Topic 1
What is 'ENGINEERING' ?
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Learning aims
Learning aims
To discover the wide range of engineering careers available in the UK today.
To consider what skills and attributes an engineer needs.
(Why am I doing this?)
(Why am I doing this?)
So that I can relate my own personality and skills with real-world engineers.
To dispel social myths and preconceptions about modern engineering and engineers.
Lesson vocabulary
Lesson vocabulary
Attribute
Attribute
singular noun: attribute; plural noun: attributes
a quality or feature of a person or thing.
Stereotype
Stereotype
noun: stereotype
a widely held, but fixed and over-simplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
Preconception
Preconception
noun: preconception
an idea or opinion formed beforehand. i.e. before a person is aware of the facts about something.
Activities
Activities
Starter, 5 mins
Starter, 5 mins
What exactly is an engineer or craftsperson?
When you hear the word ‘engineer’, or 'craftsperson' what do you imagine that person looking like? Do you have any 'preconceptions'?
Ask yourself:
What do you imagine them doing in their job?
Where do you imagine them working?
What are they holding?
What are they working on?
Task, 5 mins
Task, 5 mins
Which is 'craft'? Which is 'engineering'?
Task, 10 mins
Task, 10 mins
Log onto the Google Classroom and join the classroom with the link or code: etc2uoq5
In your topic presentation (in the Google Classroom):
write down the dictionary definitions of the words; 'engineered' and 'crafted'.
Task, 20 mins
Task, 20 mins
On slide 4 of your topic presentation (in the Google Classroom):
Find images for 5 objects that have been engineered .
Find images for 5 objects that have been crafted.
Find images for 2 objects that may have/be both?
Populate the Venn diagram with the images.
Pick one example from each category and justify why you placed it where you did.
Highlight your own keywords.
Task, 15 mins
Task, 15 mins
Watch the videos below. Then:
On slide 5 of your presentation:
Create a table with 2-rows and 2-columns.
In the 1st row, add the columns titles: What is an engineer? and What is a craftsperson?
In the second row, try to answer each question in your own words.
Task, 5 mins
Task, 5 mins
Working alone, using the worksheet provided by your teacher (see right), sketch an image of what you think a typical engineer 'looks' like.
Success criteria:
Label your sketch and add annotation to explain each of their features or attributes. E.g. Are they male or female? Are they young or old?
Do they wear safety equipment? Do they carry tools? Which ones? Consider personality attributes as well as physical ones.You are free to sketch what YOU think an engineer looks like. Don't be influenced by the interpretations and ideas of others.
Your sketch does not need to be a perfect masterpiece!
Task, 20 mins
Task, 20 mins
Let's watch the 'This is Engineering' video below. Following the video...
Answer the questions in the Google Form below or here.
You may be asked by your teacher to share your answers with the rest of the class.
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Main tasks
Main tasks
These tasks are intended to be carried out independently of each other. They will introduce to you examples of real-world engineers and ask you to consider what makes each unique as well as what attributes they each need to succeed.
Your teacher may choose to deliver these activities over two or more lessons.
We Engineer...
We Engineer...
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