Search Results
Showing results 201 to 220 of 411
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-004-457.jpg?itok=l7z_FyiQ)
Is it a Fair Game?
Source Institutions
In this math activity, learners play two versions of a card game and decide what makes a game fair. Learners also practice addition and subtraction skills.
Race to the Dollar
Source Institutions
In this math activity, learners play a card game to practice adding coins quickly, just like a banker. First, learners create coin cards. Next, the cards are dealt to each player.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-004-494.gif?itok=-2gJLmsw)
Garden Poles
Source Institutions
In this activity, learners build large-scale structures and cantilevers in a series of "building out" challenges with garden poles and tape.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-005-282.jpg?itok=Re_XvRr6)
Sustainable Fishing
Source Institutions
In this activity, learners use a model for how fishing affects marine life populations, and will construct explanations for one of the reasons why fish populations are declining.
Build a Borneo Glider
Source Institutions
In this inquiry-based activity, learners investigate the basic forces of flight as they construct their own paper glider that represents a rainforest creature from Borneo (large, tropical island in So
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-004-052.jpg?itok=Zwftbs9Y)
Robot Basketball
Source Institutions
In this activity, learners explore accuracy and precision.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-005-241.jpg?itok=1CnItDLW)
Nano Latch-n-Catch
Source Institutions
In this activity, learners design a therapeutic agent to image and/or cure various diseases in the respiratory system.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-004-046.jpg?itok=_6E4X_dr)
Pendulum Time
Source Institutions
In this activity, learners explore how the pendulum has been a reliable way to keep time for centuries.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-003-984.jpg?itok=x8f6r_R3)
Chair Lift Challenge
Source Institutions
In this activity, learners explore the unique challenges in transportation engineering, such as devising a method for skiers or hikers to get to the top of a mountain.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-003-774.jpg?itok=0i3zKk1T)
Mountain Man Measurement Rendezvous
Source Institutions
In this math lesson, learners participate in several activities where they apply measurement skills.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-003-953.png?itok=9CzBtMB9)
Tall Tower Challenge
Source Institutions
In this activity, learners explore the design of tall structures such as skyscrapers and telecommunication towers.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-001-416.gif?itok=uNvIrPFs)
Build a Band
Source Institutions
In this design challenge activity, learners build a four-stringed instrument that can play a tune.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-001-402.jpg?itok=VdFL1_8B)
Life in the Sidewalk Cracks
Source Institutions
In this activity, learners compare plant and animal life in different habitats including a sidewalk crack and lawn. Learners sort human-made materials and natural materials found in each habitat.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-004-553.png?itok=kSMXqa3q)
The Power of Togetherness
Source Institutions
In this activity about human anatomy (page 16 of PDF), learners construct a model arm and discover how muscles and bones work together to achieve efficient movement.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-001-465.gif?itok=s_zYW3nI)
Pop! Rocket Launcher
Source Institutions
In this activity, learners construct a simple air pressure launcher for paper rockets.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-004-520.gif?itok=were7ND4)
Differing Densities: Fresh and Salt Water
Source Institutions
In this activity, learners visualize the differences in water density and relate this to the potential consequences of increased glacial melting.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-004-246.jpg?itok=P9ocDOKd)
Cranking Bird
Source Institutions
In this activity, learners build a mini crank machine to make a bird "fly." This engineering activity introduces learners to automata, rotational motion, cranks and cams.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-001-471.gif?itok=QylrY480)
Investigating Ice Worlds
Source Institutions
In this activity about the solar system, learners use various light sources to examine ice with different components to understand how NASA studies planets and moons from space.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-003-951.jpg?itok=O-70ndWR)
Temperature Tactics
Source Institutions
In this activity, learners explore the devices used over time to measure changes in temperature.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_100/public/resource_images/smile-000-000-001-459.gif?itok=UsTZvXn4)
Launch Altitude Tracker
Source Institutions
In this activity, learners construct hand-held altitude trackers. The device is a sighting tube with a marked water level that permits measurement of the inclination of the tube.