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Electric Paddle Boat
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In this activity, learners build an electric two-paddle boat using paint paddles, plastic knives, and empty water bottles.
Creepy Crawlers
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Trick your family and friends with this creepy crawler that moves up and down. In this activity, learners construct a circuit and motor device that will move a homemade spider in a spooky way.
Build Your Own Robot Arm
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In this lesson, learners develop a robot arm using common materials. Learners explore design, construction, and teamwork, as well as materials selection and use.
Build a Big Wheel
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In this activity, learners explore how engineers have developed big wheels or Ferris wheels.
Micro Automata
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In this activity, learners build small animated toys that move.
Lever Cowboy
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In this activity, learners build a figure that moves and "comes to life" when they pull its string.
Hand Spin Helicopter
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In this activity, learners build helicopters and launchers using wooden dowels and scrap paper. Use this activity to explore rotational motion and kinetic and potential energy.
Bottle Cars
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In this activity, learners explore motion, energy, and electricity by constructing bottle cars that run on motors.
Motor Bird
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In this activity, learners build a bird that flies in place with help from a motor, wire, and some straws.
Give Me a Brake
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In this activity, learners explore the concept of how brakes can stop or slow mechanical motion.
Cranking Bird
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In this activity, learners build a mini crank machine to make a bird "fly." This engineering activity introduces learners to automata, rotational motion, cranks and cams.
Sound Automata
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In this activity, learners build their own sound machines and explore the interplay of motion and sound.
Gymnast
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In this physics activity, learners build a toy with a figure that spins around like a gymnast on the high bar.
Sliding and Stuttering
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Learners use a spring scale to drag an object such as a ceramic coffee cup along a table top or the floor.
Cable Car
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In this activity, learners string a line across the room and build cable cars that can move from on end to the other.
Rubber Band Boat
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In this activity, learners build styrofoam boats powered by twisted rubber bands.
Interactive Gumball Machine
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In this activity, learners review the history of gumball machines and explore potential and kinetic energy, while working in teams to build a gumball slide.