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In this design challenge activity, learners use a balloon and other simple materials to design an air-powered rocket that can hit a distant target.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners make water rockets to explore Newton's Third Law of Motion. Learners make the rockets out of plastic bottles and use a bicycle pump to pump them with air.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this Engineering Design Challenge activity, learners will use balloons to investigate how a multi-stage rocket, like that used in the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission, can propel a sat

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners build a simple "rocket" with ordinary household materials to demonstrate the basic principles behind rocketry and the principle of reaction.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners simulate a multistage rocket launch using party balloons, fishing line, straws, and a plastic cup.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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Using recycled materials, learners will design a transportation vehicle to carry an egg in an egg toss (a rudimentary model of a shock absorbent transport vessel).

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - adult 1 to 2 hours