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

Exploring the Solar System: Mission to Space Board Game
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In this tabletop board game, players will represent a team of scientists and engineers sending a spacecraft on a mission to space.

Exploring the Solar System: Stomp Rockets
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In "Exploring the Solar System: Stomp Rockets," participants learn about how some rockets carry science tools—not scientists—into space, and how a special kind of rocket called "sounding rockets" can

Exploring the Universe: Pack a Space Telescope
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Space telescopes can offer us better, clearer views of the universe (and of our own planet) than Earth-based telescopes can, but getting these large, delicate pieces of equipment into orbit is tricky.

Tessellations
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In this activity, learners will engineer a new shape and use it to create a new pattern with no wasted space.

Zoomers
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In this activity, learners build their own rockets from paper, coffee stirrers, and tape. Learners discover that when anything flies, air pressure is always involved.

Design a Seed
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In this activity, learners will design a seed and test how it travels. Learners will use the Engineering Design Process to create a seed which can move from place to place.

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

Under Pressure
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In this simple activity, learners discover how a mere piece of paper can be used to hold up the weight of a heavy book.

Marshmallow Models
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No glue is needed for learners of any age to become marshmallow architects or engineers.

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

Paper Bridge
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In this engineering activity, challenge learners to construct a paper bridge that can support 100 pennies.

Super Golf Tower
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In this engineering activity, challenge learners to build a tower out of 10 sheets of newspaper and 3 feet of masking tape, which can hold a golf ball balancing at the top.

Action Figure
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In this project, students explore how levers work, by making a puppet with moving limbs.
Stranded
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What's a more compelling problem to solve than being stranded on a deserted island?

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?