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Skills Miner Aerospace

Enginuity brings you Skills Miner Aerospace, built in Minecraft to introduce 11-14 year olds to roles and skills required in engineering.

Skills Miner Aerospace

4 games built in Minecraft to propel your students straight into the world of Aerospace.

Learn what materials are used to construct an aircraft and their properties.

Can your students fix the plane after a power outage? We need them to fix the code in the flight deck, turn on the emergency lighting and programme the landing gear. Now the plane is built and working, it's going to need some fuel. Students will have the option to create a lithium battery, fuel a hydrogen fuel cell, or make sustainable aviation fuel.

When they've learned all of this, and have an excellent overview of many of the careers and pathways available to them through STEM subjects, they'll be able to create a 3 dimensional plane of their own.

Promoting STEM, the available resources harness young people’s love of gaming and are designed for use during lessons, enrichment, or in after school clubs.

Capacity

5-30 students

Learning outcomes

  • Improve engagement, interest or enjoyment in STEM subjects

  • Improve attainment and progress in STEM subjects

  • Learning what the engineering workplace is like

  • Develop engineering employability skills

  • Improve awareness and aspirations for STEM-related study and careers

  • Challenge stereotypes by showing the diversity of disciplines, people and skills involved in engineering

Subjects and topics

    • Chemistry
    • Computing
    • Design and Technology
    • Engineering
    • Maths
    • Physics
    • Chemical engineering
    • Energy and environment
    • General engineering
    • Materials, products and manufacturing
    • Mechanical engineering, systems and processes
    • Space and aerospace engineering
    • Structures, construction and civil engineering
    • Transport

Gatsby benchmarks

The Gatsby benchmarks are a framework for good careers guidance for schools across all of England and in some areas across the rest of the UK. This experience helps your school to reach the following benchmarks:

  • Learning from career and labour market information
  • Addressing the needs of each pupil
  • Linking curriculum learning to careers
  • Encounters with employers and employees
  • Experiences of workplaces

Essential skills

The essential skills every young person needs to succeed in education and their future career. Find out more at the Skills Builder Partnership. This experience builds the following skills:

  • Aiming high - the ability to set clear, tangible goals and devise a robust route to achieving them.

  • Creativity - the use of imagination and the generation of new ideas.

  • Listening - the ability to listen and understand information.

  • Problem solving - the ability to find a solution to a complex situation or challenge.

  • Speaking - the oral transmission of information or ideas.

  • Staying positive - the ability to use tactics to overcome setbacks and achieve goals.

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