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Elementary School:

Properties of Mixtures vs. Solutions: Mix It Up!
The Dirty Water Project: Design-Build-Test Your Own Water Filters
Potato Power
What Is Energy?
Engineering: Simple Machines

Middle School:

Paper Airplanes: Building, Testing, & Improving. Heads Up!
Water Bottle Rockets
Design a Parachute
Designing Bridges
Clay Boats

High School:

Design Step 1: Identify the Need
Fun Look at Material Science
Design Step 5: Construct a Prototype
Bernoulli's Principle
Triangles & Trusses

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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

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Elementary School:

Monumental Movements
Prodigious Printing Possibilities
Naturally Organized
Be “Cool” with Popsicle Engineering
Engineering a Habitat’s Humidity

Middle School:

Trebuchet Design & Build Challenge
Engineering the Perfect Gummy Candy
Design Air Racer Cars Using Tinkercad
Design and Test a Ping-Pong Paddle
Cooler Design Challenge

High School:

3D Printing, Computer Aided Design (CAD) and G-Code Basics
A Sweet Volume: Designing a Jumbo Chocolate Bar Using Polynomials
The Glow Show Slime Engineering Challenge
Design Your Own Nano-Polymer Smartphone Case
Exploring the Integumentary Systems of Animals

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July 2019 Editor's Pick

Spaghetti Bridges

Explore the world of civil engineering and become a bridge designer using a favorite food: spaghetti! In this activity, students play the role of civil engineers by making bridges out of spaghetti, and then test their designs by applying weight in order to see when they ...

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