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Calvin Asks: How can I keep my daughter inspired in engineering subjects?

My daughter is 11 and loves all things STEM! However they don’t do a lot of science at school and I want to make sure she stays interested in the subject.

I am clueless about engineering and I was hoping to get some advice about interesting activities to inspire her.

I'm a single mum and money is tight, so big expensive things are out – any suggestions on what I can do?

Looking for inspiration - Brighton

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0 Former Community Member over 5 years ago

Hi, I worked as a parent volunteer at my children's local school supporting the Greenpower project https://www.greenpower.co.uk/ .

Would be worth asking your school if they could look into it and joining up. We ran our team like a business so it wasn't just about nuts & bolts engineering but had finance, budgets, community relations, manufacturing & assembly type activities. It worked well, the adults learnt lots & the children were enthused & excited by not just engineering but 'business' in general. The team was (still is) Rotary Racer. The have a web site http://www.greenpower.beamweb.co.uk/ although I am no longer there they still have the same ethos of supporting others. I see more & more young ladies with an interest in engineering so please encourage her, there are lots of opportunities. Good luck

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Martin
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0 Former Community Member over 5 years ago

Hi, I worked as a parent volunteer at my children's local school supporting the Greenpower project https://www.greenpower.co.uk/ .

Would be worth asking your school if they could look into it and joining up. We ran our team like a business so it wasn't just about nuts & bolts engineering but had finance, budgets, community relations, manufacturing & assembly type activities. It worked well, the adults learnt lots & the children were enthused & excited by not just engineering but 'business' in general. The team was (still is) Rotary Racer. The have a web site http://www.greenpower.beamweb.co.uk/ although I am no longer there they still have the same ethos of supporting others. I see more & more young ladies with an interest in engineering so please encourage her, there are lots of opportunities. Good luck

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