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Straining Out the Dirt
Learners take on the role of environmental engineers as they design water filters.

Wind Tunnel Testing
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In this activity, learners explore how wind tunnels provide feedback to engineers about the performance and durability of products such as planes, cars, and buildings.

Tall Tower Challenge
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In this activity, learners explore the design of tall structures such as skyscrapers and telecommunication towers.

Hull Engineering
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In this activity, learners explore how the hull shape impacts a ship's performance and stability.

Clipper Creations
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In this activity, learners create a working model of a nail clipper. This activity helps learners learn the basic principles of simple machines, engineering design and model building.

Jam Jar Jet
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In this activity, learners create a "Jam Jar Jet" based on Francois Reynst's discovery of a pulsejet engine, which uses one opening for both air intake and exhaust.

Levers at Play
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In this activity, learners consider how a simple machine, a lever, turns a small push or pull (a small force) into a larger--or stronger--push or pull (a larger force).

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

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

Float My Boat
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In this activity, learners use tinfoil to build and test their own boats - which designs will float, and which will sink?

Build A Treetop Walkway
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Build and test a scale model of a rainforest canopy walkway.

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

Shaking It!
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In this experiment, learners design and build a model room in a shoebox and furnish it with tiny furniture.

Draggin' Boats
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Learners design, build, and test models of "dragon boats" made from up to three milk cartons.
Build Your Own Wind Turbine
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Learners construct an electricity-generating wind turbine out of a plastic bottle.