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Blow It Away
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In this activity, learners design wind-powered cars out of simple household materials. Students have fun designing and then racing their vehicles around the room.

Roller Coasters
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In this activity learners will build roller coasters and test them using small balls or marbles.

Feel the Heat
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In this design challenge activity, learners design and build a solar hot water heater. Their goal is to create a heater that yields the highest temperature change.

Acting Out
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This activity (on pages 21-32 of PDF) has learners act out several classic brain teasers.

Stem Cell Differentiation Game
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This game uses a modified Uno deck to review concepts related to stem cell research and diabetes.

Sumo
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In this version of a Sumo wrestling bout, players use mathematical skills to move their opponent's counter beyond the track and "out of the ring." Learners reveal playing cards and the player with the

Symmetry Fold-Overs
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In this math activity, learners experiment with the concept of symmetry.

Filtration Investigation
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In this activity, learners explore how engineering has developed various means to remove impurities from water.

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

Trophy Triathlon
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In this activity, learners are challenged to design and construct a trophy for prize-winning sports equipment.

Our Sense of Sight: How We Perceive Movement, Depth and Illusions
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In this activity, learners investigate visual perception as well as plan and conduct their own experiments.

Human Interface Design: The Chocolate Factory
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In this activity about human interface design issues, learners help the Oompa-Loompas of a great chocolate factory solve different problems.

Trash Talkin'
In this activity, learners collect, categorize, weigh and analyze classroom trash and discuss ways that engineers have helped to reduce solid waste.

Geometry Construction: Polyhedral Playthings
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In this activity, learners create 3D geometric shapes using straws and pipe cleaners.

Zip Line Zoo
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In this activity, learners build a stuffed-animal zip line. Learners hold a cord against a wall, hook a cute stuffed animal onto it, let the animal slide down, and records its travel time.

Nano Waterproofing
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This lesson focuses on how nanotechnology has impacted the design and engineering of many everyday items from paint to fabrics.

Paper Cup Anemometer
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In this meteorological activity, learners get to build their very own anemometer (instrument for measuring wind speed) using a paper cup.

Solve The Fall
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In this twist on a classic design challenge, learners will try to stop a bouncy ball from bouncing as they explore how to control the fall of an object.

West Coast Shipwrecks
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In this data activity, learners will explore shipwrecks from four National Marine Sanctuaries on the West Coast of the United States.
Buoyancy Bulls-Eye
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In this hands-on activity, learners will construct a scuba diver that can float in order to explore how sea creatures stay neutrally buoyant in the ocean and to see what kinds of forces might be influ