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In this design challenge, learners will use computational thinking to design their own board game.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners build a simple solar oven out of household materials to melt chocolate and marshmallow between graham crackers--known as s'mores.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this design challenge, learners will create their own roller coaster using household objects for the track and a marble or small ball as their cart.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this design challenge, learners design a storm drain cover that catches litter to protect waterways to learn about how local actions can have system-level effects.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners will make a thaumatrope, an old-fashioned optical illusion that dates back to the 1820s.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this design challenge activity, learners explore the concept of biomimicry by using a natural organism's special features to design a new human object.

free Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners create their own experiment and test which of 4 mixtures of household chemicals turn pennies green over 5 days.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 7 days
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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.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this design challenge, learners will practice empathy and design thinking skills by creating an invention of the future.

free Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this design challenge, learners will use microbes to design and grow a custom biomaterial at home and make something creative with it.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - adult 1 to 7 days