{"id":1042,"date":"2025-06-29T09:52:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T08:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/stemeastdun\/?page_id=1042"},"modified":"2025-06-29T09:52:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T08:52:34","slug":"engineering-%e2%9a%99-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/stemeastdun\/professional-learning-%f0%9f%a7%a0\/anytime-learning-%e2%8f%b0\/engineering-%e2%9a%99-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering \u2699"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content alignwide wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4><strong>\ud83d\udca1 Introduction to Engineering<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Access a video tutorial that gives an introduction to engineering in primary education\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1RBamKxbSw2YWWJzOqZek9ru8oktQji-6\/view?usp=drive_link\">using the link here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This video presentation looks at what engineering is, introduces the concept of engineering habits of mind, explores the engineering design process, explores opportunities to develop engineering knowledge and skills across the curriculum and it includes a demonstration of the Engineering Habits of Mind toolkit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udd3b\u00a0Additional Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1x98dOzqat1AnQPvqUQpHynpvBbJD60HY\">Rosie Revere Engineer Project (Early to Second Level)<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 A stimulus and context for exploring aspects of Health and Wellbeing (resilience, Growth Mindset, self-esteem, perseverance) and promotes the themes of creative thinking, problem finding and solving, improving and adapting.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/education.lego.com\/en-gb\/teach\/\">Teacher Resources from LEGO Education<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Explore LEGO\u2019s suite of comprehensive teacher resources and 400+ lessons using LEGO kits for education.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.primarystemproject.com\/resources_activities.html\">F1 in Schools Primary STEM Project<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Explore resources and units of work building real-life applications of STEM, encouraging creativity, problem-solving, communication, confidence and teamwork.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>\ud83e\udde0\u00a0Engineering Habits of Mind<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Engineering Habits of Mind have been developed my The Royal Academy of Engineering to outline the skills and attributes employed by Engineers across disciplines. When used along side the design process, they can be used to develop pupils\u2019 STEM skills and skills that can be used across the curriculum. This toolkit provides some simple examples of how the attributes of each habit can be developed across the curriculum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udca1\u00a0Anytime Learning:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1EMeRFNjuoGOcNzGjz_9u8GN8O8-6UuNy\/view?usp=drive_link\">Engineering Habits of Mind Toolkit (Video Guide)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udd3b\u00a0Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1stYr_82elz7s7YFbUcljtxbhBnYHBCxy\/edit?usp=drive_link&amp;ouid=100064687447972126776&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\">Engineering Habits of Mind (PowerPoint)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>\u2702\u00a0Makedo Tools for Engineering<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Throughout some setting in EDC, practitioners have been trained in using Makedo tools for engineering. Makedo is a series of safe cardboard construction tools purposely designed for children to imagine and build the world they want to see.<\/p>\n<p>The video below gives an introduction to ways you can use Makedo tools to deliver learning and teaching of sustainable engineering.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Engineering Using Makedo\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QZ7hAI1O7j4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udca1 Introduction to Engineering Access a video tutorial that gives an introduction to engineering in primary education\u00a0using the link here. 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