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From Here to There
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In this water activity, learners discover ways to move water across the water table.
Hoop Glider
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In this activity, learners engineer a flying glider using paper hoops and a drinking straw.
Achieving Orbit
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In this Engineering Design Challenge activity, learners will use balloons to investigate how a multi-stage rocket, like that used in the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission, can propel a sat
Rippin' Rockets
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In this activity, learners work in pairs to conduct a series of experiments using a balloon, drinking straw, and paper.
Rockets Away!
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In this activity, learners work in teams to construct and test fly drinking straw rockets. Learners explore how changing the rockets' fins affect flight distance.
The Best Dam Simulation Ever
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This online simulation game explores the different consequences of water levels on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest.
Make and Fly a Helicopter
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Learners follow the template to build and fly a paper helicopter.
Float Your Boat
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In this physics activity, learners will explore buoyancy.
Puff Mobile
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In this engineering activity, challenge learners to design a car using only 3 straws, 4 Lifesavers™, 1 piece of paper, 2 paper clips, tape, and scissors.
Convection Demonstration
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In this quick activity (located on page 2 of the PDF under GPS: Balloon Fiesta Activity), learners will see the effects of convection and understand what makes hot air balloons rise.
Film Canister Rocket
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In this activity, learners construct and launch rockets using simple materials and their understanding of chemical reactions.
Design a Submarine
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Learners act as engineers and design mini submarines that move in the water like real submarines.
Spool Racer
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In this physics activity, challenge learners to make a rubber band-powered spool racer. Demonstrate principles of motion as well as potential and kinetic energy.
Build a Raft
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In this activity, learners explore density and buoyancy as they design and construct rafts.
Squeeze the Stream
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In this activity related to flight, learners build a tiny stream channel to investigate how fluids (air and water) change speed as they flow between and around objects.
Make a Model of a Home Made From Shipping Containers
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In this activity, learners watch a video to learn about a couple who built a home out of shipping containers in Brooklyn, New York.
Round & Round
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In this activity, learners make and test fly paper helicopters. Learners use templates to create paper helicopters and then take take turns flying them in the air.
Family Flyers
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In this activity, learners work in teams to build and test paper airplanes. Learners try to fly their airplanes directly on the runway and earn points for accuracy.
Can Car
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In this physics activity, challenge learners to make a race-car out of a coffee can and rubber band. Demonstrate motion, forces, kinetic and potential energy and friction.