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In this engineering/design/arts and crafts activity, learners design and build "platforms" or "bridges" that can hold weight, and test which glue makes the strongest structure.

Play with your food while learning about engineering! Build a spaghetti bridge, then test its strength by piling on the marshmallows, raw spaghetti, raw linguine and coins.

In this activity, learners are invited to imagine the park of their dreams!

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

In this activity, learners explore rocketry and the principals of space flight.

In this activity, learners explore how the process of folding has impacts on engineering and is evident in nature.

In this activity learners will build roller coasters and test them using small balls or marbles.

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

In this activity, learners will engineer three different parachutes to test how well each one works.

In this engineering design challenge, learners make a bird and then control its flight with attached strings.

In this activity, learners will build a stomp-powered launcher to blast off paper rockets they design. Materials can be found at a local hardware store or you may already have them at home.

In this activity, learners design and build a NASA rover using raw pasta and candy with a limited imaginary budget.

Learners act as engineers and design mini submarines that move in the water like real submarines.

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.

In this design challenge, learners build a boat that paddles itself using a rubber band as its power source.

In this activity, learners build a mini dancing robot. This engineering activity introduces learners to electricity, circuits, switches, conductivity, and motors.

In this project, students explore how levers work, by making a puppet with moving limbs.

In this activity, learners cut out and fold their own collapsible origami starshade, an invention that shields a telescope's camera lens from the light of a distant star so that NASA scientists can ex

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

In this design challenge, learners will create their own roller coaster using household objects for the track and a marble or small ball as their cart.