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Make Your Own Glue
Whip up a batch of glue and test it out.
At Home: Slow It Down
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Slow It Down
Design an aircraft that falls as slowly as possible before landing on a target.
Power Boat
Design and build a boat that is powered by a rubber band.
At Home: Step Launcher
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Step Launcher
Design a way to launch a small ball off the floor so you can catch it.
At Home: Critical Load
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Critical Load
Build a house of cards and see how much weight it can bear before it collapses.
At Home: Tallest Cup Tower
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Tallest Cup Tower
Build a stable tower as tall as possible.
At Home: Pen Factory
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Pen Factory!
Think like an industrial engineer as you design a pen assembly line.
At Home: Safe Landing
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Safe Landing
How can you ensure a safe landing for a cup with a ball inside?
At Home: Windy City Tower
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Windy City Tower
Make a paper tower that can withstand as much wind as possible.
At Home: Keep A Cube
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Keep A Cube
Make a container to keep an ice cube from melting.
Grade 9-12 Collection: Bridges & Beyond
Students dive deep into the concepts behind structures.
Grade 6-8 Collection: Bridges and Beyond
This 3 activity packet is a great introduction to structures.
Grade 3-5 Collection: Bridges and Beyond
Explore structures with this four activity packet.
Grade 6 to 12 Collection: Circuits
A great addition to your circuits unit.
Grade 6-8 Collection: Art & Engineering
Bring out your student's creativity as they engineer solutions.
Grade 3-5 Collection: Art & Engineering:
Use this collection to put the "A" in STEAM.
Soundproof Box
Build a box that is soundproof as possible.
Shoo, Bird, Shoo
Design a mobile to keep birds safe and away from buildings.
Operation PolarEye
Polar bear habitats are melting! Practice coding without computers, and then code a drone to map polar bear habitat.
Flight Test
Design a plane that glides down a zipline the fastest.
Design a Better Pinwheel
Design a pinwheel that will spin in the slightest breeze.
Build a Sorting Machine
Design a gravity-powered machine that automatically sorts two different sizes of beads.
Bring in the Natural Light
Design a light tube to bring as much light as possible into a dark room.
Sorting Solutions
How can you quickly and easily sort pasta by size and shape?
Design a Wind Turbine
Design windmill blades to generate as much electricity as possible.
Tape Dispenser Challenge
Build a tape dispenser that can be operated with one hand.
Coding Without Computers
Program a human robot to build a pyramid of cups in as few steps as possible.
Aviary Architect
Build a roof for a birdhouse that will stay cool in the summer.
Make a Teepee
Construct a teepee large enough to sit in.
Extreme Trampolines
Design a trampoline that can bounce a ball as high as possible.
Trophy Triathlon Design Challenge
Make a tall trophy that can support the sports ball of your choice.
Water Sampling
Design bottles that can float, sink, or remain suspended to hold simulated sensors that would monitor a river's health.
Grade K Lesson: Reach for the Skies
Investigate the force of gravity on buildings in natural disasters.
Grade 1 Lesson: Daylight in a Bottle
Harness solar energy to light a room.
Grade 2 Lesson: Surviving Storm Surge
Build a paper-based house to withstand a storm surge.
Grade 3 Lesson: Maglev Train
Design a magnetic train.
Grade 4 Lesson: Wind-powered LED
Design a wind turbine to power on an LED.
Grade 5 Lesson: Take Out the Trash: Cleaning Our Rivers
Design a way to eliminate trash that threatens a river.
Grade 6 Lesson: Desert Island Desalination
Turn saltwater into fresh water through desalination.
Grade 7 Lesson: Building Pyramids
Determine how Egyptians moved giant stones.
Grade 8 Lesson: Water Purification Device
Design a portable water purification device.
Chemistry Lesson: Making an Impact on Habitat
Create a safe way to neutralize the byproduct of a factory.
Life Science Lesson: Endangered Species
Engineer a method to support a local species and its future sustainability.
Physics Lesson: LED Holiday Card
Design a greeting card that illuminates two LED lights.
Dream Big Educator Guide- Complete
Use these lessons in your classroom.
Rubber Band Rovers (Fab Lab)
Design and build a rubber band-powered rover and test it to see how far it goes.
Build a Plankton Net
Design and build a net to collect plankton, and test it out by collecting glitter.
Shell Career Quiz
Take this quick quiz and learn about great jobs in engineering.
Into the Unknown
Into the Unknown tells the story of building NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
Ocean Acidification
Create a system that uses bubbles to reduce carbon dioxide in water--reducing the water's acidity.
UL Xplorlabs
Solve real problems through science and engineering and become part of the movement to make the world a safer place.
Stranded Island Challenge
Using only the items provided, create a device that can deliver a cell phone to a raft floating in the water.
Build a Pinball Game
Build a pinball game with a launcher and interesting obstacles.
Dance Pad Mania
Make a dance pad that lights up or beeps when you dance and stomp on it.
Launch It
Design and build an air-powered rocket that can hit a target.
Touch Down
Design and build a shock-absorbing system to protect two marshmallow astronauts when they land.
Squishy Circuits
Create a play dough creature with eyes that light up.
Laser Challenge
Transmit music over a laser beam by manipulating mirrors.
Puff Mobiles
Design and build a car that moves by wind power.
Rocket Challenge
Make an Alka-Seltzer rocket and launch it to hit a target.
Design a Catapult
See if you can build a catapult that launches a projectile and hits a target.
Lego Structures
Create a recognizable building out of whatever materials you get—in 12 minutes or less.
Make a Lightbulb
Construct a lightbulb and see how long you can get it to glow!
Homemade Wigglebot
Create a robot that can draw its own designs.
Shake It Up with Seismographs
Invent a way to detect an earthquake
Build a Better Candy Bag
Make the strongest, best candy bag ever.
Nanomedicine
How can you deliver cancer-killing medicine to the lungs only, so that its side effects don’t damage other organs?
The Heart Beats On
Design a simple way to measure your pulse and see how your heartbeat changes.
Core Sampling
Extract a core sample to see what lies below the surface of the earth.
Build a Big Wheel
Build a turning ferris wheel out of pasta.
Strong Paper Structure
Can you build a newspaper structure that won't collapse under the weight of books?
My Robot Friend
Program a humanoid robot to build a structure.
Working with Watermills
Make a working watermill with blades that rotate through water.
Building with Biology
Make a necklace that showcases the DNA of wheat germ.
Build a Candy Dispenser
Make a candy dispenser that gives out a little bit of candy at a time.
Nanosolutions
See what "nano" means by creating solutions of different concentrations.
Engineering for the Three Little Pigs
What materials can you mix with sand to make a building that is strong and weatherproof?
Tennis, Anyone?
Make a racket that can hit a ping-pong ball against a target and score the most points for your team.
Conveyor Belt
Make a 4-foot long conveyor belt that takes candy around a 90 degree curve.
Electrical Liquids
See whether various liquids can conduct electricity.
Heart Valve Replacement
Make a prototype that replaces the mitrovalve in a human heart.
Slip Sliding Away
Why do some things slide faster and farther than others?
Balloon Flinker
See if you can make a balloon flink--neither float away nor sink!
Hidden Alarm
Build an electrical circuit to power an alarm that is small enough to hide-- and that goes off when you flip the switch.
Zip Line Challenge
Based on a Design Squad episode, students will learn how to design a zip line.
Build a Spinning Top
Make a top and see how long you can make it spin.
Levitating Train
Build a magnetic levitating train that can balance on a magnetic track.
Dream Big Robot Challenge
Program a humanoid robot to successfully navigate an obstacle course.
Build a High Dive
Build a diving board that hangs as far off a table as possible.
Build a Bobsled Racer
Build a miniature bobsled that can win a race down a slope.
Designing Highway Interchanges
How can you get cars on and off one highway and onto another without crossing any lanes of traffic?
Lidar: Mapping with Lasers
Create a 3-D landscape and map it using a lidar laser measuring device.
Water Pollution Cleanup
Design a process to treat water contaminated with acid and oil.
Strongest Shapes
Using index cards and only one shape in your design, build a bridge that can support a toy car.
Slender Tower Challenge
Build the tallest tower you can with the smallest footprint possible.
Build a Watershed
Build a 3-D model of a watershed and experiment to see how human and natural activities can affect it.
Action Figure Diver
Construct a neutrally buoyant scuba diver who neither sinks to the bottom nor floats on the surface.
Marble Run
Create a track that keeps a marble rolling the longest.
Design a Shoe
Design and create a pair of shoes that is stylish and holds up when worn and walked in.
Design a Dome
Design a 12-inch domed structure strong enough to support 60 pennies.
Cable-stayed Bridge
Make a model of a cable-stayed bridge that is put together like a real one, with bridge segments suspended from towers.
Build a Better Bubble Blower
Design, build, and test a bubble blower.
Waterproof the Roof
Make a roof that will keep a cardboard house from getting wet.
Pipe Maze
Design a leak-proof system of pipes to bring water to the right place.
Foil Boats
How many pennies can you design an aluminum foil boat to hold before it sinks or capsizes?
Design a Folding Solar Panel
Design a solar panel that can be folded up and expanded without tearing.
Design a Flotation Device
Design and build a flotation device that can keep an unopened can of soup afloat in a bucket of water.
Creepy Putty
Make your own creepy putty that squishes and stretches.
Build an Earthquake-Resistant Structure
How will a structure made of marshmallows and toothpicks withstand an earthquake?
Build a Straw Bridge
How can you design a bridge out of straws that holds a lot of pennies?
Build a Roller Coaster
Make a roller coaster for a marble that has a loop, hill, and jump.
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What is Engineering?
Want to know what engineering is? Watch this video.
ScienceBuddies.org
Looking for inspiration for a science fair or engineering project?
Design Squad Global
Learn engineering with Design Squad Nation
Boeing Centennial
Resources including activities and interactive learning modules.
Seismic Shake-Up!
Design a structure that can survive an earthquake—then put it to the test!
Emergency Shelter
Design a shelter that’s sturdy and big enough to hold a person.
Helping Hand
Design a device that can grab something hard to reach.
A Leg to Stand On
Experience the art of prosthetics by constructing a lower leg.
Strength of Domes
Will an eggshell break under a stack of heavy books?
Hoop Glider
Can you craft a glider out of a straw and paper that will fly?
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Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day - Bring It Out
Watch what engineering means to to five female engineers.
Solar-Heated Water
How hot can you get water with a solar heater you design yourself?
Let's Make an Elastic Puppet
Make a puppet with fishing line and straws and test its elasticity.
Let Your Lights Glow
Use ornamental lights to build a circuit and make a glow stick.
Building Begins with a Beam
Can you engineer a foam beam that will support weight?
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The world needs more engineers!
Engineers are our problem solvers and affect how we all live.
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The Future of Tornado Resistant Technologies!
See how engineers are looking for ways to make our world safer from tornados.
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The Awesome Capabilities of Solar Power!
Learn how to unleash the power of the sun.
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What do Civil Engineers Do?
If you look around, civil engineering is everywhere!
The Power of Graphene
Conduct an electricity experiment using a newly discovered wonder material hiding in your pencil.
Curious George Sailboat
Make a toy boat out of recycled materials.
Curious George Pinwheel
Make your own pinwheel and see how fast it spins!
Spaceship to Mars
Construct a model of a framework for a spaceship to Mars.
Air Train
Design a futuristic transportation device that will carry the most passengers across the room the fastest.
Human Arch
Can you build an arch with humans--one that won't collapse?
Build a Better Boomerang
How can you improve the flight of a boomerang?
First you see it then you hear it
Play music with lasers.
Air-Powered Mini Rocket
How far can a model rocket fly on compressed air, if it's carrying 6 paper clips?
Slinky Science
What can a Slinky teach you about physics?
Wetlands: Nature's Water Filter
Can a stick of celery “clean” a glass of polluted water?
Shaky Skyscraper
How high can you build a skyscraper--on a wiggly, wobbly foundation?
Human Suspension Bridge
Create a bridge with your body.
Electromagnetic Fishing Pole
How can you make a fishing pole that can pick up paper clips without a fishing hook?
Dome Home
Make a model of a geodesic dome.
Air Push
Learn about air compression using a straw and a bag.
Exploration: Spaceship to Mars
Math MovesU
Learn math while having fun
Ice Cream Special
How do you make ice cream without a freezer or an ice cream maker?
Try Science
Test your engineering skills while playing games
Rocket Powered Ski Lift
Build an air rocket-powered gondola and propel your "passengers" up a ski lift.
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Eye to Eye, Tissue Engineering
Tune in to see if scientists can really grow body parts
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Sum of All Thrills
Watch three students explore roller coasters.
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Extreme Enough?
Watch three kids explore the engineering of skateboarding.
Grand Challenges for Engineering
Engineers make a world of difference
Engineer Your Life
Dream big, love what you do
CyberChase
Join the Cyberchase gang and learn engineering
MathCounts
Learn math while competing
Future City
Create your own city of the future
Try Engineering
One stop shopping for everything engineering
Engineer Girl
Girls explore engineering
Try Science
Test your engineering skills while playing games
Out of this World Fun
Play these NASA inspired games
Design Squad Contest
Recycle, re-engineer and win
Fin Fur Feather Bureau of Investigation
A detective story
Design a Mars Parachute
Interactive games to learn engineering
Questioneering
Prove your engineering knowledge with this trivia game
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IEEE-On the Shoulders of Giants
Electrical Engineers have changed our world
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IEEE-The Spirit of Innovation
Learn about engineers and their many contributions to society
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Design our Future, A Career in Engineering
Learn about engineering careers
Paper Recycling
Transform used paper into fresh paper you can write on.
An Egg-Citing Ride
How can you drop an egg without cracking it open?
Hold Your Water
How can you drop a cup of water without spilling it?
Oranges and Batteries
Can you get fruits and other objects to produce an electrical current that powers a lightbulb?
Friction in Action
Witness the science of objects in motion as they move on various surfaces.
Kinetic Sculpture
Design a sculpture that moves with the wind.
Build a Better Bunny Copter
Design a bunny copter to twirl fast.
Kicking Machine
Make a machine that kicks a ping-pong ball into a cup a foot away.
Leave it to Levers
Find out what lever length has to do with heavy lifting.
Clean it up
Try to make an effective water filtration system.
Sun Central
Build a solar oven and warm up a treat.
Shaky Ground
See what happens in an earthquake when a building is constructed on ground that can liquefy.
A Clever Way to Water
How can you keep a potted plant watered for a whole week with nobody around to do it?
Music To Our Ears
Design a musical instrument and make it happen!
Tunnel Meetup
Find the entrance of a tunnel without being able to see it.
Harmless Holder
Design a soda holder that won't harm wildlife or pollute!
Slip Sliding
Cardboard Column
Can you make a cardboard column strong enough to bear your own weight?
Soap Boat
Siphon Pump
Can you make water flow up a tube against gravity?
Sky Floater Challenge
Make a balloon hover at eye level, and then steer it around by creating air currents.
Paper Tower
What's the tallest tower you can build with just 2 sheets of newspaper?
Wind Farm
What makes a wind farm successful?
Product Dissection
Take a device apart—can you figure out how it works and put it back together?
Textbook Support Challenge
Can you work on time and on budget to design a paper structure that will hold up a textbook?
Build a Bridge
Build a bridge on schedule, within budget, and with limited materials.
Slime!!
Make your own slime, a squishy gel that's fun to play with.
Space Fitness
Create an exercise machine that keeps you fit in outer space!
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