About the Museum:

At The National Museum of Computing, voted one of England's 'Top 100 Irreplaceable Places', the evolution of Computing will unfold before your eyes. Journey from the early electro-mechanical code breaking machines of WWII and the world's first entirely digital semi-programmable computer, discovering how technology evolved from valves and early semiconductors to the modern microprocessors we use today. You will uncover the development of large mainframes, supercomputers and scientific mini-computers, responsible for process control from office-based systems to airspace! Finish by exploring the rise of personal computing, mobile computing and the advent of the internet and smart devices, bringing you up-to-date by examining how this technology has revolutionised the way we now interact with machines and each other. Home to the world's largest collection of working historic computers, our fantastic team of friendly and knowledgeable volunteers are on hand to demonstrate the plethora of operational machines in our unrivalled collection. We look forward to welcoming you!

About This Event:

Programme:

VR Experience - Step into another world with our Oculus Headsets; build communication skills by collaboratively solving fast-paced problems requiring abstraction, decomposition and computational thinking.

Moores Law - In 1965, Gordon Moore predicts technological development involves minimising component sizes but maximising capacity. Explore Moore’s Law in practice by comparing technology through the decades.

Programming languages - From 5-hole punch tape to Python! Explore how programming languages have progressed over the decades and solve puzzles using them to choose your favourite.

MTA Kit - Powerful and engaging STEM activities to inspire young people, and to cultivate skills and competencies. Prepare young people for their careers, and prepare them for the world.

HDDs and tech sustainability - Learn more about the ethics of technology in this thought-provoking session, find out more about sustainable data storage and deconstruct Hard Drives.

Chatbots & AI - Students discuss the ethical issues surrounding and the limitations of Artificial Intelligence. Here we compare achievable (narrow) AI with the Hollywood version in building basic 3D neural networks and applying algorithms

*Schedule subject to change

Timings:

09:30 - 15:30hrs

Location:

The National Museum of Computing Block H, Bletchley Park, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK3 6DS.

IMPORTANT: Terms and Conditions

Spaces are limited. The capacity for this event is 120 students.
The content of our Engineering Week is targeted towards students aged between 11-16 years.
Whilst this event is free, schools must give 2 months notice if they will not be attending; this will enable their places to be offered to another school on the Waiting List. Failure to do so will incur a charge of £160.00.

Engineering Week (11-16 years)