Search Results


Showing results 1 to 20 of 59

Add to list Details
In this activity, learners participate in a scavenger hunt, searching for and recognizing minerals and products that contain minerals.

free Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this activity, learners explore the engineering design process (EDP)—the process engineers use to solve design challenges.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this activity, learners explore how packaging engineers develop customized shipping and packaging containers to meet the needs of many different industries.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this activity, learners explore how musical instruments are engineered.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this lesson, learners develop a robot arm using common materials. Learners explore design, construction, and teamwork, as well as materials selection and use.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this activity, learners investigate how inkjet printers produce tiny, precise drops of ink.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
Add to list Details
Learners work with plastic sheeting, masking tape, and string to design the perfect material for plastic chair webbing, and then construct their webbing.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 14 1 to 2 hours
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this physical activity, two lines of learners link hands and arms to model a beam subject to various loading schemes.

free Ages 11 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
Add to list Details
In this activity (on page 4), learners create a submarine using a plastic sandwich bag. This is a fun way to learn about buoyancy and how captured gas can cause objects to float.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this activity about human interface design issues, learners help the Oompa-Loompas of a great chocolate factory solve different problems.

free Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this environmental science lesson, learners will examine hazardous chemicals and their effects on human health and the environment.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 2 hours
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this game, learners walk through an imaginary Carbon Cycle and explore the ways in which carbon is stored in reservoirs and the processes that transport the carbon atom from one location to another

free Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this activity, learners search for various kinds of items made from minerals around their home or school, including toothpaste, wall paint, kitty litter, and bricks.

free Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
This lesson focuses on how nanotechnology has impacted the design and engineering of many everyday items from paint to fabrics.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this activity on page 11 of the PDF, learners follow simple steps to recycle old newspaper into new paper.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 1 to 7 days
Add to list Details
In this activity, learners collect, categorize, weigh and analyze classroom trash and discuss ways that engineers have helped to reduce solid waste.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 11 1 to 2 hours
Add to list Details
Learners work in groups to build model cars from paper parts. First, each learner builds cars individually and the group times themselves.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
Add to list Details
Learners apply their knowledge of heat transfer to design two cans - one that will retain heat and one that will cool down quickly.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
Add to list Details
Learners play the role of materials engineers as they test the flexibility of different materials.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
Add to list Details
In this activity, learners follow simple historical maritime recipes to cook up hardtack and swanky, and then compare the foods they eat to what was served on ships in the past.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 11 1 to 2 hours