Dundee Science Centre is able to offer our Engineering For The Future outreach workshop to primary schools, with our Science Communicator team coming to your school to deliver this educational session about Engineering.
Engineering for the Future explores challenges within the Scottish engineering sector. It aims to develop curiosity within STEM from a young age by highlighting how engineering affects our lives and the local area. Engineering for the Future includes themes of sustainability, electrical engineering, construction and renewable energy & storage.
Please note that this outreach will require a private room/hall big enough to accommodate up to 30 children sat at 3 separate tables. We will also require close parking and step free access into the space to allow our team to safely transport our outreach kit. If on arrival our staff deem the area not to be suitable to deliver the workshop, we may have to rearrange for a more suitable location.
Engineering For The Future is suitable for P1-P7 pupils. We have developed two workshops around the same theme so that this topic can be delivered to all primary aged children. Our L1 workshop is suitable for P1-P4 children and L2 workshop is suitable for P5-P7 children.
Curriculum Links
Curriculum Links L1 workshop (P1-P4)
- Responsible use of our planets resources
- Critical Thinking
- Sustainable buildings and grounds
- Problem Solving
Curriculum Links L2 workshop (P5-P7)
- Responsible use of our planets resources
- Sustainable energy and water use
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
Capacity & Age Range
Each workshop is 30/45 minutes long and is suitable for ages P1 to P7. We can accommodate up to one class, or 33 pupils, per workshop.
The minimum booking for a full day workshop is 8 sessions, or 200 pupils.
The minimum booking for a half day workshop is 4 sessions or 100 pupils.
Dates & Times
We offer Engineering For The Future as both a half day outreach, or full day;
The full day outreach for our Engineering For The Future, runs from 9am to 3pm, with these times are inclusive of setup/pack away times.
The half day outreach can be delivered in either the morning or the afternoon, with a morning outreach running from 9am to 11:30am and the afternoon outreach running from 12:30pm – 3pm.
Cost
Our Engineering For The Future Workshop is offered on a funded basis, with no cost to the school for this outreach (although we do require a minimum booking of 4 workshops or 100 children).
If you would be interested in booking an outreach session delivered by Dundee Science Centre or would like some more information, please contact learning@dundeesciencecentre.org.uk