This resource consists of PowerPoint quizzes exploring engineering, with a short introductory film, for three different age groups.
Do you have what it takes to get top marks in the STEPS Engineers Quiz? As Creatives has created family-friendly quizzes to explore engineering at home and challenge each other to see who the ultimate engineer is!
This video contains an Engineering Quiz Introduction for you to play for the class.
Download Primary Quiz - Suitable for age 8-12
Download Teacher Instructions
This bumper pack contains 15 hands on activities for you to get involved this STEPS Engineers Week. You can carry out one or as many activities you like! Print and copy the activity page of your choice.
Contents:
- APPLE MUMMY
- ARTIFICIAL LIMB
- Blasting Balloons
- Mentos and Diet Coke
- peel a raw egg
- potato arch
- String Telephone
- Tower Crane
- CD Hovercraft
- Detecting air pollution
- BLOWING OUT CANDLES
- EGG DROP CHALLENGE
- ENGINEER A PLANE
- BENDING WATER
- ENGINEERING COLOURING SHEETS X 5
The Engineers Ireland STEPS team have paired up with Jasmine Florentine, author & project illustrator of Hex Allen and the Clanksmiths, to share Hex Allen's Guide to Defeating Monsters! Join Hex and her friends as they use science and engineering to get out of a bunch of scrapes, and make some fantastic gadgets in this special and exciting activity.
Jasmine has created a video demonstration especially for STEPS Engineers Week! Watch now on the Engineers Ireland YouTube Channel.
The STEPS team has selected a list of films and documentaries that will get students excited about engineering and STEM. Used as part of a lesson, movies can spark discussion and reinforce topics.
Teacher preparation before the screening:
- Select a film/documentary which is most suitable for your class. There are sneak peek movie trailers available below to help you chose the most suitable film/documentary for your students.
- Familiarise yourself with the discussion guide and post-screening worksheets/resources. These are available here, under each film/documentary.
- Print out any resources that you need.
- If you select a film/documentary that requires payment, ensure that you have access to a suitable payment method.
On the day of the screening:
- Complete a short discussion with your class about engineering.
- Watch the film/documentary of your choice.
- Complete the relevant post-screening worksheets/resources.
The STEPS team has selected a list of books about engineering and STEM. Why not complete a reading from one of these engineering themed books?
Hello! And welcome to your Engineering Challenge Passport. We are about to embark on a Round-the-world engineering adventure like no other.
On this trip you will face many challenges. For each one you will need to use your inner-engineer to look at the problem facing you and come up with a way to solve it.
The Engineers Ireland STEPS team has created the Wind Energy Challenge Pack, designed for students to explore sustainability in engineering. Primary school students take on the Pinwheel Challenge.
The pack contains an engineering discussion guide and detailed activity instructions. Available free to download, the activities can be carried out with materials found in the classroom or home.
Take the Engineering Challenge! Match the engineering descriptions with the images, and learn about different types of engineering. Colour in the matching sheet.
The Engineers Ireland STEPS Ambassadors inspire students to explore the limitless opportunities a career in engineering can offer. Engineering is everywhere in our lives, and the diverse hobbies and interests of the STEPS Ambassadors are a perfect way to explore how engineering is important in all parts of our lives.
Chuir STEPS liosta de ghníomhaíochtaí le chéile do spriocluchtanna i scoileanna agus seans ann gur mhaith leat iad a chur chun feidhme. Is féidir iad a fháil anseo.
STEPS has created a list of engineering hands on activities that are available in Irish. Please visit the Seachtain na nInnealtóirí section of our website for more information.
Children with autism are often visual learners, and this resource was created with this in mind. It’s a bright and engaging resource, focusing on repetition of key words associated with engineering, matching games, and activities based on developing vocabulary.
The Engineering in our Lives short animated video shows you how engineering is all around us! Watch this short video, and complete the accompanying workbook so see how engineering is our lives.
Watch the video now.
The STEPS team have created resources for children to discover the engineering behind some of Ireland’s heritage sites. Each location has a challenge pack full of several engineering themed activities based, through which children can discover Ireland’s engineering and heritage history.
Each activity pack contains:
- Full instructions
- Worksheets
- Fun hands-on activities that can be completed in small groups in 15 – 60 minutes
- Activities with curriculum links and engineering connections
- Activities intended for primary school children aged 8 to 12
- Glendalough
- Rathcroghan
- Parke’s Castle
- Hill of Tara
- Rock of Cashel
The STEPS Towards Engineering pack consists of a series of hands-on engineering challenges for ages 8 to 12 years. It has everything you need to get started and introduce engineering to young people. There is an introduction to engineering session, a planning session, and four quick hands-on engineering challenges here for you to do with your group.