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In this activity, learners get hands-on experience with ratios and scaling while making their own jewelry out of recycled plastic containers.

free Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners build a miniature wind tunnel to measure force. Learners construct the model out of Lexan plastic, a fan, and a precise digital scale.

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - adult 2 to 4 hours
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In this three/four-day lesson, learners calculate perimeters and areas and draw the castle plan to scale.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 7 days
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Learners make their own simple slide rules out of paper and learn how they work.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore dinosaur skeletons.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 6 45 to 60 minutes
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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 solidify their conceptualization of cells by building a model of a cell in a ziplock bag.

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity on page 3 of the PDF, learners visualize the relative size and structural differences between microbes that have the potential to cause disease.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this four-day lesson, learners identify three-dimensional forms in castle design, research different parts of the castle with a focus on their uses, and design and enlarge a banner for the great ha

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 11 1 to 7 days
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In this math activity, learners pretend there is a special store that lets you pay for toys by their height in pennies.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 8 5 to 10 minutes
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Based of the The Tech Challenge 2015, learners will engage in two mini-design challenges related to seismic engineering.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this "Sid the Science Kid" activity, learners use their bodies to measure a room. Instead of inches or feet, how many kids does it take to measure the length of a room?

free Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners build structures from spaghetti and marshmallows to determine which structures are able to handle the greatest load.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners build at least two different spinners (tops) to investigate how mass distribution, size, and shape affect the length of time the spinner spins.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity on page 1 of the PDF, learners compare the relative sizes of biological objects (like DNA and bacteria) that can't be seen by the naked eye.

free Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners take on the role of environmental engineers as they design water filters.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this indoor and/or outdoor activity, learners make an anemometer (an instrument to measure wind speed) out of a protractor, a ping pong ball and a length of thread or fishing line.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners examine the manufacturing process while they make picture frames from cereal boxes.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners build a simple electromagnet, then use this electromagnet to transform a yogurt container into a working speaker. They can connect their speaker to a radio and listen as it transmits sound.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners create a model using metric measuring tapes and atmosphere composition data.

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