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Tomorrow's Engineers Week 2025 - Dare to discover - Assembly

The Dare to discover assembly is designed to inspire students to explore the positive angles of not getting something right the first time through stories: unexpected outcomes, looking at things differently and testing.

Delivery method filter:
Teacher-led
Enrichment activity type filter:
Assembly
School subject:
Science Engineering

Dare to discover - assembly 

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Assembly presentation

Overview

Showcase how when things don’t go right the first time it can be an asset in engineering.

  • understand who engineers are and what they do
  • explore the positive angles of not getting something right the first time through stories: unexpected outcomes, looking at things differently and testing
  • apply stories of engineering to their lives and learning. 
  • highlight skills of problem solving, creativity and adapting 

Key information 
Age: 11 to 14 
Time: 15 minutes 
Subject: PSHE, careers, tutor time, assembly

In the resource: 
Assembly slides


Preparation: 
Review this presentation and adapt to meet your students’ needs.

Key vocabulary: 
Discovery, questioning, resilience, career, engineering, technology, curiosity, creativity, persistence.