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In this activity, learners build water-propelled engines from soft drink cans.

In this activity, learners will engineer their own weather vane. This activity includes step-by-step instructions with pictures and a "What's Happening?" section explaining how the activity worked.

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

In this engineering activity (page 2 of PDF), young learners investigate how a wide base can make a building more stable. Learners use blocks or boxes of different sizes to construct stable towers.

In this engineering activity (page 3 of PDF), young learners investigate how a pole can be made stable by “planting” its base in the ground or adding supports to the base.

In this engineering activity (page 5 of PDF), young learners investigate how materials and design contribute to the strength of a structure, particularly walls.

This activity teaches combustion as the interaction of a fuel source and oxygen.

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

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

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

In this activity, learners explore different ways to stack cups to meet a personal goal.

In this activity, learners build bridges and cantilevers in a series of "building out" challenges with straws and pins.