collaboratively to design solutions that could keep communities functioning in moments of crisis.

Design a Rapid-Response Energy or Infrastructure System

In the first week, students create a prototype that responds to an energy or infrastructure failure. This might be a small renewable power system, a fast method of storing electricity, or an improvised water filtration device. Teams demonstrate the model in action and argue why it could remain reliable under crisis conditions.

Engineer an Emergency Health or Food Solution

In the second week, students develop an experiment or model that supports health or food security in emergency situations. Examples include portable medical tools, compact methods for producing safe nutrition, or systems that stretch limited resources. The focus is on showing the science as practical, immediate, and ready to use — not just a theoretical idea.

Understanding Core Scientific Principles
Develop a deep understanding of key ideas in biology, chemistry, and physics, and explore how these disciplines connect to explain the natural world. You’ll build a solid base of knowledge that supports further scientific study and boosts your confidence in exploring new concepts and discoveries.

Developing Practical Skills
Gain valuable hands-on experience by designing and conducting experiments, collecting data accurately, and analysing your findings. These sessions will help you think like a scientist — methodical, curious, and precise — as you learn how evidence shapes scientific understanding.

Thinking Critically About Science
Enhance your ability to evaluate data, question assumptions, and consider the broader implications of scientific advances. You’ll learn to weigh up different perspectives, think independently, and reflect on the ethical and social responsibilities that come with scientific progress.

Communicating Scientific Ideas
Practise expressing scientific ideas clearly and creatively through discussions, written work, and presentations. By learning to communicate your thinking with confidence, you’ll strengthen your collaboration skills and contribute effectively to group projects and scientific debate.

Module 1: Life and Living Systems
Investigate the fascinating world of biology, from the microscopic structure of cells to the dynamic relationships within ecosystems. You’ll study key biological processes such as respiration, growth, and adaptation, while examining how human actions influence the natural environment. Through hands-on lab work, you’ll develop essential scientific techniques in observation, data collection, and analysis.

Module 2: Matter, Reactions and Energy
Explore the fundamental principles of chemistry and physics by uncovering what matter is made of and how it changes. You’ll observe chemical reactions, analyse the properties of different materials, and examine how energy moves and transforms between systems. Each practical activity brings abstract scientific ideas to life through experiments you can observe, measure, and explain.

Module 3: Earth, Space and Scientific Frontiers
Journey beyond the laboratory to study the forces that shape our planet and the wider universe. You’ll investigate Earth’s geological systems, explore the motion of planets and stars, and consider how science helps us make sense of both our world and the cosmos. The module also introduces recent scientific breakthroughs, offering insight into emerging discoveries and the future of scientific exploration.