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Working in teams of four, learners build tetrahedral kites following specific instructions and using specific materials.

In this activity, learners investigate the properties of different types of balls.

Engineer and cartoonist Rube Goldberg is famous for his crazy machines that accomplish everyday tasks in overly complicated ways.

Learners work with plastic sheeting, masking tape, and string to design the perfect material for plastic chair webbing, and then construct their webbing.

Each group of learners uses everyday materials, such as paper, toothpicks, and tape to design and construct a structure intended to support the weight of a cinder block for 30 seconds.

After a discussion about what a parachute is and how it works, learners create parachutes using different materials that they think will work best.