Curious about the
digital world?
Curious about
making things?
Curious about
keeping people
healthy?
Curious about using
and creating
energy?
Curious about being
on the move?
Deliver fascinating STEM enrichment
sessions and ignite your students’ curiosity
siemens.co.uk/curiosity-project
Looking for hands on activities to make engineering relevant in the classroom?
Keen to showcase the variety of career opportunities STEM subjects can lead to?
Use this guide to run workshops and themed activities that ignite curiosity.
Curious about the
digital world?
The Curiosity
Project
Curious about using
and creating
energy?
Bringing Science,
Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics to life
Curious about
keeping people
healthy?
How to use this guide
Future engineers are in your classroom
today, and we know they’ll only consider
a career in this sector if they have a
passion for applying their imagination to
challenges.
The resources outlined in this guide are
designed to promote cross-curricular
learning, with the aim of enriching
students’ understanding by relating what
they learn at school to the real world.
siemens.co.uk/curiosity-project
You can deliver sessions individually, or link the sessions together as part of a
full enrichment day timetable
Session 1
Session 2
Curiosity
workshop
Curiosity
workshop
Session 3
Session 4
Curiosity
workshop
Themed
activity
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They’re a great way to bring areas of your
school together, to undertake challenges
and develop students’ skills.
Getting started
• This guide has been designed to help you deliver a full day of activities or provide
inspiring one off events
• There are 6 fun and interactive workshops to choose from, alongside themed
curriculum-linked activities and games
• All sessions outlined in this guide contain links to downloadable support resources,
such as lesson/workshop notes, PowerPoint slides and online videos
• All workshops are written to complement the science, technology, engineering and
maths curriculums
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Collapsed timetable, dropdown day, deep
learning day, theme days…Whatever you
call them, enrichment days can be a really
great experience for everyone involved.
Curious about being
on the move?
Session 5
Themed
game
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Curious about the
digital world?
The Curiosity
Project
Curious about using
and creating
energy?
Curious about
keeping people
healthy?
Bringing Science,
Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics to life
Curiosity workshops
Tip
Running several sessions
as part of a full day?
Why not start with the
Question time workshop it’s geared to spark curiosity,
while the Curious about
careers? workshop is a
great way to wrap
things up.
Question time
45 minutes
Curious about careers?
45 minutes
All too often our inbuilt curiosity and ability to question
everything is dulled as we grow up. But sparking that interest
in understanding the why and how, and having the ability
to shape questions to help uncover theses answers, is an
important skill. Students will be challenged to create and
identify different types of questions, practicing skills to satisfy
their curiosity.
Research shows that only one in six 11 to 16 year olds know
what people working in engineering do, yet it is one of the UK’s
most economically important industries. Students will identify
key traits they share with engineers, explore the diversity of
engineering careers and start to explore the various educational
routes into the sector.
We’ve created 6 workshops to help
you do just that. To make each
interactive and easy to deliver they:
• Come with downloadable support
resources and PowerPoint slides
• Link to our interactive ‘Curiosity
City’ where students can explore
questions and see and hear from
Siemens employees
• Can be run individually, or several
can be delivered as part of a full
enrichment day or week
siemens.co.uk/curiosity-project
Download workshop (PDF)
Download slides (PPT)
Download supporting resource (PDF)
Download workshop (PDF)
Download slides (PPT)
Download student worksheet (PDF)
Download supporting resource (PDF)
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Looking for resources
that stimulate debate,
allow your students to see
and hear from real life
engineers and have a go at
thinking how their studies
have application outside
the classroom?
Curious about being
on the move?
Curious about the
digital world?
The Curiosity
Project
Curious about using
and creating
energy?
Bringing Science,
Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics to life
Curious about
keeping people
healthy?
Curiosity workshops continued
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On the factory floor
45 minutes
Medical magnets
45 minutes
Give students a chance to practice
the analysis and planning skills
used by engineers to maximise
efficiency of systems and processes
in manufacturing. Students will put
learning to work as they simulate
factory production lines and analyse
tasks, roles and sequencing to be the
best in class.
Help students understand how
engineers apply knowledge of
physics and magnetics to develop MRI
scanners. Students experiment with
magnets to learn about resonance,
and how this knowledge can be
applied to real life-saving applications.
Download workshop (PDF)
Download slides (PPT)
Download workshop (PDF)
Download slides (PPT)
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Space craft landing
45 minutes
Float the boat
45 minutes
The workshops on this
page take a hands on
approach; designed to
without
have big impact,
fancy equipment
or technical
knowledge.
Become Mars Curiosity Rover
engineers - design, build and test
basic landing systems with household
materials to ensure a safe landing!
Students will learn about various
mechanisms of shock absorption and
reducing impact before completing an
engineering challenge.
Challenge students to engineer
floating objects out of clay. In the
process of designing and testing their
prototypes, they’ll discover some
of the basic principles of floatation
and practice the engineering design
process.
Download workshop (PDF)
Download slides (PPT)
Download student worksheet (PDF)
Download workshop (PDF)
Download slides (PPT)
Download student worksheet (PDF)
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Curious about being
on the move?
Curious about the
digital world?
The Curiosity
Project
Curious about using
and creating
energy?
Bringing Science,
Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics to life
Curious about
keeping people
healthy?
Themed activities
siemens.co.uk/curiosity-project
Renewable energy
Technology and health
Running a full enrichment
day? Why not start with
a handful of Curiosity
workshops to set the scene,
followed by a themed
activity and game in the
afternoon, allowing students
to explore an engineering
sector in depth.
Automation
You can deliver sessions individually, or link the sessions together as
part of a full enrichment day timetable
Session 1
Session 2
Curiosity
workshop
Curiosity
workshop
Session 3
Session 4
Curiosity
workshop
Themed
activity
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To make each session interactive and easy
to delivery they:
• Start with a video that will spark interest
and set the scene
• Come with downloadable support
resources and PowerPoint slides
• Close with an interactive games to really
bring students’ learning to life
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Themes cover:
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We’ve created a series of 4 thematic
activities that enable your students
to look at real world applications of
STEM in the context of 3 engineering
sectors. These activities incorporate
a 45 minute curriculum linked lesson,
followed by a related online game.
Curious about being
on the move?
Session 5
Themed
game
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Curious about the
digital world?
The Curiosity
Project
Curious about using
and creating
energy?
Bringing Science,
Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics to life
Curious about
keeping people
healthy?
Themed activity: Renewable energy
Curious about being
Keen to explore the world of sustainable energy with your class?
Here are two renewable energy themed sessions and games to choose from!
on the move?
1
E-Zero Island
45 minutes
Siemens Island Game
45 minutes
Start the session by showing “Island in
the Wind” to set the scene. Stimulate
ideas about how an island might become
self-sufficient in terms of energy, and
challenge students to consider why the
communities on the island might want to
achieve self-sufficiency.
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Finish with an interactive game that
ties together themes and learning from
the E-Zero Island activity. The aim is
to get the balance right between cost,
pollution and efficiency to keep Energy
Island from grinding to a halt!
Lesson resources: Island in the wind (Video) | Download lesson plan (PDF) | Download slides (PPT)
Career information: Close to the wind (Video)
Instruction video: How to play
Play the game: Siemens Island
Here Comes the Sun
45 minutes
Power Matrix Game
45 minutes
This online game challenges pupils to
design a sustainable energy system for
a city. Pupils star as the energy manager
of a rural district in which the city is to
be created; they must supply the city
with the perfect energy mix, building
power plants and using wind, solar and
hydropower.
Start the session by playing the “Abuja:
My City” video to set the scene.
Take a look at the social, economic
and environmental issues related to
decisions about energy sources and
the impact this has on sustainable
development and people’s lives.
Lesson resources: Abuja: My City (Video) | Download lesson plan (PDF) | Download slides (PPT)
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Play the game: Power Matrix
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Curious about the
digital world?
The Curiosity
Project
Curious about using
and creating
energy?
Bringing Science,
Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics to life
Curious about
keeping people
healthy?
Themed activity: Health and technology
Curious about being
Technology designed by engineers save lives and keep people
These activities will help bring some of these lifesaving
on thehealthy.
move?
technologies to life for your students.
3
A Peep Inside
45 minutes
The Human Body Game
45 minutes
Start the session with the video “The Heart of Africa”, which tells an inspiring story about
the difference these technologies can make for patients and communities. Present pupils
with a situation in which a doctor is making a medical diagnosis and needs information
about what is happening inside the patient’s body. In short, they need a picture! Students
gain insight into a variety of medical imaging options, such as X-rays and ultrasound and
MRI technologies. They’ll also learn why MRI is a powerful tool for medicine and health.
Use this online game to give students a peep at some of the systems within the
body, using images produced by some of the most advanced technology in the
world. Students will also be able to see how quickly they can arrange the bones of
the body to build a skeleton using the Build a Body game, and can test their nutrition
knowledge with the Power up Your Body game.
Lesson resources: The Heart of Africa (Video) | Download lesson plan (PDF) | Download slides (PPT )
Instruction video: How to play
Play the game: The Human Body
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Curious about the
digital world?
The Curiosity
Project
Curious about using
and creating
energy?
Bringing Science,
Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics to life
Curious about
keeping people
healthy?
Themed activity: Automation
Curious about being
In a world of rapid technological change and the need for on
maximum
the move? efficiency, automation is now a key part of engineering,
manufacturing and logistics. These activities enable students to explore the surprisingly fascinating concepts behind automation, and puts
this knowledge to work building MINIs on a factory line!
4
Keeping it Lean and Mean
45 minutes
The Lean Machine
45 minutes
Start the session with the introduction video “Oktoberfest Emperors”, which demonstrates
the importance of intelligent automation systems in an unexpected way. Introduce
students to product assembly through the assembly of a torch, and help them explore
how this process can be made as efficient and effective as possible. Challenge students to
analyse a product in terms of the stages of its assembly, propose possible sequences for
the assembly process, and evaluate various methods of organising production.
Developed in collaboration with MINI - Lean Machines is a great way to understand
the concepts of “just in time” and “lean” manufacturing. In this game students need to
manage customers’ orders by identifying key features of the manufacturing process,
allocating staff effectively and keeping stock levels low, whilst avoiding stalling the
process due to missing components.
Lesson resources: Oktoberfest Emperors (Video) | Download lesson plan (PDF) | Download slides (PPT)
Instruction video: How to play
Play the game: Lean Machines
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Running an
enrichment day?
Want more?
• Set a date and get it into the
Visit siemens.co.uk/curiosity-project to:
• Get students involved in
Explore our ‘Curiosity City’ with your students to add
an extra dimension to your enrichment activities
• Watch Siemens employees share the ins and outs of
their career pathways
• Hear from our Curiosity Project vlogger and go
behind the scenes at Siemens
• Discover more about our partner organisations and
events happening across the country
• Invite parents and governors
•
siemens.co.uk/curiosity-project
school diary
• Recruit other members of
staff to help
planning and running the day
as guests speakers
• Notify key school staff of
changes to the timetable
Visit the Siemens
Education portal to
access even more
STEM resources:
• Curriculum linked
lessons plans and
schemes of work for Key
Stages 2-4
• Interactive games
• Engineering challenges
and activities
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