Elementary School:
- Engineering: Simple Machines
- Powerful Pulleys
- Creating an Electromagnet
- The Dirty Water Project: Design-Build-Test Your Own Water Filters
- Potato Power
I was able to lead my students through the steps of the design process. One of the most powerful lessons they learned was that no idea should be discarded because it seemed silly or impossible.
- 5th grade teacher, Longmont, CO
Elementary School:
- The Lost Explorer: Making Cyanotype Print Maps
- How Sweet Are You? Engineering Smarter Solutions for Diabetes with Data-Driven AI
- Brain Power: Exploring Reaction Time and Building Your Own Helmet
- Unraveling Rising Sea Levels: Exploring Density Through Mixtures and Solutions
- Bright Ideas: Exploring Light Reflection and Sun Safety With Micro:Bits
Middle School:
High School:
- NeuroMaze: Mapping Neural Pathways Through Robotic Navigation of a Simple Maze
- Measuring Muscle Biopotential Signals Using EMG Sensors During Exercise
- Drop the Ball: Learning About Material Physics, Motion, and Quadratics Through Sport Design
- Investigations With Nitinol: The Metal With Shape Memory!
- Translating Human EMG Signal Readings to Robot Movements
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Safe Drinking Water
Students engage in hands-on activities that provide an opportunity to learn about biological and environmental engineering. Students learn about perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and how to remove them from drinking water. Students are given water ...