Engineers & Climate Change
During the online session, the team learnt about the Royal Academy of Engineering funded project, whose aims include:
- To provide bespoke and imaginative training to 40 engineers
- To assist engineers to design and create interactive educational content, promoting the use of enginnering concepts to address the climate emergency
- To engage with 2,300 children and young people, helping them to learn about engineering, climate science and climate emergency solutions
- To produce online group and social media content on the climate emergency and engineering solutions
- Evaluating the effeciveness of engaging with children and young people as a means if increasing public knowledge of the role of engineering in addressing the climate emergency
During the session we explored what is an engineer, responses included:
- Making things better
- Problem solving with a purpose
- Knowing enough to appy it to real world problems
The team will be:
- Delivering online content as part of #DreamBigAtHome
- Face to face sessions with local Woodcraft Folk groups and schools in the Autumn & Spring terms
- Promoting Woodcraft Folk at Latitude festival 2021
If you are interested in joining the team please visit this webpage or take a look at a recording of the webinar for more information.
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