Children as Engineers: Teaching Science, Design Technology and Sustainability through Engineering in the Primary Classroom

This book offers both new and experienced teachers an accessible resource to apply within the classroom and to their own professional development. With an explicit focus on sustainability, each aspect of the curriculum is explored through engineering challenges which present pupils with an everyday problem to be solved practically.

Fay Lewis was a primary teacher for 15 years. She is currently a Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader within the School of Education and Childhood at UWE, Bristol where she teaches the STEM course for the primary Initial Teacher Education programme and provides continued professional development to a range of education professionals through her work on the M.A. Education.

Juliet Edmonds is a Programme Leader for the international PGCE at UWE, Bristol and teaches the Primary Science modules on Primary Education courses. For many years, she taught in London primary schools as a science specialist, before becoming an advisory teacher for Science and Assessment at Hammersmith and Fulham. Additionally, she has contributed to the Primary Committee for the ASE and advised Friends of the Earth on their educational materials and strategy.