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Working in teams of four, learners build tetrahedral kites following specific instructions and using specific materials.

After a discussion about what a parachute is and how it works, learners create parachutes using different materials that they think will work best.

Through discussion and hands-on experimentation, learners examine the geological (ancient) carbon cycle.

Learners design and create musical instruments from common objects; their challenge is to create an instrument that can make three different tones.

In this engineering activity, learners design and build a mechanical arm to lift a small item.

Using simple, inexpensive items, learners build and test submarine models.

In this ocean engineering activity, learners explore buoyancy and water displacement. Then, learners design models of deep sea divers that are neutrally buoyant.

In this design challenge activity, learners modify a cup so it can carry a marble down a zip line and also drop it onto a target.

In this engineering activity, learners build a device (an anemometer) to measure how fast the wind is blowing.

Learners examine the manufacturing process while they make picture frames from cereal boxes.

Using paper, paper clips, an index card, and tape, teams of learners design flying devices to (1) stay in the air as long as possible and (2) land as close as possible to a given target.

Learners build a simple electromagnet, then use this electromagnet to transform a yogurt container into a working speaker. They can connect their speaker to a radio and listen as it transmits sound.

Learners recreate the classic egg-drop experiment with an analogy to the Mars rover landing. The concept of terminal velocity will be introduced, and learners perform several velocity calculations.

In this robotics activity, learners find ways to express emotions and feelings using only body movements, not facial expressions.

In this activity, learners explore the concept of friction and how ball bearings reduce friction.

In this fun hands-on activity learners explore a simple machine: the lever. What happens to a load when you multiply the length of a lever? Find out here!

In this activity, learners incorporate a simple switch into a battery/bulb circuit. Learners will use their knowledge of circuits to design and make their own switches using common materials.

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 activity, learners make an electromagnet motor to demonstrate the most basic method of changing electrical energy into mechanical energy.

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