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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 - there are lots of interactive engineering places to go to but when at home how about making models say of a moon lander? I used to do this when young, even got one on TV. The I graduated to making my own fireworks and working rockets. Sadly not allowed now due to H&S. Later I launched real rockets in Woomera, Australia. Start with model making, it costs nothing and shows you how things go together in 3 dimensions. I made a satellite from paper and thin wood once when I was at work.

There's a wonderful museum in Oxford called I think the museum of scientific achievements. It even has a blackboard upon which are Einstein's real equations for the density of the universe. Apparently he gave a lecture there and they unscrewed the blackboard with his chalk scribings and kept it!

Get your daughter to write to universities and companies to ask for interesting items she may be particularly interested in, she may even get an invitation to visit and it will encourage her communication skills. She is almost certain to get an encouraging reply.

Good luck!
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0 Former Community Member over 5 years ago

Hi - there are lots of interactive engineering places to go to but when at home how about making models say of a moon lander? I used to do this when young, even got one on TV. The I graduated to making my own fireworks and working rockets. Sadly not allowed now due to H&S. Later I launched real rockets in Woomera, Australia. Start with model making, it costs nothing and shows you how things go together in 3 dimensions. I made a satellite from paper and thin wood once when I was at work.

There's a wonderful museum in Oxford called I think the museum of scientific achievements. It even has a blackboard upon which are Einstein's real equations for the density of the universe. Apparently he gave a lecture there and they unscrewed the blackboard with his chalk scribings and kept it!

Get your daughter to write to universities and companies to ask for interesting items she may be particularly interested in, she may even get an invitation to visit and it will encourage her communication skills. She is almost certain to get an encouraging reply.

Good luck!
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