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In this activity, learners will build a simple electromagnet. They will test variables that would make the electromagnet stronger.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore an everyday situation, where either of two or more buttons can ring a buzzer.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity (pages 42-49), learners discover the methods and challenges of building nanoscale structures with macroscale equipment.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 14 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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In this engineering design challenge, learners make a bubble maze that allows bubbles to move through a series of “on” and “off” switches.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners explore electronic communication, the Morse Code system, and advances all the way through text messaging. Learners build a simple circuit, send messages to one another.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners build a mini dancing robot. This engineering activity introduces learners to electricity, circuits, switches, conductivity, and motors.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how a flashlight works, showing the electric circuit and switch functions of this everyday household item.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 11 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners build a bird that flies in place with help from a motor, wire, and some straws.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners make an electromagnet motor to demonstrate the most basic method of changing electrical energy into mechanical energy.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 14 - 18 45 to 60 minutes