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Students design and create their own air-powered rockets, in this hands-on activity.

This is a simple activity fully driven by imagination. Using materials from the home, toys, or items from nature, learners create their own world to play with.

In this activity, learners build an electric two-paddle boat using paint paddles, plastic knives, and empty water bottles.

Straws and pipe cleaners are terrific materials for building models of pyramids and cubes.

In this activity, learners design, build and test a model suspension bridge for sturdiness and strength.

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

In this project, students explore how levers work, by making a puppet with moving limbs.

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 activity, learners build a bird that flies in place with help from a motor, wire, and some straws.

Using simple materials from around the house and recycled materials, learners will engineer a grabber device to pick up and put down objects that are at least 12 inches away.

In this activity, learners build a speedboat using paint paddles, a propeller, and film canister. Learners attach a simple circuit and motor to the boat to power the propellers.

Create airplanes from straws and geometric shapes. Test them out to see how far they can fly, or how accurately they can be aimed.

In this hands-on activity, learners use the steps of the design process to create a hook to rescue a "space capsule" from the water.

In this activity, learners make bridges using an oil-based modeling clay (plasticene). The instructions include discussion questions for both before and after bridge building.

In this activity, learners create a three-dimensional sculpture while examining the characteristics of fish.

Learners design, build, and test models of "dragon boats" made from up to three milk cartons.

In this activity (located on page 5 of PDF), learners work in groups to create dig sites for display.

In this activity, learners will engineer three different parachutes to test how well each one works.

In this activity, learners will make a marionette puppet and put on a show. Learners will explore color, design, fabrication and storytelling through this activity.

In this activity, learners build rockets and shoot them into the air by stomping on the plastic bottle launchers.