Draw along world-famous children’s book authors and listen to their Engineering stories T-Bone the Drone and The Most Magnificent Thing. Play with Calmast engineers exploring static electricity and building structures.

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T-Bone the Drone with Shanda McCloskey. Acclaimed US author tells the story of a boy from a minority background who is interested in technology. He wins the friendship of his peers when he uses T-Bone the Drone to rescue the day. Shanda reads from the book giving a motivational message about creativity and engineering and demonstrates how to draw a drone. For 1-4 Class.

The Most Magnificent Thing with Ashley Spires. Best-selling Canadian children’s author tells how she comes up with ideas for her books. She reads from her book telling the story of an inventive girl as she tries to make the most magnificent thing. Ashley then shows how to draw the characters. For 1-4 Class.

Static electricity is a fascinating phenomenon. It makes your hair stand up when you pull a polyester jumper over your head, it is the reason why you see sparks when you unfold some blankets and it can even cause you to feel a spark when you touch metal.

What helps a structure stay standing under all the forces it must withstand? Learn all about structures with fun activities you can work along to in your own home. Presenter Eoin Gill, Chartered Engineer from South East Technological University.

This workshop was originally created for Cruinniu na nOg festival.

Primary children of all ages are invited to get their creativity flowing by imagining their own robot, dream house or super bridge. They are encouraged to draw on the template below and share their designs with others.

The competition is run only during Engineering Week by the local library. But you can use the templates at anytime!

Drawing templates are available in colours or black and white. Click on the links below to download.

To enter the competition, contact your local library to ensure they participate. Then simply share with them the drawings.

We would be delighted to see the design, too! Please note that this is not for the competition, but rather curiosity to see the wonderful imagination of the children. You are welcome to share your work with us on social media using @CalmastSTEMhub or @CalmastWIT on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, or by emailing Calmast.WD@setu.ie.

Drawing Template Download in Colour

Drawing Template Download in Black and White

Drawing Template Download in Colour – as gaeilge

Drawing Template Download in Black and White – as gaeilge

This event is aimed at the general public and is designed to capitalise on the recent Mars landing. Introduced and moderated by Dr Niamh Shaw with a panel of experts. Niamh is an engineer, scientist actor, comedian and writer. She has drawn on her technical and artistic experiences to become Ireland’s leading space communicator. The panel comprises:

Kevin Nolan is a lecturer in Physics at Technological University Dublin at Tallaght Campus. Kevin is an expert on Mars and author of the popular science book “Mars, a Cosmic Stepping Stone” (Springer);

Dr Mary Bourke TCD is an Earth and Planetary Geomorphologist with expertise in extreme environments on Earth and Mars. She has worked in Oxford and the Planetary Science Institute, Arizona before moving to Trinity and has worked on many NASA funded projects on Mars;

John O Donoghue a Wexford native, set up Enbio as a biomedical company in 2006. He developed a process for coating metals that has found applications in the space industry, which led to the establishment of Enbio Space Technologies Centre in Clonmel. The company has developed the heat resistant coating for the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter Mission.