We have put together a selection of our teaching resources that use readily available equipment and are simple to facilitate for both primary and secondary children to enjoy during their visit.
They will put their newfound knowledge to the test and promote sticky learning to enhance their experience.
For younger children:
- Invent your own project using old cardboard boxes - Cool cardboard crafts for kids (theiet.org)
- Make biodegradable paper planters - Paper planters (theiet.org)
- Power LED lights with lemons and limes - Fruit lights (theiet.org)
- Make an erupting volcano using sodium bicarbonate and vinegar - Erupting volcano experiment (theiet.org)
- Create rainbow reflections with paper and CDs - Rainbow reflections (theiet.org)
- Amplify sound using Balloon speakers - Simple STEM Activities for Kids: Balloon Speakers (theiet.org)
- Design a picture and use leavers and sliders to make the image move! - Make models of a simple slider and a lever from card (theiet.org)
There are also posters to brighten up any area and certificates to print and give to your guests.
View our primary Engineering Open House Week 2023 resources.
For teenage visitors:
- Construct a water wheel - Water wheel construction (theiet.org)
- Look at the frequency of letters in the English language, encode and decode messages - Rosetta code 1 (theiet.org)
- Research the design process while designing footwear of the future - Designing the trainers of the future (theiet.org)
- Produce sketches and mind map for a wearable cockpit using modern technologies - Wearable cockpit (theiet.org)
- Develop a parachute type system to slow a landing spacecraft and build a prototype - Stop it (theiet.org)
- Calculate the amount of energy needed to launch a space rocket - Flying high (theiet.org)
…and more!
View our secondary Engineering Open House Week 2023 (theiet.org)
All our resources and activities are free to download and fully editable so you can amend them to suit your industry.
If you have any ideas for activities/topics for next year, please get in touch.
Or, if your company has an education budget and wants to contribute to new resources or re-vamping some of our older ones, please contact our Education Sponsorship Manager, Gavin Woodruff.
We’re upgrading our systems, and this includes changes to our customer and member account log in, MyIET. It’s part of our big picture plan to deliver a great experience for you and our wider engineering community.
Whilst most of our websites remain available for browsing, it will not be possible to log in to purchase products or access services from Thursday, 17 April to Wednesday, 30 April 2025. Our Member Relations team is here to help and for many of our services, including processing payments or orders, we’ll be able to support you over the phone on +44 (0)1438 765678 or email via membership@theiet.org.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.
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