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Pop Can "Hero Engine"
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In this activity, learners build water-propelled engines from soft drink cans.

Elevator Engineering
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In this activity, learners will use household items to design and build an elevator that will carry 2 passengers to a height of 16 inches...or higher!

Copter Engineering
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In this activity, learners engineer a paper helicopter that spins to the ground when dropped.

Puff Mobile
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In this engineering activity, challenge learners to design a car using only 3 straws, 4 Lifesavers™, 1 piece of paper, 2 paper clips, tape, and scissors.

Make and Fly a Helicopter
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Learners follow the template to build and fly a paper helicopter.

Hoop Glider
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In this activity, learners engineer a flying glider using paper hoops and a drinking straw.

Family Flyers
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In this activity, learners work in teams to build and test paper airplanes. Learners try to fly their airplanes directly on the runway and earn points for accuracy.

What Gives?
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In this activity, learners design, build and test a model suspension bridge for sturdiness and strength.

Float My Boat
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In this activity, learners use tinfoil to build and test their own boats - which designs will float, and which will sink?

Build a Bridge
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In this activity, learners use design thinking to design and build their own bridge out of household materials including adhesives and/or connectors.

Echo Base Bobsleds
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The goal of this activity is to build a miniature bobsled that is either the fastest or the slowest. Learners use recycled materials to design, build, and test their bobsled on a bobsled track.

Zipline
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In this design activity, learners create a vehicle that can transport a load, like a favorite toy or as a recycled object, from the top of a zipline to the bottom using only gravity.

Ships Ahoy!
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The goal of this activity is to design the fastest sailboat or one that carries the most treasure.

Draggin' Boats
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Learners design, build, and test models of "dragon boats" made from up to three milk cartons.