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Learners investigate stress and strain by designing, building, and testing beams made from polymer clay.

In this activity, learners explore how engineers work in a team to solve problems.

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 the design of tall structures such as skyscrapers and telecommunication towers.

In this activity (located on pages 23-24 of the PDF), learners are introduced to structural engineering and encouraged to practice goal-oriented building.

In this engineering design challenge, learners build an air-powered spinning machine.

In this engineering challenge, learners design and build a crane out of cardboard to see how heavy a load it can lift.

In this design challenge activity, learners modify a cup so it can carry a marble down a zip line and also drop it onto a target.

In this activity, learners explore how engineers use scales and measures when designing a manufacturing process to ensure that final products are uniform in weight or count.

In this activity, learners explore the devices used over time to measure changes in temperature.

In this activity, learners will explore how and why weight distribution works.

Make a model city happier with LEDs, circuits, motors, and batteries! Groups can think, discuss, design, and build what would make a community happy. Kids can work as part of a team or on their own.

Learners build simple catapults and use them to launch cotton balls.

Learners build structures from spaghetti and marshmallows to determine which structures are able to handle the greatest load.

Learners build and investigate pendulums of different lengths. They discover that the longer the string of the pendulum, the longer the time it takes to swing.

Learners engage in close observation of falling objects. They determine it is the amount of air resistance, not the weight of an object, which determines how quickly an object falls.

In this engineering design challenge, learners make a bird and then control its flight with attached strings.

In this activity, learners use Jell-O to explore lenses. Learners cut Jell-O into convex and concave lens shapes and examine how light exits each lens in a darkened room.

In this engineering design challenge, learners animate a facial expression and make a machine (zoetrope) that plays the animation back.

Based of the The Tech Challenge 2015, learners will engage in two mini-design challenges related to seismic engineering.