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| The main areas of activity currently are: |
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| Imagineering Fairs |
| Annual public family events – so far one takes place in the
Midlands and another one in the South West – attracting over 70,000 visitors per year – where leading manufacturers
and organisations take stands and offer scores of specially-designed activities for young people, many of which relate to
the particular engineering aspects of that company or to some aspect of people’s everyday lives.
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| Imagineering Clubs |
| After-school Clubs running for an hour every week during
term time, each lead by an engineer tutor where 12 children (8–12 years old) are helped
to make a series of working models that they can take home when completed. Since 2001 the
number of Clubs has grown from 30 to over 80 involving about 1,000 children and
140 engineers giving their time. The hands-on activities include making simple devices
such as a telescope, micrometer and Morse code buzzer. |
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| Additional Activities |
| Some have been undertaken where Imagineering has worked in partnership with other organisations on one-day events (MTA Technology Day or individual Imagineering Days in schools). Imagineering also supports special projects such as the Crossover Challenge where children from 14 schools designed and built, to scale, a bridge or a buggy to go over a bridge. Using broadband and the Internet, schools worked together in partnership to work on their projects. |
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Infared Camera Demonstration
National Grid Stand 2003 |
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Checking components off
against micrometer instructions |
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