Famous British Engineers Research Activity - Set 2

Research activities for Ten famous British Engineers

This resource includes 10 quick simple activity on famous British Engineers. It is perfect for the class that is completing a research task on famous or innovative people from history. It contains one sheet for each engineer and requires them to search for and write down answers to specific questions on the person.

Suggestions for using this activity.

Students can conduct individual research using their personal device, the school computer room or by utilising the school library. You may wish to have the students work in groups of two or individually to complete the work sheet.
Students can be called on to provide answers to questions following their research.

The teacher may wish to use the worksheet as a pre test, testing knowledge that the students may have prior to study.
The worksheet could be provided as a homework task
The worksheet can be used as an emergency extra or substitute lesson when the usual teacher is not present.

Students can be given a writing task after conduction research to write a short biography using information they have gathered.

The 10 British engineers in this activity include the following:

1. Isambard Brunel
2. George Stephenson
3. Robert Stephenson
4. James Watt
5. Thomas Telford
6. Alexander Graham Bell
7. John Logie Baird
8. Barnes Wallis
9. Joan Clarke
10. Margaret Partridge