Resources by Royal Academy of Engineering
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The Engineering Tour
This London Engineering Project case study, part of the Royal Academy of Engineering collection, gives Year 8-10 students information and knowledge about some of London's famous landmarks.
The activity illustrates the...
The Great Exhibition at Home
Inspired by Prince Albert’s original Great Exhibition, which showcased the most exciting technology and inventions from 1851, The Great Exhibition at Home Challenge invites students to create a Great Exhibition in their own home!
This resource pack contains information about the history of the Great...
The mathematics of aircraft navigation
This resource, from Mathematics for Engineering Exemplars, shows the application of mathematics within the aeronautical industry. Students are given a scenario which involves the recovery of stranded mountaineers by a rescue helicopter and the considerations required for a successful outcome. Trigonometry, formula...
The Mathematics of Beam Deflection
In this resource students are to play the role of a structural engineer working on the design of a prestigious new hotel complex.
As a design engineer students have to carry out complex calculations on the structures steelwork needed to make the building viable. Part of these calculations include assessing...
The Mathematics of Construction Shapes
In this resource students are to play the role of a site engineer on a major sewage project.
The job of the site engineer is to supervise the lifting of a number of large, non-uniform, heavy reinforced concrete slabs using a chain lifting system attached to a small site crane. The task involves ensuring...
The Mathematics of Earthwork Calculations
In this resource students are given a recent, real-life scenario of flood defence work to allow the learner to apply principles of numerical integration to approximate the calculation of earthwork quantities, including areas and volumes.
Students are asked to play the role of a newly qualified engineer...
The Mathematics of Engineering Surveying (1)
In this resource students are to play the role of a graduate engineer working within an engineering surveying department for a major contractor.
Learners are to help establish a framework of control survey points for a new highway development consisting of a two mile by-pass around a small rural village....
The Mathematics of Engineering Surveying (2)
In this resource students are to play the role of a graduate engineer working within an engineering surveying department for a major contractor.
Learners are to help establish the exact position of the intersection points of the tangents to the circular curves that form the alignment of a road in a new...
The Mathematics of Engineering Surveying (3)
In this resource students are to play the role of a graduate engineer working within an engineering surveying department for a major contractor.
Learners are required to establish the position of a number of additional control points to be subsequently used to establish the road centre line in a new highway...
The Mathematics of Escalators on the London Underground
This resource, from Mathematics for Engineering Exemplars, shows the application of mathematics for the operation of escalators on the London underground. Students consider a variety of issues which include passenger numbers and flow, as well as carbon emissions, escalator speed and energy efficiency. Detailed...