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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.

In this tabletop board game, players will represent a team of scientists and engineers sending a spacecraft on a mission to space.

In this design challenge activity, learners build a rubber band-powered rover that can scramble across the room.

If you have lights, cardboard, scissors, and some brass fasteners, you can make shadow puppets! Create a story-telling and design challenge for your learners with this simple and creative activity.

No glue is needed for learners of any age to become marshmallow architects or engineers.

Learners investigate the concept of humidity by using a dry and wet sponge as a model. They determine a model for 100% humidity, a sponge saturated with water.

Learners set up books with rubber bands stretched between the books. When two identical books are stretched apart and released, they move back toward each other an equal distance.

To learn how friction affects motion, learners build a measurement tool from a rubber band and other simple materials.

Learners build a simple hovercraft using air from a balloon to levitate a craft made from a compact disc (CD).

Learners construct a rocket from a balloon propelled along a guide string.

Learners build at least two different spinners (tops) to investigate how mass distribution, size, and shape affect the length of time the spinner spins.

Learners conduct four simple experiments to demonstrate the effects of air pressure.

In this activity, learners examine baking powder, a combination of three powders: baking soda, cream of tartar, and cornstarch.

What's a more compelling problem to solve than being stranded on a deserted island?

This activity explores the main algorithms that are used as the basis for searching on computers, using different variations on the game of battleships.

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