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In this activity, learners explore how engineering has impacted the development of bridges over time, including innovative designs and the challenge of creating bridges that become landmarks for a cit

In this activity, learners explore how wind tunnels provide feedback to engineers about the performance and durability of products such as planes, cars, and buildings.

In this activity, learners explore how boats are engineered to achieve speed.

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

In this activity, learners explore how the hull shape impacts a ship's performance and stability.

Using simple, inexpensive items, learners build and test submarine models.

In this activity, learners create a working model of a nail clipper. This activity helps learners learn the basic principles of simple machines, engineering design and model building.

In this activity, learners create a "Jam Jar Jet" based on Francois Reynst's discovery of a pulsejet engine, which uses one opening for both air intake and exhaust.

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

In this activity, learners explore rocketry and the principals of space flight.

In this activity, learners explore how the process of folding has impacts on engineering and is evident in nature.

In this activity learners will build roller coasters and test them using small balls or marbles.

Learners work in teams to design and build solar water heating devices that mimic those used in residences to capture energy in the form of solar radiation and convert it to thermal energy.

In this activity, learners investigate passive solar building design with a focus solely on heating.

In this activity, learners simulate the process of DNA fingerprinting by using electricity to separate colored dyes.

In this Engineering Design Challenge activity, learners will use balloons to investigate how a multi-stage rocket, like that used in the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission, can propel a sat

Groups of learners are provided with a generic car base and an egg. Their mission: design a device/enclosure to protect the egg on or in the car as it rolls down a ramp with increasing slopes.