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In this activity, learners design a bicycle helmet. Participants will explore the design of bicycle helmets to gain an appreciation for the role that helmet layers play protecting the head.

In this activity, learners explore how nanotechnology is being used to create new types of protective fabrics.

In this activity, learners use tinfoil to build and test their own boats - which designs will float, and which will sink?

In this activity, learners explore how a hydraulic pump works. Learners work in teams to design and build a unique water fountain that employs a hydraulic pump.

Build and test a scale model of a rainforest canopy walkway.

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

In this activity, learners explore accuracy and precision.

In this activity, learners review the history of gumball machines and explore potential and kinetic energy, while working in teams to build a gumball slide.

In this experiment, learners design and build a model room in a shoebox and furnish it with tiny furniture.

Learners work in pairs to create three simple types of bridges, a beam bridge, an arch bridge, and a suspension bridge.

Learners design, build, and test models of "dragon boats" made from up to three milk cartons.

In this activity, learners explore the concept of rotational equilibrium. Learners work in teams to estimate and determine the force within a mobile design.

In this activity, learners investigate the history and development of agricultural biotechnology.

Learners construct an electricity-generating wind turbine out of a plastic bottle.

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