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In this activity, learners explore how engineers have developed big wheels or Ferris wheels.

In this physical activity, two lines of learners link hands and arms to model a beam subject to various loading schemes.

Learners work with plastic sheeting, masking tape, and string to design the perfect material for plastic chair webbing, and then construct their webbing.

In this engineering/design/arts and crafts activity, learners design and build "platforms" or "bridges" that can hold weight, and test which glue makes the strongest structure.

In this activity, learners model the flow of energy from the sun as it enters a photovoltaic cell, moves along a wire and powers a load.

In this design challenge activity, learners invent an emergency shelter that can fit a person and is sturdy and quick to build.

Learners explore the field of civil engineering by making a bridge using spaghetti as their primary building material.

In this activity, learners build bridges out of newspaper and tape to explore how structures are designed to bear loads.