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You Can Say That Again!: Text Compression
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This activity helps students learn how computers "compress" text by identifying repeating patterns of letters, words, and phrases.

Circuits with Friends
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In this activity, learners explore the parts of a circuit by modeling, as a group, a “human” circuit.

High Tech Fashion
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In this technology activity, learners build simple circuits, design soft circuits using conductive thread, and then sew switch-activated circuits.

Marble Run!
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This activity (on page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Luge) is a full inquiry-based challenge related to motion and design optimization.

Sound Representation: Modems Unplugged
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In this activity, learners listen to songs and decode hidden messages based on the same principle as a modem. As a final challenge, learners decode the binary messages in a music video.

Move That Lighthouse!
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In this activity, learners explore how engineers work in a team to solve problems.

Cactus Needle Phonograph
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Build a phonograph record player using a cactus needle, a record, LEGOs gear box, and a piece of paper! This activity uses a Pico Cricket to turn the motor.

Nosedive
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This is a great activity for investigating the basics of lift and drag as they pertain to flight. Learners will discover how to avoid "taking a nosedive" by building their own paper airplane.

Rescue Rover
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In this activity, learners explore how rescue devices are designed to aid professionals during emergency situations.

Can You Canoe?
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In this activity, learners explore how engineering has impacted the manufacturing of canoes over time, including the development of new, durable, and lighter materials.

Water "Digs" It!
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In this activity, learners investigate soil erosion. Learners set up a simulation to observe how water can change the land and move nutrients from one place to another.

Macchia Madness
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In this activity, learners explore the history of making objects from glass and artistry of Dale Chihuly.

The Best Dam Simulation Ever
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This online simulation game explores the different consequences of water levels on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest.

Design a Flavor: Experiment to Make Your Own Ice Cream Flavor!
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In this delicious activity, learners get to make, taste-test and compare their own "brands" of homemade strawberry ice cream.

Water Fountain
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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.

Tennis Anyone?
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In this activity, learners explore sports engineering and advanced materials development.

EEEEK--A Mouse!
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In this activity, learners explore the concept of how engineering solved the problem of human/computer interface.

Periscope
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In this activity, learners construct a device that allows them to look over ledges or around corners.

Designing Bandages
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Learners design different shaped bandages for different purposes. First, they draw their designs on paper.

Wonderful Weather
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In this activity, learners conduct three experiments to examine temperature, the different stages of the water cycle, and how convection creates wind.