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STEPS Engineers Week, run by the Engineers Ireland STEPS programme, gives children the opportunity to discover engineering, facilitated by their teachers, parents and local community. STEPS Engineers Week will take place from Saturday, 1 - Friday, 7 March 2025.

STEPS are here to support you along your journey to planning your activity. This page contains all the information that you need to get involved with STEPS Engineers Week 2025.

How does STEPS support my STEPS Engineers Week Activities?

STEPS aims to:

STEPS supports libraries by:

  • Providing libraries with hands on engineering activities to carry out with primary and secondary school children.

How libraries can get involved in STEPS Engineers Week:

  1. Carry out an engineering themed activity with children during STEPS Engineers Week.
  2. Register your activity on our official STEPS Engineers Week 2025 registration page.
  3. Promote your activity using our Digital Promotional Pack. Share photos, videos and updates of your plans, your engineering activities in progress, and photos and highlights of your activities. 
  4. Record your impact. Encourage evaluation and improvement of the week using the STEPS Engineers Week surveys and providing feedback on your experience as an organiser. 

STEPS Engineers Week suggested resources and activities

STEM Stories Reading List

The STEPS team has selected a list of books about engineering and STEM.

Book Display or Poster

Using the STEM Stories Reading List, create a book display.

Display a STEPS Engineers Week Reading List Poster on your notice board, window etc.

Print Activity Sheet to Take Away

STEPS have a number of printable activity sheets that libraries can print for children to carry out in the library, or to take away and complete at home. Visit the Primary Section or Secondary Section of the Website for printable resources.

Hex Allen's Guide to Defeating Monsters

The Engineers Ireland STEPS team have paired up with Jasmine Florentine, author & project illustrator of Hex Allen and the Clanksmiths, to share Hex Allen's Guide to Defeating Monsters! Join Hex and her friends as they use science and engineering to get out of a bunch of scrapes, and make some fantastic gadgets in this special and exciting activity. Download now.

Jasmine has created a video demonstration especially for STEPS Engineers Week! Watch now on the Engineers Ireland YouTube Channel.

Colouring Competition

STEPS have a number of printable colouring sheets and spotter sheets available to download, both in English and Irish. Run a colouring competition for children in your library.