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In this activity, learners explore sensors and focus specifically on how to measure humidity using a sensor.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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This lesson focuses on graphene and its electrical properties and applications.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this environmental engineering activity, learners build windmills using everyday items. The first challenge is to build windmills that spin when placed in front of a fan.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity, learners explore how engineers have met the challenge of keeping foods, liquids, and other items cool.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners apply Ohm’s Law to construct voltage divider circuits. Learners discover how to read resistor codes and calculate resistor values.

Over $20 per group Ages 14 - 18 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity, learners will explore how and why weight distribution works.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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This lesson focuses on how materials behave differently as their surface area increases.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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This lesson focuses on how nanotechnology has impacted our society and how engineers have learned to explore the world at the nanoscale.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners make a small batch of biodiesel that will work in any diesel engine. Learners use an old juice bottle as a "reactor" vessel to chemically process vegetable oil into fuel.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 14 - adult 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners discover how NASA engineers develop experimental aircraft.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners explore how the process of folding has impacts on engineering and is evident in nature.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity learners will build roller coasters and test them using small balls or marbles.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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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.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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How does a green roof, or roof covered by plants, affect the temperature of the inside and outside of a building? Learners design and build houses to find out the answer.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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Learners work in teams to design and build solar water heating devices that mimic those used in residences to capture energy in the form of solar radiation and convert it to thermal energy.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners investigate passive solar building design with a focus solely on heating.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 14 - 18 4 to 24 hours
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In this activity, learners design and build a NASA rover using raw pasta and candy with a limited imaginary budget.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this engineering activity, challenge learners to build a tower out of 10 sheets of newspaper and 3 feet of masking tape, which can hold a golf ball balancing at the top.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, challenge learners to design a roller coaster ride for a marble using cardboard and other simple materials.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners work in teams to build and test paper airplanes. Learners try to fly their airplanes directly on the runway and earn points for accuracy.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes