Engineering resources for primary schools

DiscoverE: Cool Content and Resources

A collection of projects, resources and ideas to support engineering activities with students. Collated by DiscoverE (formerly the National Engineers Week Foundation). 

Engineering Habits of Mind Poster

This link takes you to the Engineering Habits of Mind research, published by the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Survey EHoM: Winchester School

Teachers can use this survey before, during and after EHoM intervention to gather student views on their EHoM skills level, but don’t forget that students may judge themselves more harshly after they have become more competent, so in your second/third iteration of the survey, add in a phrase such as that suggested in red below, amended to suit your own context.

Survey EHoM: Bohunt School

This survey was provided by Bohunt School, Hampshire. It uses a table that students shade in to show how confident they are with each EHoM.

Learning to be an Engineer resources

The Academy's Learning to be an Engineer research project supported teachers to embed EHoM into their everyday teaching. Here, you'll find some of the outputs of the project: case studies, resources created by the teachers and background information about the project and its partners.

Engineer - Primary projects

This collection contains ten ENGINEER primary school units developed to support science learning within the context of a wide range of engineering design challenges. Each unit features a different science area and engineering field and requires only inexpensive materials in order to support science exploration and problem-solving design.

Think Like an Engineer Project

At Rode Heath Primary school, we believe in encouraging our children to be curious about the world around them and are committed to providing an environment where they can develop real-life skills such as creative problem-solving. Following on from our hugely successful Out of This World Space project, we have developed a new whole school initiative Think Like an Engineer, which will be documented in these pages.

Design Squad Global

Engage Kids in Hands-on Engineering

Use DESIGN SQUAD GLOBAL hands-on activities and videos in classrooms and afterschool programs, in libraries and museums, at events and at home, along with our newest resource DESIGN SQUAD GLOBAL CLUBS that connect 10- to 13-year-olds in out-of-school programs around the world.

Engineering is Elementary

Engineering is Elementary® (EiE®) is a project of the National Center for Technological Literacy® (NCTL®) at the Museum of Science, Boston. We address America’s pressing need for effective STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education through three platforms:

• Curriculum development and dissemination
• Professional development (PD) for teachers and teacher educators
• Educational research  and evaluation

Teach Engineering

TeachEngineering is a searchable, web-based digital library collection populated with standards-based engineering curricula for use by K-12 teachers and engineering faculty to make applied science and math come alive through engineering design in K-12 settings.

Fixperts

Fixperts works with schools, universities and companies to encourage people to be resourceful. Thousands of Fixperts all around the world have used and grown their skills to improve the daily lives of the people they meet.

Engine Ears!

What if engineers didn’t exist? We’ve made this film to show you all the different ways engineers make our world go round. From inventions that move us, to creations that keep us safe, and just thinking up better ways to protect our planet. We believe that we all start out as engineers. Everyone loves building, making, dreaming. And if you never want to stop, you’re the sort of young person who can really make a difference to the world. So talk to your teacher, parents or an engineer to find out more!