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Learners make a skydiver and parachute contraption and launch it. They see that the drag created by air resistance slows the descent of skydivers as they travel back to Earth.

In this engineering activity, young learners investigate multi-level buildings.

In this activity (located on pages 23-24 of the PDF), learners are introduced to structural engineering and encouraged to practice goal-oriented building.

In this engineering activity (page 2 of PDF), young learners investigate how a wide base can make a building more stable. Learners use blocks or boxes of different sizes to construct stable towers.

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.

In this design challenge activity, learners build a rubber band-powered rover that can scramble across the room.

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

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

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

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

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

Learners work in groups to construct bridges using stale marshmallows and toothpicks.

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.

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 activity, learners build a bird that flies in place with help from a motor, wire, and some straws.

Learners explore the Bernoulli effect by building an airfoil (airplane wing) and making it fly.

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

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

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