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  1. IT Resources for STEM Ambassadors - produced by e-skills UK

    http://www.e-skills.com/itambassadors

    IT Ambassadors is a new volunteering programme (working in partnership with the STEM Ambassadors Programme) which helps to bring young people into contact with technology professionals from a variety of roles and sectors. Co-ordinated by e-skills UK, the programme has been designed to engage IT professionals who are keen to excite young people about technology and to give them a better understanding of what a career in IT involves. STEM Ambassadors with an IT background can benefit from e-skills UK's tried-and-tested? activity models and free resources, designed specifically to support the techology community in engaging with young people.

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  2. Hazards Information Sheet for Engineering Engagement Project activities

    The Royal Academy of Engineering and STEMNET have been working together to help STEM Ambassadors and STEM Clubs enhance their Technology and Engineering activities for 11-14 year olds.

    This hazard sheet provides pointers for risk assessments when working on Engineering Engagement Project activities.

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  3. Milking It (an activity resource from the Engineering Engagement Project)

    The Royal Academy of Engineering and STEMNET have been working together to help STEM Ambassadors and STEM Clubs enhance their Technology and Engineering activities for 11-14 year olds.

    Can you engineer plastic from milk?

    This activity will fit into a single lesson or club session (approximately 40 minutes to an hour) however further extras to extend the activity are suggested.

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  4. The Whole Package (an activity resource from the Engineering Engagement Project)

    The Royal Academy of Engineering and STEMNET have been working together to help STEM Ambassadors and STEM Clubs enhance their Technology and Engineering activities for 11-14 year olds.

    Are you a smart consumer? Investigate thermochromatic paints with your students before designing and manufacturing your own ‘smart packaging’.

    This activity will fit into a single lesson or club session (approximately 40 minutes to an hour). If you follow the suggested extras this project can be extended to several sessions.

    Don’t want to use hot water? Try a hair dryer instead.

    You may wish to think about alternative applications for thermo chromic paints, for example, common health and safety applications include saucepans, kettles and baby spoons.

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  5. The Right Switch (an activity resource from the Engineering Engagement Project)

    The Royal Academy of Engineering and STEMNET have been working together to help STEM Ambassadors and STEM Clubs enhance their Technology and Engineering activities for 11-14 year olds.

    Take a look at technical textiles and discover QTC (Quantum Tunnelling Composite). Use the resource to make quick and easy textile switches. Can your club develop these further?

    This activity will fit into a single lesson or club session (approximately 40 minutes to an hour). Suggestions are given which will extend this project further.

    Don't want to make a textile switch? Don't worry. An easy alternative is to use cardboard. Cut a piece of cardboard and fold it in two. Attach the QTC pill to the left side, and two pieces of foil with a gap to the right. When the card is folded the QTC pill should bridge the gap and complete the circuit.

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  6. Perfect Pylons (an activity resource from the Engineering Engagement Project)

    The Royal Academy of Engineering and STEMNET have been working together to help STEM Ambassadors and STEM Clubs enhance their Technology and Engineering activities for 11-14 year olds.

    Use this E.ON based resource for STEM Ambassadors to build and test pylon structures.

    This activity will fit into a single lesson or club session (approximately 40 minutes to an hour).

    Don’t have a glue gun? Try using paper fasteners and staples (with rolled up A4 paper) or spaghetti and marshmallows instead.

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  7. Creating Captivating Cornflour (an activity resource from the Engineering Engagement Project)

    The Royal Academy of Engineering and STEMNET have been working together to help STEM Ambassadors and STEM Clubs enhance their Technology and Engineering activities for 11-14 year olds.

    Use this resource to discover the properties of this curious material and make an engineered product.

    This activity will fit into a single lesson or club session (approximately 40 minutes to an hour).

    Can you relate the properties to body protection or sports wear?

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