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WOW!! I have spent the last few days on TeachEngineering and I am SO impressed. I can't wait to use these activities with my 5th-8th graders. THANKS!!

- Grades 5-8 teacher

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Middle School:

Paper Airplanes: Building, Testing, & Improving. Heads Up!
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High School:

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Elementary School:

Fairy Tale Engineering: How to Survive the Huff and Puff
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Middle School:

Exploring Sediment Transport and Bayou Design Solutions
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High School:

Decreasing the Life Cycle Energy of Buildings
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Students will use what they have learned about animal survival and habitation to design and build their own “animals.” Students will be assigned a particular habitat and asked to determine what physical features would best help a living creature survive in that ...

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