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Chair Lift Challenge
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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.
Dispenser Designs
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In this activity, learners explore how engineers work in a team to solve problems.
Temperature Tactics
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In this activity, learners explore the devices used over time to measure changes in temperature.
Using Ohm's Law to Build a Voltage Divider
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In this activity, learners apply Ohm’s Law to construct voltage divider circuits. Learners discover how to read resistor codes and calculate resistor values.
A Question of Balance
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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.
Wandering Wands
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In this activity, learners construct wands that play different notes depending on information from light sensors programmed via a PICO Cricket.
Program a Friend
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In this activity (on page 2), one person "programs" the other like a robot to move through a space, trying to get them to avoid obstacles and reach a goal.
High Rise
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In this design challenge activity, learners build a tower that can support a tennis ball at least 18 inches off the ground while withstanding the wind from a fan.
Cylinders and Scale
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In this activity, learners investigate the relative growth of lengths, areas, and volumes as cylinders are scaled up.
Design a Submarine
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Learners act as engineers and design mini submarines that move in the water like real submarines.
Can Energy be Created or Destroyed?
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In this activity, learners explore conservation of energy by experimenting with a solar cell light device.
Personal Pinhole Theater
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Have you ever heard of a camera without a lens? In this activity, learners create a pinhole camera out of simple materials. They'll see the world in a whole new way: upside down and backwards!
Pollution Patrol
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In this activity, learners explore how engineers design devices that can detect the presence of pollutants in the air.
Heart of the Matter
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In this activity, learners explore the concept of valve operation and how engineers have adapted valves for use in mechanical heart valve design.
Smooth Operator
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In this activity, learners explore surgical instrument design. Teams of learners construct surgical instruments from everyday materials.
Stack 'Em Up
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In this simple and fun activity, learners build a tower of cups to explore distribution of weight. Learners make predictions about their towers and test their designs.
Sticky Structures
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In this engineering/design/arts and crafts activity, learners design and build "platforms" or "bridges" that can hold weight, and test which glue makes the strongest structure.
Out of Sight: Remote Vehicle Activity
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In this robotics activity, learners drive a remote-controlled car through a course to learn the challenges faced while trying to operate a planetary rover.
A Simple Escapement Mechanism
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In this activity, learners build a simple mechanism that regulates the "escape" of energy released by a falling weight by portioning it into discrete amounts.
No bones about it!
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This is an activity (located on page 3 of the PDF) about the mixture of materials in bone and how they affect its strength.