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Working in teams of four, learners build tetrahedral kites following specific instructions and using specific materials.

This is a quick activity (located on page 2 of the PDF under Nasturtium Leaves Activity) about surface tension.

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 physical activity, two lines of learners link hands and arms to model a beam subject to various loading schemes.

Learners work with plastic sheeting, masking tape, and string to design the perfect material for plastic chair webbing, and then construct their webbing.

Learners work in pairs to create three simple types of bridges, a beam bridge, an arch bridge, and a suspension bridge.

In this activity, learners explore the engineering design process and the basic mechanics behind building bridges as they build one themselves using gumdrops and toothpicks.

Build and test a scale model of a rainforest canopy walkway.

In this activity, learners build bridges and cantilevers in a series of "building out" challenges with straws and pins.

In this activity, learners build mini catapults using paint paddles and a spoon. Use this activity to introduce learners to forces and projectile motion.

In this activity, learners build large-scale structures and cantilevers in a series of "building out" challenges with garden poles and tape.

In this activity, learners explore the structural strength of triangles by creating their own free-standing geodesic dome out of plastic straws.

Learners build structures from spaghetti and marshmallows to determine which structures are able to handle the greatest load.

This is a quick activity (on page 2 of the PDF under Gecko Feet Activity) about the forces of gravity and surface tension and how their behavior is influenced by size.

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

String Thing is an interactive online game in which learners change a virtual string's tension, length, and gauge to create different musical pitches.

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

This is an activity (located on page 3 of PDF under Nasturtium Leaves Activity) about surface tension.

In this activity, learners build scaled-down structures and cantilevers in a series of "building out" challenges with bamboo skewers and tape.

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