Government’s Year of Engineering campaign teams with Marvel to launch educational resources.
The Government’s Year of Engineering campaign has teamed with Marvel to launch a set of educational resources.
The aim is to help KS2 students aged between seven and 11 to identify the super hero qualities needed to solve the global challenges we face.
The More Heroes Needed resources feature characters including The Hulk, Black Panther, The Wasp and Iron Man. They include an aptitude test to help young people identify which super hero they share the most aptitudes with and how these would suit a career in engineering; real life super hero case studies featuring aspirational stories of engineers; and a curriculum linked lesson to facilitate teachers running the super hero session including a classroom activity with role-play challenges.
The free Marvel resources aim to challenge engineering stereotypes, encourage a re-evaluation of gender roles in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) careers and showcase to young people that they have what it takes to be real world super hero engineers, playing a vital role in tackling complex global issues.
“The characters who inhabit the Marvel universe are famed for achieving amazing things against all odds; something engineers do on a daily basis,” said Nusrat Ghani, Minister for the Year of Engineering. “Whether it’s tackling the problems of climate change, helping to provide clean water and energy in developing nations or using technology to help us live healthier, more independent lives, the engineering profession is full of its very own super heroes.
“I’m certain these resources will encourage many young people to look again at their own amazing abilities and realise that, while they may never possess the strength of The Hulk, they could one day move mountains as an engineer.”
Since the start of 2018, the Government has worked with more than 1,400 partners from Apple and LEGO, to FIFA and The Science Museum to help young people take a closer look at engineering.
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