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This activity (on page 2) explores how sensing is part of robotics. Learners try tying their shoes with different constraints.

Learners make a simple battery out of "sandwiches" of aluminum foil, pennies, and a salt water-soaked paper towel.

In this activity, learners construct a robot-like hand to demonstrate how data is collected when using robotic technology.

In this activity, learners will imagine the challenges and opportunities of asteroid mining.

Learners explore the Bernoulli effect by building an airfoil (airplane wing) and making it fly.

Learners design different shaped bandages for different purposes. First, they draw their designs on paper.

Learners design, build, and test models of "dragon boats" made from up to three milk cartons.

In this activity (on page 2), one person "programs" the other like a robot to move through a space, trying to get them to avoid obstacles and reach a goal.

In this activity, leaners explore building techniques by recreating the story of The Three Little Pigs.

In this activity about human interface design issues, learners help the Oompa-Loompas of a great chocolate factory solve different problems.

Make a copy of the first stethoscope with only a cardboard tube! René Laennec invented the first stethoscope in 1819 using an actual paper tube!

Learners create an Incan counting device called a quipu (pronounced kee-poo).

Learners make their own simple slide rules out of paper and learn how they work.

In this activity about encryption, learners cut out a secret decoder badge from a handout and use it to encode messages to each other.

Learners work in groups to build model cars from paper parts. First, each learner builds cars individually and the group times themselves.

When a lot of people share one network (such as cars using roads, or messages getting through the Internet), there is the possibility that competing processes will create a “deadlock," or an interrupt

MarsBound! is an engineering simulation activity in which learners use realistic techniques to plan a mission to Mars.

Even fast computers are limited to how quickly they can solve problems. One way to speed things up is to use several computers at once.

In this experiment, learners design and build a model room in a shoebox and furnish it with tiny furniture.

In this activity, learners explore how infrared technology is used by engineers to create equipment and systems for a variety of industries.