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Lesson: Pop Fly!
In this lesson, students in grades 3 - 12 will explore the engineering design process by building a device that can launch a ping-pong ball high enough for them to catch it.
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Activity: Robot Basketball
In this activity, students in grades 5 to 12 learn about accuracy, precision, and simple machines by working in teams to design and build a robotic basketball "player" that can nail a free-throw shot...
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What Are Gears?
In this activity, students in grades 4 to 8 use LEGO spur gears to learn about different types of gears and how they are used in many engineering devices, including bicycles, to change the speed,...
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Target Practice: Pumpkin Launcher
Students in grades 1 to 6 follow the engineering design process to build and test a catapult that launches projectiles, such as marshmallow "pumpkins." They then make changes to improve their...
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Playful STEM: OK Go Sandbox
OK Go is a wildly popular band that "likes to make stuff." AnnMarie Thomas, a University of St. Thomas engineering educator and amateur circus aerialist, likes to make stuff, too. Put them together and...
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Build a Kicking Machine
Students in grades 4 to 9 learn about projectile motion by designing, building, and testing a machine that can kick a Ping-Pong ball into a cup lying on its side 12 inches away.
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Wheeling It In
In this open-ended design activity, students in grades 3 to 5 use everyday materials such as water bottles and straws to build small-scale transportation devices that incorporate two simple machines: a...
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