Lessons

Build a Nest

In this lesson, children will use their engineering skills with loose parts to create nests to hold their eggs.

Building a Boat

In this lesson, children will design, build and test their own boats.

Building a Sturdy House 

In this lesson, children will build houses strong enough to stand up to the huffing and puffing of the "big bad wolf."

Building Bridges

In this lesson, children will use a variety of open-ended materials to create engineering designs of bridges and then construct and test their designs.

Dandelion Magic

In this lesson, young children will learn about STEM concepts such as velocity, speed and wind as they blow on dandelion puffs to disperse the seeds.

Designing Foil People

In this lesson, children will create foil people as they learn design and building techniques.

Designing Paper Airplanes

In this lesson, children will plan, create and test paper airplanes using an engineering-design inquiry process.

Discovering Design With a Skyscraper Challenge

In this lesson, children will learn that designing a skyscraper involves choosing the best materials and arranging them in the best way to keep the structure stable as it grows taller and taller.

Easy Pipe-Cleaner Tower Challenge

In this lesson, children will take the Pipe Cleaner Tower Challenge and compete to see who can build the tallest freestanding tower with 15 pipe cleaners.

Friends Across the River

In this lesson, children will work together to cross the flooding river as it grows wider and wider.

HEXBUG Maze Design

In this lesson, the children will observe different HEXBUGS to predict how they might move through a block maze.

If I Built a House

In this lesson, children will use a variety of open-ended materials to create engineering designs of houses and then construct and test their designs.

Lifting With Levers

In this lesson children will experiment with a simple lever setup to see if they can lift a heavy object off of the floor with just one finger.

Marble Maze

In this lesson, children will design, create and test out a marble maze.

Measuring With LEGO Bricks

In this lesson, the children will make predictions and use LEGO bricks to measure objects in their environment.

Playing With Pulleys

In this lesson, children will explore simple machines while experimenting with using a pulley to lift objects.

Sink-the-Egg Challenge

In this lesson, children will conduct their own science experiments to figure out what will sink and what will float.

Tabletop Bubble Exploration

In this lesson, children will learn how to make their own bubble solution and conduct scientific investigations through bubble play.