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In this activity, learners are challenged to design and construct a windmill to harness the power of wind.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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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 on page 7 of the PDF, learners explore how engineers characterize building materials.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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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 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 explore the engineering behind life vests or personal flotation devices and the challenges met by these devices.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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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 will put together towers using building bricks, then take the tower apart and challenge themselves to use the same bricks used to build a bridge.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners conduct two activities to investigate two properties of liquids: density and viscosity. In a clear container, learners stack 7 different liquids which will layer according to their density.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners investigate weight by building a spring scale. They observe and record how it responds to objects with different masses.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners see convection currents in action in this highly visual demonstration. Sealed bags of colored hot or cold water are immersed in tanks of water.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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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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Learners cover a bottle with a balloon. When they immerse the bottle in warm water, the balloon inflates. When they immerse the bottle in a bowl of ice, the balloon deflates.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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Working in groups, learners model the continuous destruction and creation of ozone (O3) molecules, which occur in the ozone layer.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners create beautiful fluid motion. They explore fluid dynamics, surface tension, solubility, and buoyancy while mixing liquids together.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners develop an understanding of air pressure in two different activities.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners color and cut out a spiral-shaped snake. When they hang their snake over a radiator, the snake spins.

free Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this engineering activity, challenge learners to construct a paper bridge that can support 100 pennies.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners act as engineers and design mini submarines that move in the water like real submarines.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes