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Pop Can "Hero Engine"
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In this activity, learners build water-propelled engines from soft drink cans.

Sail Away
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In this activity, learners explore watercraft engineering and sailing.
Simple Submarine
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Using simple, inexpensive items, learners build and test submarine models.

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.

Puff Mobile
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In this engineering activity, challenge learners to design a car using only 3 straws, 4 Lifesavers™, 1 piece of paper, 2 paper clips, tape, and scissors.

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

Breaking Up with Combustion
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This activity teaches combustion as the interaction of a fuel source and oxygen.

Build a Rocket - and a Launch Pad!
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In this activity, learners construct a rocket powered by the pressure generated from an effervescing antacid tablet reacting with water, and build a launch pad for their rocket.

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

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

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