Resources by Born to Engineer
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Antibubbles
This lesson links aspects of states of matter to the use of bubbles to deliver drugs to cancerous tissue, and is appropriate to students aged 12- 14. Most children will be familiar with soapy bubbles consisting of gas surrounded by a film of moisture. This lesson looks at the formation of bubbles that contain...
Bionic Boy
The Bionic Boy resources take inspiration from the Born to Engineer video from Ben Ryan, who is working to develop low-cost 3D-printed prosthetic limbs for young children and babies. Through discussion and practical activity, this resource supports students to increase their understanding of engineering through...
In response to the shortage of trained engineers, the ERA Foundation launched Born to Engineer, a campaign to inspire young people to become the engineers of the future. At the heart of the campaign is a series of high quality short films, each featuring an engineer with an inspiring story. The Born to Engineer...
Born to Engineer - Andrew Robertson
Andrew Robertson is a computer engineer working at Queen Mary, University of London on music signal processing.
...Born to Engineer - Angelo Grubisic
This video shows Angelo Grubisic, an aerospace engineer who combines his love of wingsuit BASE jumping with his engineering knowledge to develop the world's most scientifically engineered wingsuit.
"Angelo is developing the world’s most scientifically engineered wingsuit, capable of smashing records. For...
Born to Engineer - Ben Ryan
This video tells the story of Sol and Ben Ryan. Sol had to have his arm amputated after he was born. When his father...
Born to engineer - Faye Banks
The video provides an interview with Faye Banks. Faye Banks is the north-east electrical transmission and asset manager for National Grid.
Since growing up in care and returning to education to retake her GCSEs while working at a packing plant, she has become Young Women Engineer of the Year 2004 and...
Born to engineer - George Edwards
While studying in his final year at the Kings School Canterbury, George Edwards has taken what started out as a AS-level project and taken it...
Born to Engineer - John Wheal
It was a school visit to an airport that first got a 14 year old John Wheal thinking about all of the complex systems that have to work together to make air travel possible, from departure boards to baggage handling. Now he’s a systems engineer with NATS, the UK’s leading supplier of air traffic control services...