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Acting as engineering teams, students take measurements and make calculations to determine the specific strength of various alloys and then report…

Acting as if they are biomedical engineers, students design and print 3D prototypes of pressure sensors that measure the pressure of the eyes of…

Students design, build and test prosthetic legs.

Students visit second- and fourth-grade classes to measure the heights of older students using large building blocks as a non-standard unit of…

Students experience the engineering design process as they design and build accurate and precise catapults using common materials. They use their…

Students explore the physics exploited by engineers in designing today's roller coasters, including potential and kinetic energy, friction and…

Students investigate passive solar building design with a focus solely on heating. They learn how insulation, window placement, thermal mass, surface…

Students design and build flashlights while learning about circuits.

Students build small-sized prototypes of mountain rescue litters—rescue baskets for use in hard-to-get-to places, such as mountainous terrain—to…

Following the steps of the engineering design process and acting as biomedical engineers, student teams use everyday materials to design and develop…

Based on their experience exploring the Mars rover Curiosity and learning about what engineers must go through to develop a vehicle like Curiosity…

At this point in the unit, students have learned about Pascal's law, Archimedes' principle, Bernoulli's principle, and why above-ground storage tanks…

Students explore characteristics that define climatic regions. They learn how tropical, desert, coastal and alpine climates result in different…

Students explore the concept of biodegradability by building and observing model landfills to test the decomposition of samples of everyday garbage…

Students build anemometers and use them to calculate wind speed.

Students are introduced to the classification of animals and animal interactions. Students also use the associated activities to learn why engineers…

Students examine how the power output of a photovoltaic (PV) solar panel is affected by temperature changes. Using a 100-watt lamp and a small PV…

Students learn about water poverty and how water engineers can develop appropriate solutions to a problem that is plaguing nearly a sixth of the…

Student groups are given a set of materials: cardboard, insulating materials, aluminum foil and Plexiglas, and challenged to build solar ovens. The…

This unit on nanoparticles engages students with a hypothetical Grand Challenge Question that asks about the skin cancer risk for someone living in…