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Learners play the role of materials engineers as they test the flexibility of different materials.

In this design challenge, learners will engineer a structure and see if it can survive an earthquake they create.

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

In this activity, learners explore how engineering has impacted the development of bridges over time, including innovative designs and the challenge of creating bridges that become landmarks for a cit

In this activity, learners explore how engineers have improved roofing designs and materials in order to protect the contents of buildings.

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

In this activity, learners explore the design of tall structures such as skyscrapers and telecommunication towers.

In this engineering activity, young learners investigate multi-level buildings.

Learners explore the field of civil engineering by making a bridge using spaghetti as their primary building material.

In this engineering activity (page 2 of PDF), young learners investigate how a wide base can make a building more stable. Learners use blocks or boxes of different sizes to construct stable towers.

In this engineering activity, learners construct sturdy geodesic structures out of gumdrops and toothpicks. Use this activity to explore engineering principles as well as sturdy shapes and triangles.

In this engineering activity (page 3 of PDF), young learners investigate how a pole can be made stable by “planting” its base in the ground or adding supports to the base.

In this engineering activity (page 5 of PDF), young learners investigate how materials and design contribute to the strength of a structure, particularly walls.

Play with your food while learning about engineering! Build a spaghetti bridge, then test its strength by piling on the marshmallows, raw spaghetti, raw linguine and coins.

In this engineering/design/arts and crafts activity, learners design and build "platforms" or "bridges" that can hold weight, and test which glue makes the strongest structure.

In this activity, learners design, build, test and redesign a display tower that will meet a specific set of criteria and constraints.

In this activity, learners explore how the power of the sun can be harnessed to heat and cool a building.

In this activity on page 7 of the PDF, learners explore how engineers characterize building materials.

In this engineering activity, learners test the stability of towers they build out of cups, discovering that structures with more mass in the base are more stable.

In this simple activity, learners discover how a mere piece of paper can be used to hold up the weight of a heavy book.