Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) combines elements of chemistry, biology, physics, design and technology to improve the sustainability and performance of the things around us by developing new materials and processing methods. The development of advanced materials will help us tackle global issues of the future.

We will discuss MSE, its relevance in the secondary school curriculum and how your pupils can engage with it as a career pathway or university course choice by joining in our first online Discover Materials Teacher Engagement Session.

Overview of the session

Join from 1545 for a 1600 start

1600 – 1625 What is MSE and who we are

An overview of what MSE is and who Discover Materials are, what they can do to help support both teacher and students and an introduction to their new website.

1625 - 1650 Activity 1 - TestATunnocks

Learn more about how breaking chocolate bars can help explain concepts in MSE.

1650 – 1700 Break

1700 – 1725 Activity 2 - Super Surfaces

Explore the objects around you using a clip-on microscope lens and learn how the surface structure of an object can be used to control the properties of a material.

1725 – 1800 Materials Science question and answer session

A session where an expert panel (including Diane Aston, IOM3 and members of the Discover Materials Working Group) will answer your questions and discuss the relevance of MSE to the school curriculum and the career paths in the field.

*We will be sending out packs to at least the first fifty teachers (at schools within the United Kingdom) who sign up to the event on Eventbrite that will include all of the equipment needed to carry out the activities that we will showcase in the session.

Discover Materials Science for Teachers