Energy Engineering
“Energy engineering is all about finding innovative ways to meet society’s energy needs. Energy is vital to daily life. It keeps the world moving and provides access to the things we need in order to survive, such as clean water, food and healthcare.” Tomorrow’s Engineers: From Idea to Career
Understanding our energy future
Inspired by the Born to Engineer video from Kim Cave-Ayland, an engineer whose work is helping to create a safe, low polluting power source that could change our energy future, this resource supports students to work with data on UK energy consumption, exploring how energy generation is managed and what type of energy generation we may use in the future.
STEM Club activity: Perfect Pylons
Published by the Royal Academy of Engineering, this activity sheet looks at electricity and its distribution in the 21st century. In groups, students are asked to apply their knowledge of materials, forces and structures to create model pylons and test them to see how strong they are.
Power up!
This STEM resource looks at different types of energy, energy in engineering, the importance of electricity and how this is generated. It investigates different types of renewable energy through a number of engineering themed hands-on and practical activities.
Wind power STEM challenge
From Practical Action, this challenge asks students to design a simple wind turbine capable of lifting a cup off the floor to bench height. The winning team will be the one producing a machine that lifts the most weight. The resource includes an instruction sheet, wind turbine images, links to videos and downloadable certificates.
