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Exploring Baking Powder
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In this activity, learners examine baking powder, a combination of three powders: baking soda, cream of tartar, and cornstarch.
Design a Microexpression Zoetrope
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In this engineering design challenge, learners animate a facial expression and make a machine (zoetrope) that plays the animation back.
Paper Bridge
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In this engineering activity, challenge learners to construct a paper bridge that can support 100 pennies.
Dive into Design
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Based of the The Tech Challenge 2015, learners will engage in two mini-design challenges related to seismic engineering.
Two Button Buzzer Circuit
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In this activity, learners explore an everyday situation, where either of two or more buttons can ring a buzzer.
Design a Submarine
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Learners act as engineers and design mini submarines that move in the water like real submarines.
Super Golf Tower
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In this engineering activity, challenge learners to build a tower out of 10 sheets of newspaper and 3 feet of masking tape, which can hold a golf ball balancing at the top.
Exploring the Nanoworld with LEGO Bricks: Structures and Their Construction at the Nanoscale
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In this activity (pages 42-49), learners discover the methods and challenges of building nanoscale structures with macroscale equipment.
Parachute Design
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In this activity, learners design and build their own parachute using household materials with the goal of landing their passenger safely on a target.
Cupcake Delivery
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In this design challenge, learners will create wind-powered contraptions to transport a load, such as a cupcake or another small object, and test to see if they work.
Jump Into Design: Understanding the Design Process
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In this series of activities (page 5), students are introduced to the design process.
Brick Drop Challenge
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In this design challenge, leaners attempt to build a strong structure out of LEGO® bricks that can withstand a 4-foot drop.
Build a Bubble Circuit
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In this engineering design challenge, learners make a bubble maze that allows bubbles to move through a series of “on” and “off” switches.
Electric Messages: Then and Now
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In this activity, learners explore electronic communication, the Morse Code system, and advances all the way through text messaging. Learners build a simple circuit, send messages to one another.
Paper making: a craft and a chemical engineering major
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In this activity, learners explore the question "What is paper?" Learners discover the processes and materials required to make paper while experimenting with different recycled fibers and tools.
Exploring Tools: Mitten Challenge
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In this activity, learners build a LEGO® structure while wearing mittens. This activity shows learners how difficult it is to build small things when your tools are too big.
Linkages
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This design challenge is an open-ended exploration of linkages, a group of parts connected by hinges, and the types of motion they can create.
Micro Automata
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In this activity, learners build small animated toys that move.
Action Figure
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In this project, students explore how levers work, by making a puppet with moving limbs.
Build a Rocket - and a Launch Pad!
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In this activity, learners construct a rocket powered by the pressure generated from an effervescing antacid tablet reacting with water, and build a launch pad for their rocket.