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Design Challenge: Inflate a Balloon

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Design Challenge: Inflate a Balloon

Third Grade

Writing

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

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Design Challenge: Inflate a Balloon

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Design Challenge: Inflate a Balloon

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

Third Grade

Writing

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STEM Design Challenge Cards

Worksheet

STEM Design Challenge Cards

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

These STEM design challenge cards ask learners to build something new for a specific reason or purpose and are a great way to foster creative thinking.

Worksheet

STEM Design Challenge Cards

Worksheet

STEM Design Challenge Cards

These STEM design challenge cards ask learners to build something new for a specific reason or purpose and are a great way to foster creative thinking.

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Worksheet

Design and Build a City

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Design and Build a City

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

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Design and Build a City

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Design and Build a City

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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Design Challenge: Making a Parachute

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Design Challenge: Making a Parachute

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this design challenge, your child will create a parachute for a small toy using typical household items.

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Design Challenge: Making a Parachute

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Design Challenge: Making a Parachute

In this design challenge, your child will create a parachute for a small toy using typical household items.

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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Humpty Dumpty and Design Thinking

Lesson Plan

Humpty Dumpty and Design Thinking

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Transform the traditional egg drop experiment as you help students to engage in design thinking and develop empathy.

Lesson Plan

Humpty Dumpty and Design Thinking

Lesson Plan

Humpty Dumpty and Design Thinking

Transform the traditional egg drop experiment as you help students to engage in design thinking and develop empathy.

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Lesson Plan

Design Challenge: Making a Bottle Rocket

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Design Challenge: Making a Bottle Rocket

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this design challenge, your child will make a bottle rocket using typical household items.

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Design Challenge: Making a Bottle Rocket

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Design Challenge: Making a Bottle Rocket

In this design challenge, your child will make a bottle rocket using typical household items.

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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Design a Floating Cork Boat

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Design a Floating Cork Boat

Third Grade

Physical Science

Here's a great activity that uses corks and toothpicks to create a fleet of floating boats. Which design makes for the most seaworthy vessel?

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Design a Floating Cork Boat

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Design a Floating Cork Boat

Here's a great activity that uses corks and toothpicks to create a fleet of floating boats. Which design makes for the most seaworthy vessel?

Third Grade

Physical Science

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Design Challenge: Make a Rube Goldberg Machine

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Design Challenge: Make a Rube Goldberg Machine

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this hands-on design challenge your child will make their very own Rube Goldberg Machine.

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Design Challenge: Make a Rube Goldberg Machine

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Design Challenge: Make a Rube Goldberg Machine

In this hands-on design challenge your child will make their very own Rube Goldberg Machine.

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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Design Challenge: Improve the School

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Design Challenge: Improve the School

Fifth Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this open-ended activity, students will be given a small quantity of three types of materials and asked to design a prototype for “something that will improve the school.”

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Design Challenge: Improve the School

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Design Challenge: Improve the School

In this open-ended activity, students will be given a small quantity of three types of materials and asked to design a prototype for “something that will improve the school.”

Fifth Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats

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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats

First Grade

Reading

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats

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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

First Grade

Reading

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Design Challenge: Marble Labyrinths

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Design Challenge: Marble Labyrinths

First Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

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Design Challenge: Marble Labyrinths

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Design Challenge: Marble Labyrinths

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

First Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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Design Challenge: Egg Drop

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Design Challenge: Egg Drop

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.

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Design Challenge: Egg Drop

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Design Challenge: Egg Drop

In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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Design Challenge: Making a Solar Oven

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Design Challenge: Making a Solar Oven

Third Grade

Physical Science

In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!

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Design Challenge: Making a Solar Oven

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Design Challenge: Making a Solar Oven

In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!

Third Grade

Physical Science

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Design Challenge: Making a Water Slide

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Design Challenge: Making a Water Slide

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Have your child kick off their summer vacation by making a miniature water slide!

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Design Challenge: Making a Water Slide

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Design Challenge: Making a Water Slide

Have your child kick off their summer vacation by making a miniature water slide!

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this lesson, students will solve a design problem as they create a marble maze out of LEGO bricks.

In this lesson, students will solve a design problem as they create a marble maze out of LEGO bricks.

Fifth Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Engineering and Science Inquiry

This science fair project idea builds models of various types of bridges and then determines which bridge design is the strongest.

This science fair project idea builds models of various types of bridges and then determines which bridge design is the strongest.

Fifth Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

First Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Design a survival kit. Brainstorm various survival scenarios. Address basic human requirements and natural resources. Describe each tool as well uses.

Design a survival kit. Brainstorm various survival scenarios. Address basic human requirements and natural resources. Describe each tool as well uses.

Fourth Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Science fair project that examines albedo, and how this information is applied in the design of cars, sportswear, and other items. Which colors reflect light?

Science fair project that examines albedo, and how this information is applied in the design of cars, sportswear, and other items. Which colors reflect light?

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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The Mystery of the Missing Instructions

Lesson Plan

The Mystery of the Missing Instructions

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this lesson, students will solve a design problem and practice troubleshooting as they create a list of instructions for putting together a tent.

Lesson Plan

The Mystery of the Missing Instructions

Lesson Plan

The Mystery of the Missing Instructions

In this lesson, students will solve a design problem and practice troubleshooting as they create a list of instructions for putting together a tent.

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Lesson Plan

The Psychology of Feeling Watched

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The Psychology of Feeling Watched

Fourth Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

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The Psychology of Feeling Watched

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The Psychology of Feeling Watched

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

Fourth Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Engineering and Science Inquiry

This science research project challenges students to think of more effective lobster farming methods.

This science research project challenges students to think of more effective lobster farming methods.

Fifth Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Engineering and Science Inquiry

This activity challenges your student to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking to program multiple robots.

This activity challenges your student to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking to program multiple robots.

Fifth Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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The Wonderful World of Weeds

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The Wonderful World of Weeds

Fourth Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

This science project challenges students to learn about and classify weeds and discover new practical uses for weeds.

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The Wonderful World of Weeds

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The Wonderful World of Weeds

This science project challenges students to learn about and classify weeds and discover new practical uses for weeds.

Fourth Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Engineering and Science Inquiry

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot move in a pattern related to the sound and rhythm of music.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot move in a pattern related to the sound and rhythm of music.

Third Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Engineering and Science Inquiry

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

First Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.

In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.

Fourth Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Engineering and Science Inquiry

This science fair project idea develops an understanding through experimentation of which shapes are the most structurally strong.

This science fair project idea develops an understanding through experimentation of which shapes are the most structurally strong.

Fourth Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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Building Brick Challenge: Build the Eiffel Tower

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Building Brick Challenge: Build the Eiffel Tower

Fourth Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this activity, children will work on their mathematics and engineering skills as they attempt to recreate the Eiffel Tower out of building blocks!

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Building Brick Challenge: Build the Eiffel Tower

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Building Brick Challenge: Build the Eiffel Tower

In this activity, children will work on their mathematics and engineering skills as they attempt to recreate the Eiffel Tower out of building blocks!

Fourth Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Activity

Structure Building Challenge

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Structure Building Challenge

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Get your students to be builders and create structures with a variety of materials. Students will have the opportunity to be creative, cooperate in groups, and discuss their experience.

Lesson Plan

Structure Building Challenge

Lesson Plan

Structure Building Challenge

Get your students to be builders and create structures with a variety of materials. Students will have the opportunity to be creative, cooperate in groups, and discuss their experience.

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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