find out what really interests, if it could be big structures, find local constructing excellence/civil engineers, (they can get tours on local big building projects), 


have you been to sellafield, they had a good tour I went on when around 10 ish, 


a tour of waste facilities is particularly eye opening. can ask for a look round local ones. 


if you are a car person, there's also the factory tours that the german car companies do - bmw, audi, and i think mercedes do them. (stuttgart)

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g187309-d501704-Reviews-BMW_Headquarters-Munich_Upper_Bavaria_Bavaria.html 
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g187309-d856420-Reviews-BMW_Welt-Munich_Upper_Bavaria_Bavaria.html


also can book tours of the bmw factory in munich or mini plant in oxford. 
https://www.bmw-besuchen.com/visitbmw/ 

i've also been on tours of the jcb factory at uttoxiter, perhaps write a letter and see if they do open days. they have a big setup/operation for doing them. 

a well written, handwritten letter from the person to the boss of the organisation is likely to get a look round if you explain why it's of interest and that you'd like to come and see what they do.  


the bmw factory website looks pretty special. was trying to get a group of like minded blokes together. also zf's factory has a zepplin museum next door. 


tripadvisor list the tours on things to do in munich for more information. as said previously in the conversations, it is hard to get to know local attractions unless you have insider knowledge.


in the north east, where i live, we have taken our daughter to the ryhope engines museum (steaming & working at bank holidays), as kids we went to ironbridge, canals around birmingham, manchester industrial museum, birmingham museum (dinosoars), museums in london etc. best things though were to see and break things down to understand how they worked. that means having the relevant stuff to hand and an environement to play/put things together and re-assemble. 


in the mean time to play with and look at, 


remote control cars and drones, lego with motors and mechano, (apparently you can still get it). building a crane took days to do.  

also get a rasperry pi and speak to computer teachers about what do do with it. there are a number of books and online coding things happening and youtube videos about how to make playing with them cool.


sam aaron - youtube of pi programming used to create/play/program music 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK1mBqKvIyU 


rasperry pi code club 
https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/codeclub

Hi - there are lots of interactive engineering places to go to but when at home how about making models say of a moon lander?  I used to do this when young, even got one on TV. The I graduated to making my own fireworks and working rockets. Sadly not allowed now due to H&S. Later I launched real rockets in Woomera, Australia. Start with model making, it costs nothing and shows you how things go together in 3 dimensions. I made a satellite from paper and thin wood once when I was at work.

There's a wonderful museum in Oxford called I think the museum of scientific achievements. It even has a blackboard upon which are Einstein's real equations for the density of the universe. Apparently he gave a lecture there and they unscrewed the blackboard with his chalk scribings and kept it!

Get your daughter to write to universities and companies to ask for interesting items she may be particularly interested in, she may even get an invitation to visit and it will encourage her communication skills. She is almost certain to get an encouraging reply.

Good luck!

went to seattle round boeing factory. that was an amazing experience, also vancouver test track of paccar,ad themuseum of flight, caterpillar do at the seattle thing up in the air. all amazing, but thought it was a bit out of the way to suggest. 


also if it's your thing, go to the regular talks that microsoft do at reading, cisco at bedfont lakes etc. find the people who have a large base nearby, and you're likely to see events on their websites, also look at the universities. 


if you're into computers, there are bsides talks about how to hack, which usually have younger person tracks too, ones in manchester, leeds, london, glasgow etc. 

also events around bigger exhibitions, however they're usually in london, so may have to travel if not based there, and british computer society. depends on where you are in the country and what you feel would be cool. (remeber you have to enjoy it too). i think it's most about imparting enthusiasm and then from that hopefully a love will come in time. 

that's what i'm going for but she's only 3 at the minute, so a lot more to do.

have you seen the royal society christmas lectures on the telly on bbc4? 


they are dedicated to this task of getting kids bought into science, so would be a good thing to inspire and get some of the concepts. have a look at the website here. http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/ 


there is an annual ballot for the next ones, but if you get registered, they can find out about next year's and see what they have coming up in the mean time. 


watch them a few times, together and see if some of the concepts as explained make some sense and can be engaged with it. 


here is a link to previous ones, pick one and see if it takes your fancy. 

http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch


this years one will still be on iplayer, they're only there for 28 days so need to watch soon. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0001r5p/royal-institution-christmas-lectures-2018-who-am-i-3-what-makes-me-me 


also go to see recycling in action at local waste site, can see all types of engineering at the same time, in one place. from the original post, i see you are based around brighton, so try a chat with rabbit recycling and see what they say. i'm sure they'd be inclined to show someone interested in engineering around their plant, machinery etc, and she can understand how things work by seeing real things in action, rather than described in a classroom. 

have a look at the university's website and see if you can get her to open days, because she's young they'll want to show her the good things and should be able to tailor the stuff to what she expresses interest in. 


university links

engineering homepage

https://www.brighton.ac.uk/studying-here/subject-areas/engineering-and-construction/engineering/index.aspx 


engineering blog
http://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/engineering/?_ga=2.145077940.1416307839.1546705636-1768971549.1546705636 


open days
https://www.brighton.ac.uk/studying-here/visit-us/open-days/index.aspx 


if you can get to woking, ask for a visit of the maclaren factory. it's meant to be the best factory/visit ever.

 

looked for engineering, this is what i found straight away which may be interesting on ted.com


network to opportunities 
https://www.ted.com/talks/tanya_menon_the_secret_to_great_opportunities_the_person_you_haven_t_met_yet#t-164214


building a jet suit: (and flying at the end)

https://www.ted.com/talks/richard_browning_how_i_built_a_jet_suit?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare


fast car:

http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/


learning for self

https://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_build_a_school_in_the_cloud 

You can view practically every aspect of life, including STEM based subjects, experiments, and inventions on YouTube.