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Caution! Wildlife Crossing
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In this design challenge, learners use their creativity and imagination to design and test a wildlife crossing for their favorite animal.
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.
Tops
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In this activity, learners discover that some things only stand up while they are spinning.
Our Sense of Sight: Color Vision
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In this activity, learners investigate color vision as well as plan and conduct their own experiments.
Two Washers
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In this activity, learners create a mind and math puzzle that requires a three-dimensional solution.
Making a One-Second Timer
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This lab activity has learners create a pendulum with a one-second period.
Boomerang
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Learners trace, cut out and fly a boomerang, outdoors or in a large indoor space.
Matraca
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In this activity, learners create a traditional Mexican noisemaker (a matraca) using cardboard, craft sticks, and a wooden dowel.
Landing the Rover
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In this team design challenge (page 19-24 of PDF), learners "land" a model Lunar Rover in a model Landing Pod (both previously built in activities #3 and #4 in PDF).
Gumdrop Dome
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In this activity (located on pages 23-24 of the PDF), learners are introduced to structural engineering and encouraged to practice goal-oriented building.
Egg Drop
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In this activity, learners will design a protective package for an egg that will allow the egg to withstand a fall without cracking.
Build Your Own Robot Arm
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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.
Geometry: Let's Face It
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In this math lesson, learners identify, describe, and construct the five regular polyhedra.
Whirling Windmills
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In this activity, learners are challenged to design and construct a windmill to harness the power of wind.
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.
Construction and Destruction
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In this three/four-day lesson, learners calculate perimeters and areas and draw the castle plan to scale.
Helicopter Twirl
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Learners cut and fold a paper helicopter from the template in this PDF. They practice twirling the helicopter and observe what happens as they modify their tries.
Animal House
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The goal of this activity is to design, build and test a house or toy for an animal.
Life Size: What's in a microbe?
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In this activity on page 3 of the PDF, learners visualize the relative size and structural differences between microbes that have the potential to cause disease.
Clean Water: Is It Drinkable?
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In this activity, learners simulate nature's water filtration system by devising a system that will filter out both visible and invisible pollutants from water.