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Learners take on the role of environmental engineers as they design water filters.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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This simple construction activity teaches the importance of architectural structure. Learners build and test designs for a paper "doghouse" strong enough to hold the weight of a jumbo dog biscuit.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this ocean engineering activity, learners explore buoyancy and water displacement. Then, learners design models of deep sea divers that are neutrally buoyant.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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This event guide features three related explorations in which learners investigate the following science concepts: how you design and build a structure helps determine how strong it will be; different

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - 6 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners use tinfoil to build and test their own boats - which designs will float, and which will sink?

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners will build the highest tower they can out of recycled materials.

free Ages 4 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore motion, energy, and electricity by constructing bottle cars that run on motors.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this engineering activity (page 5 of PDF), young learners investigate how materials and design contribute to the strength of a structure, particularly walls.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 8 45 to 60 minutes
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Using paper, paper clips, an index card, and tape, teams of learners design flying devices to (1) stay in the air as long as possible and (2) land as close as possible to a given target.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners build bridges using paper and explore how much weight each bridge design can support.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the "nuts and bolts" of gene chips.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 14 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners make or use pre-made clay beams to scale and proportion. Specifically, they discover that when you scale up proportionally (i.e.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners work in groups to design a parachute out of household items that keeps an egg secure when dropped from a certain height.

free Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners use recycled materials to build a bridge that holds as many potatoes as possible. They investigate weight, height, strength, and measurement as they seek design solutions.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity learners will build a neighborhood out of blocks and cardboard.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this design challenge activity, learners use two helium-filled balloons to build a blimp that can travel in a straight path across the room.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this inquiry-based activity, learners investigate the basic forces of flight as they construct their own paper glider that represents a rainforest creature from Borneo (large, tropical island in So

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners will build ramps and test how the laws of physics apply do different objects. Learners will explore physics and cause and effect through this activity.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, leaners explore building techniques by recreating the story of The Three Little Pigs.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners evaluate the potential performance of air rockets placed inside a wind tunnel.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes