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Blast Off!
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Students design and create their own air-powered rockets, in this hands-on activity.
Caution! Wildlife Crossing
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In this design challenge, learners use their creativity and imagination to design and test a wildlife crossing for their favorite animal.
Parachutes
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In this activity, learners will investigate air and gravity through the use of various fabrics by through them in the air. Activity includes step-by-step instructions and extension ideas.
Digit's Cyber-Dough
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In this fun hands-on activity, learners whip up a batch of cyber-dough (play dough) using math for measurements.
Measuring Rules
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In this math activity, learners create their own units of measurement by making noodle rulers. Learners practice estimating and measuring objects using the noodle rulers .
Matraca
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In this activity, learners create a traditional Mexican noisemaker (a matraca) using cardboard, craft sticks, and a wooden dowel.
Zig Zag Bopper
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In this activity, learners build a machine made of craft sticks to multiply the levering motion of their hands and create a device that bends and extends.
Pinball Wizard
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In this hands-on engineering project, kids use two simple machines, levers and inclined planes, to construct their own pinball machines.
Paper Animals
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This resource contains ideas and brief instructions on how to build animals out of construction paper and other simple materials.
Robot Hands
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This activity (on page 2) explores how sensing is part of robotics. Learners try tying their shoes with different constraints.
Patterns and Relationships: Peddling Petals
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In this math lesson, learners use the setting of a flower-making fundraiser to explore a variety of patterns. Learners examine the patterns in a flower design made of triangles surrounding a square.
Make a Dinosaur Model
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In this activity, learners explore dinosaur skeletons, anatomy, and locomotion. Learners compare and contrast dinosaur skeletons and drawings.
Animal House
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The goal of this activity is to design, build and test a house or toy for an animal.
Brick Drop Challenge
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In this design challenge, leaners attempt to build a strong structure out of LEGO® bricks that can withstand a 4-foot drop.
What Gives?
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In this activity, learners design, build and test a model suspension bridge for sturdiness and strength.
Penny Estimation
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In this math activity, learners estimate how many pennies are in a jar by predicting and counting handfuls of pennies.
Water Filter
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In this engineering activity, challenge learners to invent a water filter that cleans dirty water.
Seed Orbs
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In this activity, learners will make seed orbs to grow new trees and plants. Learners will explore ecology and life cycles as well as stewardship through this activity.
Balloon Car
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In this physics activity, challenge learners to make and race a balloon-powered car. Learners construct the body out of a paper cup, wheels out of wooden spools. and fuel tank out of a balloon.
Pencil Balance
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In this activity, challenge learners to make a pencil stand on its tip using only two pieces of wire and two clothespins. Use this activity to demonstrate the center of gravity.