ICE Scotland offer a range of educational activities for schools and resources for careers events.
Provision of these intiatives varies across Scotland depending on the availability of volunteers.
If you are a teacher interested in booking an activity please contact the ICE Scotland office.
In your region
Find out more about some of the activities we run and support across Scotland.
Whilst we do our best to accommodate all requests, activities are dependent upon volunteers being available. If you'd like more information or want to book an activity then please contact us.
School activities
Flood Risk Activity (first & second level)
This classroom based activity introduces primary school pupils to the idea that civil engineers work in our communities to help prevent flooding. The pupils learn about land use and sustainable urban drainage using easily sourced materials.
Giant Tetrahedron (second level)
A fun activity which uses maths, science and teamwork skills to build a structure 4m high! Using simple materials, a P6/7 class can learn about civil engineering and work together to construct a 4m high tetrahedron - far bigger than any one of them could manage by themselves.
Bridges to Schools (second level)
Bridges to Schools is a hands-on activity which gives P6/7 pupils the chance to build a 13m long cable stayed bridge. Having assembled the bridge they then walk across it, learning about bridges, teamwork and civil engineering as they go.
The Bridge model is available for school clusters or groups of schools for a visit of 1 week. Schools can book hour long sessions for each group of 20 pupils. Getting the cluster secondary school involved can make this a great transition activity.
Rapid Response Engineering Challenge (third level)
The Rapid Response Engineering Challenge is an interdisciplinary, problem solving activity for S1/2 pupils, which challenges them to consider the engineering assistance required to restore basic life systems after a natural disaster. It is ideally suited to Curriculum for Excellence and links well with resilience education topics. Find out more from www.readyscotland.org.