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Learners use engineering design principles to construct and test a fully solar-powered car. Solar car kits usually include a photovoltaic cell and motor; some include a chassis as well.

This hands-on experiment will provide learners with an understanding of the issues that surround environmental cleanup.

In this activity, learners build water-propelled engines from soft drink cans.

In this activity, learners explore how engineers develop pipeline systems to transport oil, water, gas, and other materials over very long distances.

In this activity, learners explore how engineers work in a team to solve problems.

In this activity, learners explore the engineering and principles behind working elevators.

In this activity, learners explore the concept of how aerospace engineering has impacted sports, specifically exploring the design of golf balls.

In this activity, learners explore how civil engineers solved the challenge of moving water via irrigation.

In this activity, learners explore how boats are engineered to achieve speed.

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

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.

In this activity, learners explore how engineers have developed big wheels or Ferris wheels.

In this activity, learners will engineer their own weather vane. This activity includes step-by-step instructions with pictures and a "What's Happening?" section explaining how the activity worked.

MarsBound! is an engineering simulation activity in which learners use realistic techniques to plan a mission to Mars.

In this activity, learners explore the concept of valve operation and how engineers have adapted valves for use in mechanical heart valve design.

In this activity, learners explore how watermills have helped harness energy from water through the ages.

In this engineering design challenge, learners build an air-powered spinning machine.

In this activity, learners explore how anemometers work to record wind speeds and how the equipment has undergone engineering adaptations over time.

In this two part activity, learners work in pairs or individually to discover how vectoring the thrust from a jet engine affects movement of an airplane.