In hands-on building activities, students engage in a design challenge to build something fun and learn about iteration, teamwork, and navigating engineering constraints.
“Marshmallow Tower” is part of the Design Activities resource, which compiles activities that students can use to practice and reflect on design processes. In “Marshmallow Tower”, students will work in teams to create the tallest freestanding tower out of dry spaghetti noodles and duct tape to support a jumbo marshmallow at the top.
Subject area: Capturing data, Data visualization, Teamwork
Activity type: Hands-on build
“Oreo Tower” is part of the Design Activities resource, which compiles activities that students can use to practice and reflect on design processes. In “Oreo Tower”, students will work in teams to create the tallest freestanding tower out of Oreo cookies.
Subject area: Capturing data, Data visualization, Teamwork
Activity type: Hands-on build
“Balloon Car” is part of the Design Activities resource, which compiles activities that students can use to practice and reflect on design processes. In “Balloon Car”, students will work in teams to create, iterate, and test a balloon-powered vehicle.
Subject area: Capturing data, Data visualization, Teamwork
Activity type: Hands-on build
“Soccer World Cup” is part of the Design Activities resource, which compiles activities that students can use to practice and reflect on design processes. In “Soccer World Cup, students will work in teams to make a device to score a ping-pong "soccer" goal.
Subject area: Capturing data, Data visualization, Teamwork
Activity type: Hands-on build