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Engineers Week

STEPS Engineers Week, run by the Engineers Ireland STEPS programme, gives children the opportunity to discover engineering, facilitated by their teachers, parents and local community. STEPS Engineers Week 2024 will take place from Saturday, 2 - Friday, 8 March 2024. 

During STEPS Engineers Week, engineering is celebrated across Ireland, with primary and secondary children the target audience. The main aim of the week is to promote engineering - and to show the importance of the profession - to children in Ireland. 

Anyone who wishes to promote the importance of engineering to primary and secondary school children can take part. This includes engineers, organisations, colleges, libraries, families, teachers, STEM professionals, science communicators, and local authorities.

For more information on how you can get involved, visit the drop-down menu below.

How can you get involved in STEPS Engineers Week?

Engineering Professionals

What can you do to get involved?

Engineering professionals are encouraged to adopt a local school for an in-school, in-organisation, or online digital visit during STEPS Engineers Week. 

How will STEPS support you?

STEPS will support organisers by providing engineers and engineering organisations with:

  • An adopt a school toolkit which includes all the information you need to organise your visit in one easy document, including editable templates for reaching out to your local schools.  
  • Customisable PowerPoint slides for your school presentations.
  • Training videos to help you adapt your presentation style for primary and secondary school students.
  • Optional webinars in the lead up to STEPS Engineers Week to help prepare you for your visit.
  • Free downloadable resources and activities to use for your school visit.

Sign up to our mailing list to be the first to know when materials, online webinars, and supports become available for STEPS Engineers Week.

Primary and secondary school teachers

What can you do to get involved?

  • During STEPS Engineers Week Teachers are encouraged to carry out an engineering themed activity with primary and secondary school students to help children discover the exciting world of engineering in Ireland.
  • Test your class with an engineering themed quiz, build your own spaghetti bridges, or learn about the different engineering disciplines during STEPS Engineers Week.  
  • If you wish to receive a visit from an engineer or engineering organisation you can reach out to local engineers and engineering companies to arrange for them to adopt your school for an in-school, in-organisation, or online digital visit during STEPS Engineers Week. 
  • Register your participation on our website in advance of STEPS Engineers Week.

How will STEPS support you?

  • STEPS aims to empower teachers to communicate effectively about engineering by providing free online communication videos for primary and secondary teachers.
  • Teachers and schools can access free engineering resources provided by the STEPS team, or create their own engineering themed activities.
  • STEPS also have a number of online resources in Irish for teachers to download.

Sign up to our mailing list for information on free resource release, registration, and on-demand engineering shows.

Family fairs

  • During STEPS Engineers Week our family fairs take place around the country. Join a wide range of STEM performers for interactive displays, workshops, and demonstrations for all the family to enjoy.
  • Sign up to our mailing list to be the first to know about your nearest family fair and ticket releases.

Libraries

What can you do to get involved?

  • Carry out an engineering themed activity for primary and secondary students in your local community.
  • Create an engineering week book display using our reading list, movie morning, or colouring competition. 
  • Register your activity on our official STEPS Engineers Week registration page.

How will STEPS support you?

  • The STEPS team will support libraries to plan and carry out their own engineering activities with primary and secondary school children.
  • Help empower libraries to communicate effectively about engineering.
  • Libraries can access free engineering themed resources provided by the STEPS team, or create their own engineering themed activities.

Sign up to our mailing list for library resource access and to be kept up to date with STEPS Engineers Week 2024.

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