Yes We Can Too!Engineering is for everyone

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I am a Civil Engineer. I design and build bridges.

I’m a Powergrid Engineer. I look after electricity cables,

poles and substations.

I’m a Design Engineer. I work out and design switches that

drivers use to control cars.

I am a Mechanical Engineer. I work out what equipment we need

to make big things like gates and bridges move.

I’m a Chemical Engineer. I solve problems at a factory that

mixes and melts metal.

I am an Aeronautical Engineer. I fix and maintain aeroplanes

so they are safe to fly.

Terri Sarah

Aisha Amanda

Sarah-Louise Nancy

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SAY HELLO!

I’m Yana and I designand make parts for ships

I’m Janine and I make

robots to explore the

bottom of the oceans

I’m Emma and I’m working

to make even better

artificial limbs

I’m Jess and I workon ways to store

nuclear waste safely

I’m Brigid. I’m a lightingengineer on film sets

I’m Nazma and I travelworldwide installingelectical systems

I’m Jane and I fix allkinds of motors

I’m Jenny and I teachengineering

I’m Maria and I ammaking sure everyonegets good broadband

Women work at many different engineering jobs – here are just some

I’m Kal. I design andmake modern bathroom

fittings

I’m Hannah and I workwith computers

I’m Kate and I designed

a machine that makes

potato crisps

I’m Arooj and I look atbetter ways to give

medicines

There are loads ofdifferent engineering jobs

Have a look at thesewebsites:

engineergirl.wes.org.uk

tomorrowsengineers.org.uk

youngeng.org.uk

sciencegrrl.co.uk

futuremorph.org

I’m Cheryl. I’m a soundengineer working in

television

I’m Alex and I’mdeveloping fabrics for the space industry

Spot the difference

Sarah-Louise is testing the car part that she designed.

There are 10 differences between these two pictures. Can you spot them?

Bzzzzzzzz Welcome!

Knock knock!Who’s there?CarlCarl who?Carl get you there faster than a bike!

Give me a brake, that’s wheely funny!

Answers are on page 16

Sarah-Louise works for a company that designs and makes switches, buttons and controls for cars – like window openers and gear boxes. She is part of a team of people and is very good at measuring things!

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Match the engineers at

work and play

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At work

Engineers are all different. And like everyone else, they like doing all

sorts of different things.

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Over five million people work as engineers in the UK – but loads more are needed!

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The word engineer comes from the Latin word meaning “cleverness.”

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Which cable is Aisha fixing?

Electricity cables need replacing if they are very old or need to be bigger for heavier currents.

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Aisha works in Sheffield looking after the cables that bring

electricity from power stations into houses, shops, factories, schools – in fact, everywhere!

The tallest electricity pylon in the world is the Yangtze River powerline crossing in China. It’s 270 metres high – the equivalent of a 90 story skyscraper! UnBEElievable.

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Answers on page 16

CADCommunicationComputerCreative

DesignEngineerExperimentExplore

How Things WorkMachinesMeasurePower

Problem Solving SpannerWeight Tools

Nancy has written 16 engineering words on her noticeboard. Can you find them? (they can be straight across, up and down, diagonal or back to front)

Nancy works in a foundry – a big factory that melts and makes metal - outside Sheffield. Her job is checking that the chemical processes are working well, so she works with a team of people and she needs to be very organised.

Have you heard the one about the chemist who was reading a book about helium? She just couldn’t put it down!

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Word search

Doing what I want

what I really, really wantWhen I was a baby I

loved building with my

bricks and hated having

to stop.

When I got bigger I

liked making dens...

...and on holiday I built sandcastles with

moats and turrets and things.

Time for bed

Make yourown Dad!

At nursery I loved playing with the trucks...

...but I was still always given

dolls for Christmas.

Make sure youtidy up

What’s she sayingTeddy?

Need anyhelp?

Thank youGranny

What do want to bewhen you’re grown up?

A firemanA princess

I want to makeroads and bridges

Superman

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School was fun with lots of

things to do and lots of new

friends to make. I learnt to

read and do sums.

...but my

granny said...

When I got to secondary school I loved doing

experiments.You’re going

to get all dirty

Urgh that’ssmelly

What you doingthat for?

Not

everyone

liked the

things I did,

and that

was hard

sometimes...

You’re sooooboring Nerd

...but me and my

friends had lots of

good times too.

I loved learning how

tunnels were built.

Girls don’t needto learn maths!

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Some people made me feel that I couldn’t or shouldn’t do what I wanted to...

It’s men’s work

Girls can’t doscience

It’s not veryladylike

Preposterous!

I was fed up and didn’t know what to do next

When my mum’s friend came round I told her

about my problems and she burst out laughing.

I was so happy! I asked teachers, my family and friends for

advice… and all of a sudden I knew what I wanted...

My friend’s

grandad

the man next

door

the woman in the

supermarket

Mr Miller at school and that girl in

my class

What canwe do?

My life is ruined

Don’t youwant to be

pretty?

Do you remembermy friend Mandythe electrician?Let’s talk to her.

Can girls beengineers?

Of course they can!If you want to be an

engineer be an engineer. All you need to decide is

what kind of engineeringyou would like to do.

I want to be a civil engineer. I have always

wanted to build bridges,tunnels and towers.

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I passed all the tests and

exams I needed, and did

work experience with a

building company...

...I went to college, and

then I got a job and

worked my way up.

Now I’ve won a prize for doing exactly what I always wanted to do...to be a Civil Engineer.

Don’t let anyone put you off from going as far as you can in your life.

You’re reallygood at all this

I justlove it

Yes Boss

You showthem girl

We’re soproud of her

She’s anatural A very impressive

young womanShe’s

amazing

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Amanda fixes planes to keep them safe. She needs to be good at solving problems for her job.

Amanda is solving this number puzzle using logic.

Every row, every column and every minigrid contains the numbers 1 -6. Don’t guess! You can work it out….

Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932. She disappeared five years later trying to fly all the way around the earth. Nobody knows why or where…

There are 4,000 women who fly planes for a living in the world. Hive Five!

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Sudokunumber puzzle

Sarah is out with her team surveying the canal lock that they are going to upgrade. Can you match all the squares here with where they are on this picture.

Locks on canals are a brilliant invention! If a boat needs to go up or down hill, then people steer them into the lock, shut the gates, and use the machinery to let the water go up or down. It’s like a giant watery staircase.

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Match the pictures

Knock knock!Who’s there?CanoeCanoe who?Canoe come out and play?

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Terri is looking at the plans and designs that she made for her latest project!

Join the dots to reveal what it is

-Doctor, doctor, I feel like I’m a bridge!-What’s come over you?-Oh, two cars, a big lorry and a bus!

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Did you know that one of the most famous bridges in London

was actually built by women?!

Waterloo Bridge is often called The Ladies Bridge because of all the

women who helped build it in 1944.

A woman was in charge of engineering one of

America’s most famous bridges.

Way back in 1883, Emily Roebling made sure that building of the Brooklyn

Bridge in New York was completed.

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Can you imagine yourself in fifteen years’ time?

Do you have any ideas about what you might be doing?

What would be your dream job?

Have a go at drawing a picture of yourself in the future!

It doesn’t have to be perfect or even look like you – but have a go.

If you don’t want to do a picture of yourself, then you can do one of a friend or make someone up.

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I’m Yana and I designand make parts for ships

I’m Janine and I make

robots to explore the

bottom of the oceans

I’m Emma and I’m working

to make even better

artificial limbs

I’m Jess and I workon ways to store

nuclear waste safely

I’m Brigid. I’m a lightingengineer on film sets

I’m Nazma and I travelworldwide installingelectical systems

I’m Jane and I fix allkinds of motors

I’m Jenny and I teachengineering

I’m Maria and I ammaking sure everyonegets good broadband

Women work at many different engineering jobs – here are just some

I’m Kal. I design andmake modern bathroom

fittings

I’m Hannah and I workwith computers

I’m Kate and I designed

a machine that makes

potato crisps

I’m Arooj and I look atbetter ways to give

medicines

There are loads ofdifferent engineering jobs

Have a look at thesewebsites:

engineergirl.wes.org.uk

tomorrowsengineers.org.uk

youngeng.org.uk

sciencegrrl.co.uk

futuremorph.org

I’m Cheryl. I’m a soundengineer working in

television

I’m Alex and I’mdeveloping fabrics for the space industry

Published by WEST

(Women in Engineering,

Science and Technology)

www.westskills.org.uk

Written byLiz Kettle

Illustrated by Roomani Kulkarni

Caroline Firenza

Thanks toSajhda Parveen

Joelle Halliday

St Wilfrid’s Primary School

Chloe Rixon and Ellie Mae

Aisha Tengku Ahmad

Amanda Edwards

Nancy Cuthinha

Sarah East

Sarah Lee

Terri Seel

And to our funders

Registered charity number 1152219