Resources by Royal Academy of Engineering
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Learning to be an engineer: understand (four principles)
This resource presents a number of case studies of schools which took part in the Thinking like an engineer project from 2014 to 2016.
Light Saver
This STEM resource gives young learners the opportunity to explore how engineering and science work together in the healthcare service. Students are challenged to work collaboratively to develop their curiosity and creativity through a series of fun and engaging activities.
Lights
In this resource students will carry out experiments with prisms, polarising film and 3D cinema glasses to explain some of the interesting properties of light and their applications.
Curriculum links include refractive index, total internal reflection, polarisation
The London Engineering Project (LEP) set up projects with London South Bank University to engage young people in STEM subjects. These case studies describe the projects, their backgrounds and activities.
- The projects are:
- Engineering Islam
- Engineering pick 'n' mix
- Engineering...
Magic drum
In this activity students make their own zoetrope, which creates the illusion of a moving pictures by rapidly spinning individual static pictures. A movie is traditionally made from 24 frames of individual images played per second to create the moving picture. Originally a vintage toy from the 1830s, a zoetrope (...
Making music
In this activity, students create musical instruments using recycled materials. They are then asked to analyse the musical notes their instruments produce using free-to-download software. The challenge is for the students to see how close the notes their instruments make can get to those produced by real...
Making waves
These resources explores how engineers have used their knowledge of waves to improve lives. The activities include:
- Using the reflection of light to create a floating image
- Investigating the best material for thermal resistance (insulation) in a survival suit
Curriculum links...
Mathematics behind the Water Network in Rural Mountain Areas
This resource, from Mathematics for Engineering Exemplars, shows the application of mathematics within public health engineering to supply clean water in a rural mountain area. Here students learn about the formulae used to calculate the optimum size of pipes which will ensure good pressure of water throughout the...
These Mathematics for Engineering exemplars are intended to motivate mathematics teaching and learning, provide support for teachers using contextualised mathematics for the first time, and help students gain fluency in the use of mathematics for practical problem solving. This collection from The Royal Academy of...
Maths beneath my feet
This resource gives a very practical use of basic mathematics that might be used by a trades person in their work. The activity is based around carpeting and flooring rooms. It involves the use of area and lots of calculations which resemble the functional skills questions in GCSE maths exams.
No specialist...