Engineering Curiosity
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Task, ~5 mins
Task, ~5 mins
What skills do you have which might be required of an engineer?
Give yourself a score out of 10 for each of the criteria below.
Write your scores down on your worksheet and give a short reason for your answers. Be honest with yourself.
Metacognition - thinking about my thinking.
Metacognition - thinking about my thinking.
Engineering skill attributes
Engineering skill attributes
Creativity - Do you enjoy doodling, sketching, creating things at home or in school or imagining solutions to problems?
Communication - Do you often act as a go-between or mediate with your friends? Do you like to help people work out their issues? Do you enjoy finding out information from different sources and bringing it together?
Collaboration - Do you like working with others? Can you work as part of a team?
Digital knowledge - Do you enjoy using technology? Are you confident in learning new skills or adapting to new technologies?
Hands-on practical skills - Do you enjoy using your hands and doing practical activities? Using tools and equipment, etc.
Reading & writing - Do you enjoy reading or writing? Do you take care over your presentation? Do you communicate clearly and expressively?
Sustainability knowledge - How well do you understand the impact that human activity and human interaction and consumption of resources have upon the environment?
Using numbers - How well do you enjoy using numeracy, arithmetic or carrying out calculations, looking at graphs or data to help you make decisions or to solve problems?
Task, 20mins
Task, 20mins
Skim and scan through the 'engineering curiosity' top trumps cards below. Think about your own answers to the skill attributes.
Which of these actual jobs do you think you would be best suited for?
Using the form below, answer the two questions.
Each of the card files is scrollable. There is more than one job in each. Use the mouse wheel to scan through them.
biomedical.pdfcomputer.pdfcivil.pdfdesign.pdfenergy.pdfelectric.pdfmaterials.pdfmechanical.pdfsustainable.pdftransport.pdf... and here's a possible (and definitely needed now) job for the future.
future.pdf'Engineering Curiosity' Cards Feedback Form
Teacher click here to view the responses.'Engineering Curiosity' Cards Feedback Form
Video activities
Video activities
Spend some time watching the videos above. Complete the form on the right.
Choose any 3 engineers that you find interesting.
For each engineer that you connect with, or that you find inspiring, and write down a reason why you picked each one. Eg: “I picked the artificial intelligence engineer because I think that robots will soon become part of everyday life.”
Most interesting student engineer...
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