Discover what engineering has to offer you. Read FAQs about this field, explore some engineering careers, or read some case studies to find out about how it relates to science, technology, and math.

A biography of John Ericsson, a man who invented in three countries over most of a century. He invented an early locomotive, a hot-air engine, screw propeller, and the Monitor, which was used in the Civil War. This is a transcript of an...

History Questions: Ancient Roman Engineering Quiz, Test, and WebQuest

An audio commentary and transcript discussing the life of British explorer, Martin Frobisher. Focuses on Frobisher's search for gold and how this search led him to the discovery of the Northwest Passage through the Arctic.

A discussion of the life and achievements of Canadian inventor, Alexander Graham Bell. Focuses on the two fascinations that marked Bell's whole life: his concern for the deaf and for flight, and the inventions that resulted. This is a...

A brief biography of Jan Matzeliger, an African-American inventor who revolutionized the shoe manufacturing industry. Read about his early troubles and how he graciously lived his life. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio...

Can you muffle the sound of a jingle bell using a variety of Christmas-themed items? Explore your sense of hearing in this simple activity. Includes a video of Gemini astronauts playing Jingle Bells while in space in 1965. [1:22]

Excellent site where students are challenged to read several case studies and make choices about what they would do in the situation. After they choose they are presented with some of the consequences that their decision may produce in...

For this lesson, students use the engineering design process to create a home for ants where they can be observed for one day.

A lesson where students make a large spider web using yarn, and a spider out of pipe cleaners and yarn.

This site has lists of the properties of Exponential Functions.

Transform an old musical greeting card into a surprise for your friend.

Follow the directions to build a lunchbox that will keep a frozen treat from melting.

Can you run a stick through a balloon without popping it? See if you can make this un-poppable ballon?

Find website allows you to get step-by-step walking or driving directions to your destination and to avoid traffic with optimized routes. It will also give you information about hotels, food, gas, shopping, etc. along the route or nearby.

Join Jacob on the Nova Zembla Expedition, and help him use suitable materials for building his house.

Examine surface tension by floating an index card that has been cut into a boat shape on water, then dropping liquid soap near the "engine" section of the index card.