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Engineering Skills Conference Highlights Need for Youth-Centric Approaches to Bridge Sector Skills Gap, Over 160 delegates gathered at BMet’s Matthew Boulton College in Birmingham for the 2024 Engineering Skills Conference, co-hosted by Next Gen Makers and MSC Industrial Supply Co. UK. The conference brought together industry leaders, young apprentices, and teachers, united by a goal to inspire, attract, retain, and develop new talent within the engineering sector. The event commenced with presentations from speakers, including Chris Corkan of Make UK, Katherine Watson from WISE, Calum...
Nanotechnology – Small really is beautiful, Trying to keep up with the latest advances in technologies can be a daunting and never-ending quest, and it is often tempting to take stock and try to understand what we have, rather than chase the latest development or trend. In my house I’m last in line to inherit the hand-me-down phone or tablet and while I constantly urge myself to keep up with what’s next, I sometimes take refuge in what I’ve got and what works for me. Then I go...
Working with sliders and levers - PowerPoints YR1/2, Age 5-7 yearsFirst published 2011 This resource has teacher and pupil PowerPoints with a step by step approach to creating mechanisms involving sliders, levers and linkages and which show completed projects to inspire teachers and children. There are plenty of teacher tips and examples of inspiring ideas to help you guide children in making design decisions. It includes templates to support the making of the projects, which will be useful for staff training and possibly...
Celebrating innovation this Black History Month: Lonnie Johnson and the Super Soaker, As teachers inspire the next generation of creative problem-solvers, stories like Lonnie Johnson’s serve as powerful reminders of where curiosity, ingenuity and perseverance can lead. Lonnie Johnson’s journey began long before the creation of one of the world’s most popular toys. A former NASA engineer, Johnson worked on the Galileo mission to Jupiter, an extraordinary achievement in itself. Yet it was during an experiment at home, developing an eco-friendly heat pump in the late...
F1 in Schools Secondary Challenge, Andrew Denford, Founder and Chairman F1 in Schools launched the F1 challenge back in 1999 originally in 8 schools. It now operates in over 26,000 schools across 51 countries worldwide. In this webinar Andrew introduced the Schools Secondary Challenge, to design and manufacture the F1 car of the future simulating the design and engineering processes employed by a real Formula 1 team! View the webinar powerpoint slides and see how your pupils can get involved here ...
Inspired by Industry RAF, Inspired by Industry: RAF This context allows students to explore temporary shelter design for various situations, from humanitarian aid to pop-up market stalls and pet carriers. The project encourages material exploration, testing for properties like insulation and waterproofing, and considering collapsible structures and mechanical systems. Students can create physical or CAD prototypes, with testing methods ranging from virtual FEA analysis to hands-on team challenges like building and water-testing shelters. The project supports individual and group work, fostering problem-solving and...
Focus Fairground Single Licence, An exciting interactive program designed to aid the teaching of projects based on the ‘Fairgrounds’ scheme of work. Structured to encourage students of all abilities to conduct research into the design of ride layouts, mechanisms and electric circuits, this simple-to-use learning aid combines six topic areas with 18 fully controllable animations of fairground rides. Focus on Fairground Rides delivers a comprehensive educational package that’s equally useful as a teaching aid, learning resource or research tool. Topic areas covered include: ...
Packaging – with links to Maths, Packaging – with links to MathsAge 7-9 yearsFirst published 2009 In this unit Year 3/4 children learn how containers are designed for specific purposes. They consider how the shape of the container will meet the needs of the product, which it will hold. Through it they will develop mathematical knowledge, skills and understanding when they draw and make nets of 3D shapes. They will develop their design skills when considering the shape of the container
Apprentice Project Engineer, Motorsport, Ella , Watch Ella's video here Ella works for Grainger & Worrall and is in her first year of a four-year apprenticeship in mechanical engineering, attending college three days a week. She enjoys the diverse range of activities, including customer visits, quality control and new and emerging technologies. She aims to choose an area to specialise in but will make a choice when she has more experience. Ella feels it is inspiring and important that there are more women engineers now and they are...
F1 in Schools Primary Challenge, Andrew Denford, Founder and Chairman F1 in Schools launched the F1 challenge back in 1999 originally in 8 schools. It now operates in over 26,000 schools across 51 countries worldwide. In this webinar Andrew introduced the new PRIMARY CLASS for 9-11 year olds, which was launched in 2020. View the webinar powerpoint slides and see how your pupils can get involved here
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