Inspired by school visits, and feedback from KS3 pupils, our Engineers have developed activities and videos that link to different areas of Materials Science and Engineering.
They have also worked with Emma Falconer who has created three posters based on ideas from school focus groups (Glass & Silicon Through Time and Metals Through the Ages) and from suggestions by visitors to our stand at the Cheltenham Science Festival and the Big Bang Fair (Materials of the Future).
Illustrations
Please contact us if you would like an electronic copy of the illustrations or, if you are a teacher, we can send out A1 copies of the illustrations for your classroom wall.
Videos
For the full playlist of videos developed in this project click here
Video 1 – Aluminium in aerospace
Video 2 – Cyanotypes
This video will be uploaded soon…
Video 3 – Lightbenders
Video 4 – Making a Loudspeaker
Credits: Various video clips were taken from Pexels, the list of clips used, and attributions, can be found here: Loudspeaker video – credits
Video 5 – Manchester Materials – Six Sides and a Nobel Prize
Activities
Activity 1 – Bridging the Gap
Download the activity sheet here..
Developed by Anna Dickinson-Lomas
A great bridge-building activity.
Activity 2 – Cyanotypes
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Developed by Drew Antonio and Samantha Chow
Materials Science meets art – use UV light to create beautiful images using cyanotype dyes.
Activity 3 – Lightbenders
download activity sheet here
Developed by Adam Gardner and Pha Thibthong
Two demonstrations relating to the refractive index of materials. These look at total internal reflection (and how optical fibres work0 and how you can make object seem to disappear by matching refractive indices.
Activity 4: Loudspeakers – how do they work?
Download activity sheet here
Developed by the Magnetic Materials group at University of Birmingham
Build your own loudspeaker to find out how what an important role magnets play in making them work.
Activity 5 – Water slides
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Developed by Dan Scotson, Tess Knowles and Niamh Fox
Which material(s) will be best to coat a water slide? Why not try if for yourself.
This is the homepage for the Mapping Materials Science and Engineering project that was funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering‘s Ingenious Awards scheme.
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