Resources by Northumbria University
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Developing medical materials
This activity sheet is based on the Inventive Podcast. It introduces a manufacturing engineer, Greg Bowie, and links his work to chemistry and biology topics. The activity sheet also supports Careers Benchmark 4: Careers in the curriculum by introducing a career and role model. There are also links to short audio...
Electric aircraft
This activity sheet is based on the Inventive Podcast. It introduces a flight dynamics engineer, Sophie Robinson, and links her work to forces. The activity sheet also supports Careers Benchmark 4: Careers in the curriculum by introducing a career and role model. There are also links to short audio clips of the...
Emergency rescue
This activity sheet is based on the Inventive Podcast. It introduces a disaster risk engineer Josh Macabuag, and links his work to a physics topic. The activity sheet also supports Careers Benchmark 4: Careers in the curriculum by introducing a career and role model. There are also links to short audio clips of...
Energy resources
This activity sheet examines students' knowledge of energy resources and challenges them to interpret real-world energy source data. The context of the activity sheet is a company responsible for managing and maintaining gas pipelines called Penspen. Much of the gas used for electricity generation in the UK is...
Engineering changemakers
This guided reading activity sheet introduces six engineers and the work that they do. There are differentiated questions for pupils.
Engineering for families
Engineering for families is a 6-week structured course for children aged 7 - 11 and their families. It is designed to be used in an afterschool club led by teachers or other adults. Each week focuses on a career within a different discipline of engineering, with a final engineering challenge week.
Healing the fractured
This resource is based on the Inventive podcast. The podcast mixes engineering fact with fiction. Each podcast features an interview with an engineer. In this activity, manufacturing engineer Greg Bowie is the inspiration for Emma Newman to write 'Healing the Fractured'.
Short audio clips about the...
Human being as circuit board, human being as dictionary
This resource is based on the Inventive podcast. The podcast mixes engineering fact with fiction. Each podcast features an interview with an engineer. In this activity, electronics design engineer Shrouk El-Attar is the inspiration for Tania Hershman to write 'Human Being as Circuit board, Human Being as Dictionary...
Ingenious
This resource is based on the Inventive podcast. The podcast mixes engineering fact with fiction. Each podcast features an interview with an engineer. In this activity, electrical engineer Jack Howarth is the inspiration for poet Katrina Porteous to write 'Ingenious'.
Short audio clips about the engineer...
LEDs and the EM spectrum
This activity sheet uses a healthcare-related context and company called Polyphotonix to explore the electromagnetic spectrum.