Running from 2 to 8 March this year, STEPS Engineers Week celebrates engineering and aims to promote STEM subjects and engineering careers to students.
Engineering is a fascinating discipline that students of all ages enjoy becoming involved in an Engineers Ireland's STEPS programme has made a range of excellent, free resources available to primary school teachers and students to help light up their classrooms with interesting activities to mark the week.
Explore Engineering - Here are 6 great ways to find out more about some of the fantastic, free resources below.
Wind Energy with Wind Turbines
The Engineers Ireland STEPS team has created the Wind Energy Challenge Packs, designed for students to explore sustainability in engineering. Secondary school students take on the Wind Turbine Challenge, exploring what engineering and wind energy is through our discussion guide as well as gaining an understanding of wind turbine design though our worksheets.
Each pack contains an engineering discussion guide and detailed activity instructions - click here!
As Creatives Engineering Everywhere: PowerPoint Quizzes
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 resource consist of PowerPoint quizzes exploring engineering, with a short introductory film. There are two secondary school quizzes to choose from, suitable for two different age groups. The video above contains an Engineering Quiz Introduction for you to play for the class.
Click below for more
Hear From Role Models in pSTEM
The 'Role Models in pSTEM: You can be what you can see' project was created to highlight positive role models for young women in the subjects of physics, mathematics, computer science and engineering.
Meet Sharon McManus, an engineer officer of Commandant rank in the Irish Defence Forces. After joining the army in 1996 and completing an army officer cadetship, she completed a BEng
in NUIG in Civil Engineering. Her work has taken her far and wide with overseas missions to Liberia and Kosovo in 2006, Chad in 2010 and most recently to Lebanon.
Engineering Excellence Video Series
Engineers Ireland's six-part Engineering Excellence Digital Series, held in association with ESB, shines a light on the creative ways Ireland’s engineers seek to support and transform society.
Find out more about the top projects completed by Ireland’s engineers and gain insight into the careers of those who feature in the series here.
Take the Sustainable Engineering Challenge
Engineers take ideas and turn them into reality, using science, maths, and imagination. Engineers use their problem-solving skills to improve the world around us. Engineers are important for sustainable development. Take the Sustainable Engineering Challenge to learn more about how engineering contributes to the realisation of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals!
Connecting the Railway Online Game
How would you build a new railway to join the residents of the town to a city? Your task is to choose the best route through all the obstacles, thinking about how your choice will affect the company, environment and community.
STEPS Engineers Week encourages young people, their teachers, and parents to explore the creative and limitless world of engineering and the diverse opportunities a career in the sector can offer.
The week-long celebration of the engineering profession in Ireland, is managed by the Engineers Ireland's STEPS programme and funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and industry leaders Arup, the EPA, ESB, Intel and Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII).
