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In this two part activity, learners become draft detectives by constructing their own draft catchers to detect drafts around windows or doors.

In this design challenge, learners will engineer a structure and see if it can survive an earthquake they create.

In this activity, learners explore how the power of the sun can be harnessed to heat and cool a building.

This simple construction activity teaches the importance of architectural structure. Learners build and test designs for a paper "doghouse" strong enough to hold the weight of a jumbo dog biscuit.

In this engineering activity, learners investigate the differences between the strength of bridges made from flat and round building materials.

In this engineering activity (page 3 of PDF), young learners investigate how a pole can be made stable by “planting” its base in the ground or adding supports to the base.

How does a green roof, or roof covered by plants, affect the temperature of the inside and outside of a building? Learners design and build houses to find out the answer.

In this activity, learners investigate passive solar building design with a focus solely on heating.

In this engineering activity (page 5 of PDF), young learners investigate how materials and design contribute to the strength of a structure, particularly walls.

With two stacks of books and a few rolls of pennies, build two kinds of bridges--a beam span and an arch span--and see how much weight each of them can hold.

In this on site "field trip" activity (located on pages 6-9 of PDF), learners get hands-on experience identifying building materials by playing "Building Bingo".

Build and test a scale model of a rainforest canopy walkway.

In this geology and engineering activity (page 7 of the PDF), learners build an earthquake simulator, then use it to test various building designs, exploring different materials, shapes, and design op

In this activity, learners use things from the kitchen as building materials to explore how shapes contribute to the strength of different structures.

In this engineering activity, learners test the stability of towers they build out of cups, discovering that structures with more mass in the base are more stable.

In this activity on page 7 of the PDF, learners explore how engineers characterize building materials.

In this physical sciences activity, learners explore how passive solar design increases energy efficiency.

No glue is needed for learners of any age to become marshmallow architects or engineers.

Learners play the role of materials engineers as they test the flexibility of different materials.

In this activity about problem-solving, learners build a house for the Three Little Pigs using twenty straws and two index cards.