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Engineer an Octopus Suction Pad
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In this engineering design challenge, learners build an octopus-inspired suction pad that can grab an object and hold it tightly in the air.

As Straight as a Pole
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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.

Breaking Up with Combustion
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This activity teaches combustion as the interaction of a fuel source and oxygen.

Control a Bird’s Flight
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In this engineering design challenge, learners make a bird and then control its flight with attached strings.

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

Lever Cowboy
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In this activity, learners build a figure that moves and "comes to life" when they pull its string.

Nano Latch-n-Catch
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In this activity, learners design a therapeutic agent to image and/or cure various diseases in the respiratory system.