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In this activity, learners will engineer three different parachutes to test how well each one works.

Learners observe a flask with a balloon attached over the mouth and inverted inside the flask.

In this activity, learners explore how pneumatics and hydraulics could be used to produce movement in a robotic arm.

Learners make a skydiver and parachute contraption and launch it. They see that the drag created by air resistance slows the descent of skydivers as they travel back to Earth.

Hooray! In this design challenge activity, learners invent a device that launches a spoonful of confetti into the air. Learners are encouraged to create the biggest cloud of confetti possible.

In this outdoor activity and bingo-like game, learners explore why and how seeds spread far from the plants that produce them.

In this design challenge activity, learners use a balloon and other simple materials to design an air-powered rocket that can hit a distant target.

Learners will build a lung model to understand how their lungs and diaphragm work to make them breathe.

In this activity, learners build mini-basketball courts and explore the laws of physics. Learners discover that everything you throw or shoot on earth travels in a parabola.

In this investigation, learners explore the force known as buoyancy by placing various objects into water and observing how they behave (for example, which sink more quickly, which float, how much wat

Learners explore the Bernoulli effect by building an airfoil (airplane wing) and making it fly.

In this design challenge activity, learners build a shock-absorbing system that will protect two “astronauts” when they land.

In this activity, learners graph 48 hourly air temperatures from a local weather observation site and observe the diurnal temperature variations.

In this activity about flight, learners explore how high they can jump. Learners dip their finger in ink or dirt, then jump as high as they can and mark paper attached to the wall.