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This design challenge is an open-ended exploration of linkages, a group of parts connected by hinges, and the types of motion they can create.

In this two part activity, learners become draft detectives by constructing their own draft catchers to detect drafts around windows or doors.

Learners trace, cut out and fly a boomerang, outdoors or in a large indoor space.

In this up-cycling activity, learners recycle plastic bags and repurpose them into useful wallets.

This resource contains ideas and brief instructions on how to build animals out of construction paper and other simple materials.

In this activity related to nanotechnology, learners observe some of the effects that result from creating a thin layer of material several nanometers thick.

This is a quick activity (on page 2 of the PDF under Butterfly Wings Activity) that illustrates how nanoscale structures, so small they're practically invisible, can produce visible/colorful effects.

In this activity (located on page 6 of the PDF), learners explore the ways people access water in their homes.

In this activity, learners build a simple tabletop seesaw to test how different variables (the position of the fulcrum, distance, weight) affect its balance under increasing weight loads.

In this activity (on page 2 of PDF), learners make their own totem poles out of recycled materials.

In this activity, learners will engineer a new shape and use it to create a new pattern with no wasted space.

In this Cyberchase activity, learners make carpenter's squares and use them to measure square corners. Learners cut out the carpenter's square template and attach it to tagboard.

This fun activity uses simple materials such as milk cartons and mirrors to introduce the ideas of optics and visual perception.

This activity was designed for blind learners, but all types of learners can explore the process of extrusion used to produce pipes and wires in industry.

In this activity on page 9 of the PDF, learners make their own paint using chalk as a pigment and glue and water as binders. This activity introduces learners to special mixtures called suspensions.

In this activity about problem-solving, learners build a house for the Three Little Pigs using twenty straws and two index cards.

In this activity, learners thread gumdrops together to make a model of a polymer.

In this activity, learners will create an optical illusion top. Learners will explore color mixing, physics and design through this activity.

In this activity/demo, learners are introduced to the connection between medieval stained glass artisans and nanotechnology.

Coins are everyday objects which tell a lot about the people who use them.