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This activity (on page 2 of the PDF under GEMS Activity) is a full inquiry investigation into technology design and testing.

In this design activity, learners create a vehicle that can transport a load, like a favorite toy or as a recycled object, from the top of a zipline to the bottom using only gravity.

In this activity, learners build a kite out of paper, change it, and try to make it fly even better. With their new knowledge of kite making, students can then go on to create their own kite designs.

In this Engineering Design Challenge activity, learners will use balloons to investigate how a multi-stage rocket, like that used in the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission, can propel a sat

In this activity, learners explore accuracy and precision.

In this design challenge activity, learners build a shock-absorbing system that will protect two “astronauts” when they land.

The goal of this activity is to design the fastest sailboat or one that carries the most treasure.

In this activity, learners review the history of gumball machines and explore potential and kinetic energy, while working in teams to build a gumball slide.

In this activity, learners build scaled-down structures and cantilevers in a series of "building out" challenges with bamboo skewers and tape.

In this activity, learners explore how product design differences can affect the success of a final product -- in this case a bag for holding candy.

Learners design, build, and test models of "dragon boats" made from up to three milk cartons.

This lesson focuses on surface area and how the shape of sugar crystals may differ as they are grown from sugars of different coarseness.

In this activity about engineering, nutrition, and physical activity, learners design and build a healthy bone model of a space explorer which is strong enough to withstand increasing amounts of weigh

In this activity, learners model directed evolution by making paper fly. Learners construct and fly paper airplanes.

In this activity, learners are challenged to design, build and test a birdhouse that will stay cool in the sun.

In this activity, learners explore moving air and the physics of lift and drag by constructing homemade wind tunnels.

This activity (on page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Lift Off) is a full inquiry investigation into the engineering challenges of sending scientific sensors into space.

In this activity, learners explore how wind energy can be generated on both a large and small scale.

In this activity, learners build large-scale structures and cantilevers in a series of "building out" challenges with garden poles and tape.

This activity (on page 2 of the PDF SciGirls Activity: Milk Carton Boat) is a full inquiry investigation into boat hull design.