{"id":12464,"date":"2023-03-16T16:11:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T16:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?p=12464"},"modified":"2023-03-16T16:35:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T16:35:43","slug":"over-a-thousand-local-children-inspired-to-engineer-a-sustainable-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/over-a-thousand-local-children-inspired-to-engineer-a-sustainable-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Over a thousand local children inspired to engineer a sustainable future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The “We Make Our Future” planetarium show has been touring local West of England schools, encouraging children to think positively about the Climate Crisis and use human ingenuity to engineer a more sustainable future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With generous funding from the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Ingenious grant scheme, the show has inspired approximately 1,550 children in the last three months<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All those children attend local schools in areas of socioeconomic deprivation, with 80% of them reporting that the show helped them to find out how engineering can help the world<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Children described the show as…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

95% of teachers say they’d recommend the show to others<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The show was interactive and interesting, the children were engaged and could not wait to ask question<\/em>s,” said a teacher from Four Acres Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“[The show] Really engaged the children and gave them a better understanding of what they can do to make a difference<\/em>,” said a teacher from Fonthill Primary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crawl through the tunnel and enter another dimension!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The show positively approaches climate change<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Exploring wind farms in 360 degrees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It’s all about protecting our planet!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Engineering ‘We Make our Future’<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The show was originally created in 2021 by Explorer Dome (a hands-on science company who travel the country to provide children a taster for science in their inflatable planetariums) in collaboration with UWE – with support from the Digital Engineering and Technology Innovation (DETI) programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new funding from the Royal Academy of Engineers, has not only enabled Explorer Dome to visit more schools, but also enhanced children’s exposure to regional sustainability ambassadors – to raise aspirations and exposure of green engineering careers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To showcase more ambassadors the UWE and Explorer Dome team have been:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Training – <\/strong>UWE arranged for the Explorer Dome team to train a diverse group of engineers in public engagement skills, in September at UWE’s Engineering building – you can read more about this event on the blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Role modelling – <\/strong>UWE and Explorer Dome are doing film shoots with engineers at sustainability focused engineering companies across Bristol – including at clean energy companies, Thrive Renewables and Belltown Power, and indoor farming technology company, LettUS Grow. These films will be shown during We Make Our Future shows to inspire children with the vast range of real-life, local green engineering role-models. See below, one of the films of engineer Olivia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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