Engineers Ireland’s National Volunteer Day

As part of Engineers Week 2010, Engineers Ireland’s first National Volunteer Day will take place on Thursday 11th February, 2010. The aim of this National Volunteer Day is to:

- Increase the awareness of the engineering profession among primary and post-primary school students.
- Highlight the importance of mathematics in the engineering profession by working through
- a fun and interesting maths activity sheet.

How to get involved?

STEPS to engineering have partnered with the Armagh Planetarium, the Maths Applications Consortium for Science & Industry (MACSI) and the National Centre for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and Learning (NCE-MSTL) to develop activity sheets which focus on mathematical concepts of space & astronomy.

STEP 1

Choose to visit either a primary and/or post-primary school in your local area.
Contact the career guidance counsellor or principal and schedule your visit to take place on Thursday, 11th February 2010.
Email the STEPS to engineering team with the name of the school you plan to visit.

STEP 2

Download the relevant activity sheet.
Click here to download the primary school activity sheet
Click here to download the post-primary school activity sheet
Download the answer sheets for the relevant activity sheet
Click here to download the primary school answer sheet/support materials
Click here to download the post-primary school answer sheet/support materials
For additional support, view the online tutorial on Engineers Ireland TV (www.engineersireland.ie).
For additional support with the post-primary worksheet, please log onto http://www.macsi.ul.ie/

STEP 3

Confirm your visit with the school approx a week prior to the 11th February
Print off the activity sheet and the answer sheet

STEP 4

Arrive at the school on 11th February
Introduce yourself to the class group and mention what type of engineer you are and why mathematics plays an important role in your engineering career.
Choose a section of the activity sheet that you would like to cover during the class visit. All questions do not have to be covered. If you do not complete the worksheet, encourage the teacher to cover the remaining sections following your visit.
The activity sheets and the answer sheets will be available for the teacher to download on www.engineersweek.ie following the visit.
The STEPS to engineering team would encourage you to highlight to the kids how maths is relevant to your job.

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