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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.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners make a skydiver and parachute contraption and launch it. They see that the drag created by air resistance slows the descent of skydivers as they travel back to Earth.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners construct and launch paper helicopters.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners build water-propelled engines from soft drink cans.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the concept of how aerospace engineering has impacted sports, specifically exploring the design of golf balls.

free Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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Students design and build their own parachutes in this hands-on engineering project.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this engineering design challenge, learners build an air-powered spinning machine.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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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.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this engineering challenge, learners design and build a crane out of cardboard to see how heavy a load it can lift.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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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.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this demonstration/activity, water streaming through holes in the bottom of a suspended soda pop can causes the can to rotate.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how parachutes are used to slow down moving objects. Learners work in teams of "engineers" to design and build their own parachutes out of everyday items.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners explore the design of rubber band powered cars. Learners work in teams of "engineers" to design and build their own rubber band cars out of everyday items.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this design challenge activity, learners build a rubber band-powered rover that can scramble across the room.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore rocketry and the principals of space flight.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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Learners set up books with rubber bands stretched between the books. When two identical books are stretched apart and released, they move back toward each other an equal distance.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners construct a rocket from a balloon propelled along a guide string.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners build simple catapults and use them to launch cotton balls.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners engage in close observation of falling objects. They determine it is the amount of air resistance, not the weight of an object, which determines how quickly an object falls.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners examine collisions between two skateboards carrying different masses. They learn about conservation of momentum in collisions.

free Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes