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In this activity, learners build small animated toys that move.

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

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

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 design challenge, learners will create their own roller coaster using household objects for the track and a marble or small ball as their cart.

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

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 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 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.

In this activity, learners design a therapeutic agent to image and/or cure various diseases in the respiratory system.