Elementary School:
- Engineering: Simple Machines
- Powerful Pulleys
- Water Cycle
- Creating an Electromagnet
- Do Different Colors Absorb Heat Better?
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:
- Lens to Equality: DIY Microscope Challenge
- 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
Middle School:
High School:
- Preventing Microplastics from Getting into Humans
- Neural Engineering in Action: Exploring Muscle Movement Through Data and Design
- Visualizing Neural Signals: Interpreting Data to Understand Movement
- Collaborative Data Analysis: Building a Virtual Lab With Python
- Decoding Muscle Movement: Analyzing Neuromuscular Signals With EMG
July 2025 Editor's Pick
Roll ‘n’ Roller Coaster
Roller coasters are one of the most thrilling ways to feel engineering in action! In this activity, students act as mechanical, civil, and structural engineers as they design and build a roller coaster with their teammates that allows a table tennis ball to roll through ...