Technology & Engineering

In this challenge activity discover how one piece of paper can go a long way. It's time to think outside the box!

Try your hand at building a “super coaster” using materials around your home.

Explore the forces of gravity and buoyancy while designing a raft to hold the most weight possible.

Students will learn about the properties of sound as they design, test and build a musical instrument.

Students work collaboratively to design and build a boot tread that will use friction to prevent slipping on an incline.

Students work collaboratively to design and build a device that uses simple machines to launch ping-pong balls.

Students will work collaboratively to design and build a structure that will protect a seed from the elements.

Students will work collaboratively to design and build a device that is able to sort seeds by size.

Students will work collaboratively to design and build a sifter that separates soil according to particle size.

Students will design and build a model apartment building and learn how buildings such as these can be a solution for suburban sprawl.

Students will work collaboratively to design and build models of seeds that can travel as far as possible.

Students will work collaboratively to design and build a simple irrigation system that transports water to at least two plants from one source without leaking.

In 2013, many Europeans learned their beef lasagnas were actually made of horse meat. Learn about food fraud, and how a Canadian invention can help detect it.

The human eye lets us see the world by sending impulses to our nervous system. In many ways, it is very similar to other optical devices, including cameras.

If an asteroid were to hit the Earth it could be disastrous. Here are some ways we could protect ourselves.