Resource Center
Education Item
Using Museum Experiences to Inform Marble Ramp Design
Youth explore hands-on museum exhibits to learn about force and motion and then apply their scientific knowledge as they engineer their own marble ramps.
Education Item
Designing Enrichment Toys for Zoo Animals
Engineers design solutions to specific, real-world problems. Sometimes these solutions involve a specific client or need. Here, youth design a toy to engage a particular zoo animal in play.
Education Item
Iteration with Balloon-Powered Vehicle
Engineers test their designs to see how well they work. Then they use their observations and data to test their design, then test it again. The educator in this video explains how to test balloon-powered cars and encourages youth to improve their designs.
Education Item
What is a Community of Practice?
The community of practice introduces participants to the Practices for an Engineering Mindset.
Design a Roller Coaster
Use your engineering skills to design and create a “loop-de-loop“ roller coaster that will take a marble for a ride.
Make Your Own Water Filter
Practice using the engineering design process to design, build and test a water filter.
Wind Tunnel
Use the engineering design process to design, test and redesign aerodynamic contraptions in a wind tunnel.
Egg Drop Activity
Use the engineering design process to design and build a package that will keep an egg from breaking.
Building for the Big One
Design a structure that can withstand the shaking of an earthquake and work as a team of scientists and engineers.