Week 3 - Engineering & Technology

Staff and students at the University of St Andrews answers your questions about engineering and technology.

Sponsor: University of St Andrews.

Simply mixing water with cornflour will mesmerise you and your family!

Sponsor: Royal Academy of Engineering.

Can you design and build a brilliant bridge or a totally awesome tower? Both online and in-person our events will ask participants to use recycling or their own lego, jenga, etc. to build their own structures.

Sponsor: Abertay University.

Pig Pens, mysterious meetings and Caesar's Secrets - in this activity pack you will learn how to use cyphers to uncover and send secret messages.

Sponsor: Technocamps.

Have a go at making your own coding game without a screen!

Sponsor: Dundee Science Centre.

Create your own moving animation using recycled materials, pen and paper.

Sponsor: Royal Academy of Engineering.

Create your own catapult using things you can find around your house!

Sponsor: Dundee Science Centre.

Many of the products we buy today are made from or contain plastic. Explore how to make plastic using just milk and vinegar with different ideas for applications.

Sponsor: Royal Academy of Engineering.

Discover how MVV generates energy from waste, meet some of the team and find out about their careers.

My World of Work Live is a set of fun, interactive activities that help young people understand future careers.

Sponsor: Skills Development Scotland - My World of Work Live!.

Take a look at different types of energy, the importance of electricity and how it is generated.

Sponsor: Royal Academy of Engineering.

From printing 'Hello World' to producing polygons, this introduction to programming in Python will give you all the skills you need to really get to grip with the basics.

Sponsor: Technocamps.

Recreate the University of Edinburgh's SCI-FUN Roadshow activities at home!

Sponsor: University of Edinburgh.

Discover challenges, hands-on activities and resource sheets from Scottish Water!

If you've ever fancied yourself as a game designer or programmer, it's time to Scratch that itch!

Sponsor: Technocamps.

Our friends at TechFest will be running their festival from 5-25 November 2020.

Sponsor: TechFest.

Go behind-the-scenes ar The King's Buildings campus at the University of Edinburgh.

Sponsor: University of Edinburgh.