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In this activity, learners explore how pens have been engineered and re-engineered over time. Learners work as a team to develop a working pen out of everyday items.

In this activity, learners explore the concept of how aerospace engineering has impacted sports, specifically exploring the design of golf balls.

In this activity, learners explore the function and engineering of dams and how dams have many uses and solve many problems in the world.

Learners initially test to see how many drops of liquid (water, rubbing alcohol, and vegetable oil) can fit on a penny.

Learners design their own experiment to determine conditions that either help or hinder the decomposition of carrots by soil microbes.

Learners use a spring scale to drag an object such as a ceramic coffee cup along a table top or the floor.

Each learner chews a piece of gum until it loses its flavor, and then leaves the gum to dry for several days.

Historically, sea floor mapping (bathymetry) was done by soundings.

Learners design their own experiment to explore the permeability of different materials such as soil, sand, gravel, and marbles.

In this engineering activity, learners design and build a mechanical arm to lift a small item.

In this activity, learners explore the concepts of structural engineering and how to measure the critical load, or the maximum weight a structure can bear.

In this activity, learners explore the engineering design process (EDP)—the process engineers use to solve design challenges.

In this activity, learners explore how engineers have developed sorting systems which integrate into manufacturing and packaging processes. Learners explore how coins are made.

In this activity, learners explore how engineers have developed big wheels or Ferris wheels.

MarsBound! is an engineering simulation activity in which learners use realistic techniques to plan a mission to Mars.

This lesson focuses on how nanotechnology has impacted the design and engineering of many everyday items from paint to fabrics.

Learners explore the field of civil engineering by making a bridge using spaghetti as their primary building material.

In this activity, learners explore engineering package designs that meet the needs of safely shipping a product.

In this activity, learners will test the strength of different brands of paper towels.

In this activity, learners explore the concept of valve operation and how engineers have adapted valves for use in mechanical heart valve design.