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

Learners construct and launch paper helicopters.

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

Learners use a spring scale to drag an object such as a ceramic coffee cup along a table top or the floor.

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.

In this activity, learners mix milk, vinegar, baking soda, and water to create sticky glue. Use this activity to explain how engineers develop and evaluate new materials and products.

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 build simple catapults and use them to launch cotton balls.

Learners investigate weight by building a spring scale. They observe and record how it responds to objects with different masses.

Learners investigate how drag affects the falling rate of objects.

Learners tour their school or home looking for sources of indoor air pollutants (IAPs).

Learners create beautiful fluid motion. They explore fluid dynamics, surface tension, solubility, and buoyancy while mixing liquids together.

Learners build devices from rubber bands to test for invisible air pollutants.

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