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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.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners will engineer a water irrigation system. Learners will create a ditch irrigation system -- or an acequia-- to move water with the help of gravity.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners construct hail-proof houses using recycled materials to discuss storm readiness and safety.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners will engineer three different parachutes to test how well each one works.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, groups cut out and sort cards showing items recovered from a crash landing on the Moon. The 12 items range from food and water to rope and matches to a self-inflating life raft.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will imagine the challenges and opportunities of asteroid mining.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore moving air and the physics of lift and drag by constructing homemade wind tunnels.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 11 1 to 2 hours