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.
Seachtain na nInnealtóirí (Resources in Irish)
Chuir STEPS liosta de ghníomhaíochtaí le chéile do spriocluchtanna i scoileanna agus seans ann gur mhaith leat iad a chur chun feidhme.
Explore Engineering - Here are 6 great ways to find out more about some of the fantastic, free resources below.
Engineers Week Adventure Workbook
The Engineers Week Adventure Workbook allows students to embark on a Round-the-world engineering adventure like no other.
On this trip you will face many challenges. For each one you will need to use your inner-engineer to look at the problem facing you and come up with a way to solve it!
Explore Wind Energy with Pinwheels
The Engineers Ireland STEPS team has created the Wind Energy Challenge Pack, designed for students to explore sustainability in engineering. Primary school students take on the Pinwheel Challenge.
The pack contains an engineering discussion guide and detailed activity instructions. Available free to download, the activities can be carried out with materials found in the classroom or home.
STEM Stories Reading List
The STEPS team has selected a list of books about science, technology, engineering, and maths. Why not complete a reading from one of these engineering themed books and grow your knowledge?
Take the 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. There are many different types, or disciplines, of engineering.
Take the Engineering Challenge here!
Engineering Through the Ages Activity Pack
This innovative resource allows children to discover the engineering behind some of Ireland's heritage sites. Each location has a challenge pack full of several engineering themed activities based, through which children can discover Ireland’s engineering and heritage history.
Each activity pack contains full instructions and worksheets, as well as fun, hands-on activities that can be completed in small groups in 15 to 60 minutes. Just click on the links below...
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).
