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In this activity, learners participate in a scavenger hunt, searching for and recognizing minerals and products that contain minerals.

free Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how musical instruments are engineered.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this lesson, learners develop a robot arm using common materials. Learners explore design, construction, and teamwork, as well as materials selection and use.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners work individually to assemble a product and then work in teams to design, construct, test, and redesign an assembly line process whose product must meet specific quality con

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners explore engineering package designs that meet the needs of safely shipping a product.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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Learners make their own paper. They start by shredding old newspaper, clean toilet paper, and clean paper towels.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how engineers have developed sorting systems which integrate into manufacturing and packaging processes. Learners explore how coins are made.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners explore sports engineering and advanced materials development.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners explore how engineers work in a team to solve problems.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners explore how engineers use scales and measures when designing a manufacturing process to ensure that final products are uniform in weight or count.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 2 to 4 hours
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Learners work in groups to build model cars from paper parts. First, each learner builds cars individually and the group times themselves.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the engineering and principles behind working elevators.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 2 to 4 hours
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Learners look at labels on items in the room to determine where each item was manufactured, then write about the item on an index card.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the engineering behind the conveyor belt and consider the impact this invention has had on transportation and the coordinated shipping and delivery of goods.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners explore the potential of interchangeable standard parts to create a large number of unique creations in different combinations.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners shred used paper, add water, and blend it into pulp. They then strain and roll the pulp out to make new paper.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 4 to 24 hours
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This is a quick game about self-assembly (page 2 of PDF under Self-Assembly Activity). Like the molecules of DNA, learners will self-assemble into a pattern by following a simple set of rules.

free Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes