Engineering

Acting as a “graphic designer” for a new, 2D video game, learners create icons or characters through pixel art. By designing the same icon or character in two different sizes, learners ensure the “game” can be played on phones (simplified images for smaller screens) and/or desktop computers (larger images for bigger screens).

Using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a provocation for learning, learners explore real-world robots that help protect the environment and are challenged to design a robot to clean-up trash from the schoolyard or a local  outdoor space. This activity can be done in-person or in a virtual setting.

Learners will use their knowledge of AI to ponder and form questions about the future of AI in the workplace and what role citizens could play in its development for daily use.

Learners will use their knowledge of AI and how facial filters work to explore the pros and cons of this rapidly advancing technology.

Dive into plate tectonics and learn how to build a structure that can withstand multiple levels of earthquakes!

Students design and build a structure that protects toy people from a hurricane.

What is science? In this activity, youth learn about the different ways of studying the world around us. They will use the scientific method to design and test an alka seltzer rocket.

In this workshop, students examine current and potential energy sources used for transportation, learn about fuel cell cars, explore the various types of fuels used in transportation and design their own vehicle.

Students are introduced to form and function of structures and then build a bridge given certain limitations.

Test different structures to see how strong they are!

Students use paper and build different shaped columns, test them for strength, and are then challenged to make 4 columns using only paper that will hold the most weight.

In this workshop, students learn about motion and how mechanisms are used to transform and transmit motion. Students will then use their creativity and imagination to design and build their own cardboard Automaton!

Create an anemometer out of paper cups and learn about windspeed.

Using simple materials, students are challenged to build a small beaver dam.

This activity is a design challenge to build a backscratcher.