Chris Wise
Chris Wise was one of the scientists featured in the Acclaim project in 2001. Acclaim was a collaboration between the Royal Society and the Centre for Science Education at Sheffield Hallam University. Chris is an award winning engineer and a successful entrepreneur having co-founded his own structural design company Expedition Engineering…
Protecting Your Head
Protecting Your Head, from the Centre for Science Education, is a set of teaching materials which offer a cross-curricular approach to learning about engineering. The context for the activities is the design of head protection for snowboarders where the risk of injury is significant but personal image is also important. Teachers'…
Solar Detectives
Solar Detectives, from the Centre for Science Education, is a set of teaching materials which offer a cross-curricular approach to learning about engineering. Students build and modify a model solar car and research the science and mathematics underlying the use of solar energy. They have the opportunity to communicate their findings…
Medical Emergencies
Medical Emergencies, from the Centre for Science Education, is a set of teaching materials which offer a cross-curricular approach to learning about engineering. Students design and make a hanging storage device that could, ideally, be folded up to make a rucksack or other carrying device. They have the opportunity to communicate…
In-service Training Pack
This in-service training pack, from the Centre for Science Education, was developed to help subject leaders to make effective use of the Engineering a Better World resources. The aims of the pack are to: • enable leading teachers to develop their team's experience and expertise when integrating engineering careers inputs…
STEM Club Activity: the Whole Package
Published by the Royal Academy of Engineering, this activity sheet describes a group activity designing and manufacturing smart packaging which uses thermochromatic pigments to show that the food product is at the correct temperature. The sheet also contains a profile of a mechanical development engineer.
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STEM Club Activity: Moving House
Published by the Royal Academy of Engineering, this activity sheet for students will enable them to demonstrate the idea of reinforced materials and conclude which is the best to choose for a specifc task, in this case constucting buildings resistant to earthquakes and high winds. The work of a structural engineer is also profiled.
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- Publication year: 2010 to date
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STEM Club Support: Diversity
This activity from the Royal Academy of Engineering challenges stereotypes by asking students to draw and describe an engineer and then requiring them to explain their drawings together with discussing stereotypes. There are career profiles and further activities for teachers to pursue with their students.
STEM Club Support: the Engineering Message
This resource, from the Royal Academy of Engineering, aims at raising students' awareness of what engineers do and how the profession contributes to the world. The key activity for students is to define and discuss engineering as a career. There are also two case studies to use.
STEM Club Activity: Introduction: Club Leaders
The Royal Academy of Engineering and STEMNET are working together to produce a suite of high quality activities and support resources for use by STEM Clubs Leaders. Tried and tested by and with schools, they offer a range of ideas for activities, accompanied by support resources that enable STEM Clubs and STEM Ambassadors to enhance…
STEM Ambassador Activity: In Control
Published by the Royal Academy of Engineering, this activity looks at using alternative forms of transport, in this case cycling. The activity centres around groups of students developing an engineered product that represents the ideas of personal transport and sustainability. There is also a case study looking at a bike manufacturing…
STEM Ambassador Activity: Perfect Pylons
Published by the Royal Academy of Engineering, this activity sheet looks at electricity and its distribution in the 21st century. Most UK households consume large amounts of energy. As more renewable sources of energy are used and the use of fossil fuels is reduced, it is important to ensure that electricity is supplied to consumers…
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- Publication year: 2010 to date
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STEM Ambassador Activity: Creating Captivating Cornflour
The information sheet, from the Royal Academy of Engineering, covers what materials are required and encourages students to think about how a material alters as it is processed and how it can be used. Students are encouraged to think about enginnering applications for a material and also the marketing of a product. There is a case…
STEM Ambassador Support: Routes into Engineering
This information bulletin, from the Royal Academy of Engineering, is aimed at teachers to help them encourage students into engineering careers. The bulletin provides three case studies about young engineers and also provides a selection of activities to engage students in thinking about engineering concepts and to show them that…
STEM Ambassador Support: Diversity
This information sheet, from the Royal Academy of Engineering, provides teachers with a challenges to stereotyping activity. Some students may not understand what engineering involves, others may be fully engaged in another subject, while for some engineering may appear too hard or culturally irrelevant. By using this resource teachers…
STEM Ambassador Support: The Engineering Message
Produced by the Royal Academy of Engineering, this information sheet is aimed at helping teachers send a positive message across to students who can often feel that engineering has ‘nothing to do with me’. Many students do not realise that engineering is a very broad area. Much of what people buy, own, wear, eat and do…
Want to Do Something Different?
Produced by the Gender Equality and Race Inclusion (GERI) project, this teacher guidance and classroom activities outline a process that encourages young people to explore, in a comprehensive and constructive way, those jobs usually done by members of the opposite sex. Case studies and activities look at various sectors including…