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A Rough Guide to Engineering

Engines, Energy and Electronics Explainedroughguide_med

What is Engineering? Where can you find it? Come along on a journey around the world and find out all about what engineers do, and how they do it!

Discover how engineers design cars that go hundreds of miles an hours, build structures that can survive earthquakes, and cook food by using only Mirrors! “A Rough Guide” can show you how Engineering has changed our lives, and with the interactive voting system, you can become an Engineer too!

This is a careers driven show aiming to introduce secondary school pupils to the wide range of careers available in engineering, and to show them that they can aspire to be engineers too!

See reactions to the show here!

"I thought engineering was just about machines but now I think I might be one!" Year 7 Female Student.

Curriculum Links

Key stage 3

Application of Science and Design Technology
Obtaining and using materials and components
Earth science and the environment

Key stage 4

Forces and motion
Energy and its uses
Structures and properties
Choosing materials, parts and components
New Technology

Duration

50 or 60 minute versions available

Suggested audiences

11-16 years old
Families or mixed age groups
Festivals and events

We will need the venue to provide

Power sockets
Projector screen
Two long tables
Ability to darken room