Useful Resources
School's Engagement Guide
This guide has been developed in partnership with The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) to help manufacturers effectively engage with schools.
This is Engineering Portal
A brilliant portal to explore more about the roles and careers pathways available in engineering.
Challenge yourself - Mechanical Engineering Challenges
As part of National Manufacturing Day, The STEM Workshop has created a range of challenges to help you engage with some of the key skills we explore across Engineering and Manufacturing. Below are a set of step by step guides, with accompanying videos, to assist you with the following challenges:
Challenge 1
To design and make a working mechanism to lift a 100 gram weight vertically.
Challenge 2
To design and make a marble run to keep the marble moving for as long as possible.
Challenge 3
To design and make a mechanical device that will lift and move a heavy weight up to 1kg.
Challenge 4
To design a mechanical system to move a ball vertically at least 200mm and horizontally 200mm. You can incorporate any mechanism you want in order to move the ball effectively.
Host Employers
Find out more about this years participating employers and get involved in National Manufacturing Day
Become a Host Employer
Become one of the many employers pledged to throwing open their doors to local communities on National Manufacturing Day.