Elementary School:
- Powerful Pulleys
- Engineering: Simple Machines
- The Dirty Water Project: Design-Build-Test Your Own Water Filters
- Creating an Electromagnet
- Renewable Energy
I was able to lead my students through the steps of the design process. One of the most powerful lessons they learned was that no idea should be discarded because it seemed silly or impossible.
- 5th grade teacher, Longmont, CO
Elementary School:
Middle School:
July 2024 Editor's Pick
The Strongest Strongholds
Students work together in small groups, while competing with other teams, to explore the engineering design process through a tower building challenge. They are given a set of design constraints and then conduct online research to learn basic tower-building concepts. ...