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Helping Hand
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In this invention challenge activity, learners see how many objects they can grab with a homemade "bionic" arm.

Build a Lever
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Learners build a lever and use it to lift a load. With the load on one end of the ruler, learners add coins to the effort cup at the other end until the load is lifted.

Trebuchet Toss
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In this activity, learners explore trebuchet design. Teams of learners construct trebuchets from everyday materials.

Magnetic Seesaw
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In this activity, learners build a seesaw powered by magnets.

Digger
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In this activity, learners build their own construction cranes using tongue depressors and pushpins.

Finger Basketball
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In this activity, learners build mini-basketball courts using cardboard and measuring spoons. Use this activity to introduce learners to catapults, forces, and levers.

Balancing Act
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In this physics activity (page 6 of the PDF), learners will build a class 1 lever and hypothesize and test the distances two objects need to be placed from the fulcrum in order to balance.