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In this activity, learners construct their own small catapults using simple materials. Learners follow visual instructions to build their launching device.

In this activity, learners explore the concept of how aerospace engineering has impacted sports, specifically exploring the design of golf balls.

Perform this classic inertia demonstration to illustrate the transfer of potential energy to kinetic energy.

Build your own version of the classic physics toy using simple materials.

In this activity, learners explore the history, design and motion of spinning tops. Learners work in teams of "engineers" to design and build their own tops out of everyday items.

In this activity, learners build a hot air balloon using just a few sheets of tissue paper and a hair dryer.

In this activity, learners explore motion, energy, and electricity by constructing bottle cars that run on motors.

Learners construct a rocket from a balloon propelled along a guide string.

In this activity related to climate change, learners examine albedo and the ice albedo feedback effect as it relates to snow, ice, and the likely results of reduced snow and ice cover on global temper

In this activity, learners determine whether thermal energy can be used for work.

In this physics activity, learners construct a small-scale version of a classic carnival game.

In this activity, learners explore physics by building a catapult that launches marshmallows with household objects.

In this activity, learners construct speedy vehicles made out of paper plates and powered by twisted rubber bands.

In this design challenge activity, learners build a rubber band-powered rover that can scramble across the room.

Learners build a wind turbine and test it to see how much energy is created.

In this physics activity, learners assemble and/or investigate a pendulum "snake." Several large steel hex-nuts are suspended on strings of successively increasing length to form a series of pendulums

Learners attach an egg to a rubber-band bungee cord and drop the egg.

In this activity, learners conduct a controlled experiment to examine how temperature will affect the height of a soda geyser.

Design a vessel that tests the limits of wind power given a set of off the shelf and recycled materials.

In this activity, learners explore how a hydraulic pump works. Learners work in teams to design and build a unique water fountain that employs a hydraulic pump.