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In this activity, learners investigate the properties of different types of balls.

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

Learners construct and launch paper helicopters.

Learners investigate stress and strain by designing, building, and testing beams made from polymer clay.

In this activity, learners collect, categorize, weigh and analyze classroom trash and discuss ways that engineers have helped to reduce solid waste.

Through discussion and hands-on experimentation, learners examine the geological (ancient) carbon cycle.

In this activity, learners explore the concept of how engineering solved the problem of human/computer interface.

In this activity, learners explore how engineers incorporate biometric technologies into products as well as the challenges of engineers who must weigh privacy, security and other issues when designin

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

Learners design their own experiment to explore the permeability of different materials such as soil, sand, gravel, and marbles.

Learners design their own experiment to determine conditions that either help or hinder the decomposition of carrots by soil microbes.

Historically, sea floor mapping (bathymetry) was done by soundings.

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

Learners initially test to see how many drops of liquid (water, rubbing alcohol, and vegetable oil) can fit on a penny.

Each learner chews a piece of gum until it loses its flavor, and then leaves the gum to dry for several days.

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

In this activity, learners explore engineering package designs that meet the needs of safely shipping a product.

This lesson focuses on how nanotechnology has impacted the design and engineering of many everyday items from paint to fabrics.

In this activity, learners explore the strength of different shapes. Fold paper into triangles, squares, and other shapes, then experiment with how much weight they can hold.

In this activity, learners explore how the hull shape impacts a ship's performance and stability.