Create as an Engineer
Support learners to develop their prototyping skills
Having learners involved in hands-on making is an essential part of the Engineering Design Cycle.
Our Get Making Guides and Skills Videos can be used for Teacher CPD or directly in the classroom.
Robotics Challenge: Showcase
Basic Bots Guide
✨ New: a growing collection of learners work showcasing what young engineers are already achieving.
These resources help young people make things that work and make things work better, building creativity, confidence and real-world skills.
Got learners doing brilliant things? Send examples of their work to engineeringeducates@manchester.ac.uk and they could feature in our showcase, inspiring classrooms across the country.
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This resource guides learners in creating the different components of their basic bots.
Get making - Materials: A guide to select the most suitable materials for building prototypes, considering strength, durability, and purpose.
Set 1: Materials
Get making - Joining: A guide that supports learners in effectively connecting different materials, ensuring strong, stable, functional prototypes.
Set 2: Joining
Set 3: Forming
Get making - Forming: How to shape and manipulate flat materials into complex, three-dimensional structures for their prototypes.
Set 4: Mechanisms
Get making - Mechanisms: Help learners choose the right mechanisms to turn static models into dynamic, functional systems that bring their ideas to life.
Join Dr Chips as he demonstrates key prototyping skills
Stiffening and Strengthening
Video duration: 9 mins
Accurate Measuring
Video duration: 14 mins
Joining Techniques
Video duration: 18 mins
Exploded Views
Video duration: 9 mins