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

In this engineering activity, learners design and build a mechanical arm to lift a small item.

Students design and build their own parachutes in this hands-on engineering project.

In this activity, learners are challenged to design and build a miniature tree house in a potted plant. This activity uses engineering concepts to encourage creativity.

In this two part activity, learners work in pairs or individually to discover how vectoring the thrust from a jet engine affects movement of an airplane.

In this ocean engineering activity, learners explore buoyancy and water displacement. Then, learners design models of deep sea divers that are neutrally buoyant.

In this design challenge activity, learners modify a cup so it can carry a marble down a zip line and also drop it onto a target.

In this engineering activity, learners build a device (an anemometer) to measure how fast the wind is blowing.

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

In this activity, learners mix milk, vinegar, baking soda, and water to create sticky glue. Use this activity to explain how engineers develop and evaluate new materials and products.

Learners use red cabbage juice and pH indicator paper to test the acidity and basicity of household materials. The activity links this concept of acids and bases to acid rain and other pollutants.

Learners build particulate matter collectors--devices that collect samples of visible particulates present in polluted air.

Learners develop awareness and understanding of the daily air quality using the Air Quality Index (AQI) listed in the newspaper or online.

Learners tour their school or home looking for sources of indoor air pollutants (IAPs).

Working in groups, learners model the continuous destruction and creation of ozone (O3) molecules, which occur in the ozone layer.

Learners develop an understanding of air pressure in two different activities.

Learners build devices from rubber bands to test for invisible air pollutants.

In this great hands-on activity, learners use patterns to make a teepee from newspaper that they sit inside.

In this robotics activity, learners find ways to express emotions and feelings using only body movements, not facial expressions.

In this activity, learners demonstrate and discuss simple circuits as well as the differences between parallel and serial circuit design and functions.