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This hands-on experiment will provide learners with an understanding of the issues that surround environmental cleanup.

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

These three short activities challenge groups to fit objects through paper and index cards: "Slots" presents the challenge for one learner to figure out which objects fit through a hole cut by another

In this design challenge, learners will engineer a structure and see if it can survive an earthquake they create.

In this activity, learners explore the concept of how engineering solved the problem of human/computer interface.

In this activity, learners explore how engineers develop pipeline systems to transport oil, water, gas, and other materials over very long distances.

In this activity, learners explore how engineering has impacted the manufacturing of canoes over time, including the development of new, durable, and lighter materials.

In this activity, learners explore how engineers work in a team to solve problems.

In this activity, learners explore how engineering has impacted the development of bridges over time, including innovative designs and the challenge of creating bridges that become landmarks for a cit

In this activity, learners will explore engineering concepts to construct a blanket fort using materials sourced from home.

In this activity, learners explore how environmental engineers might approach solving the problem of an oil spill.

In this activity, learners are challenged to design a wind-powered car using only a handful of household materials.

In this activity, learners explore how engineers incorporate biometric technologies into products as well as the challenges of engineers who must weigh privacy, security and other issues when designin

In this activity, learners explore how engineers work in a team to solve problems.

In this activity, learners explore how musical instruments are engineered.

In this activity, learners explore how pens have been engineered and re-engineered over time. Learners work as a team to develop a working pen out of everyday items.

In this activity, learners explore the function and engineering of dams and how dams have many uses and solve many problems in the world.

In this activity, learners explore how civil engineers solved the challenge of moving water via irrigation.

In this activity, learners explore the concept of how engineering has made possible the development of--and ongoing improvements to--adaptive devices that serve to help individuals with a wide range o

Learners design and create musical instruments from common objects; their challenge is to create an instrument that can make three different tones.