This site from the National Aeornautics and Space Administration provides an interesting activity with a relief map and its correlation with space. "Wouldn't it be fun to make your own miniature world, complete with mountains, valleys,...

Learn about process analysis, writing procedurals texts, the steps of the writing process, and cause and effect in this unit. Also, examine patterns of organization in writing. A handy chart shows common organizational patterns which...

Genius Hour is inquiry-based, student-directed learning. It gives students an opportunity to look at the big wide world around them and explore their own unique interests in a loosely structured, but supported way. This article gives...

This challenge requires you to design and build a device that can pass above a surface and detect magnetic fields.

This challenge is to design and build a headphone system to hear a musical instrument (real or homemade) better. Can you do it?

This challenge is to design and build a tool that can take a core sample from the center of a potato. Are you up to it?

Can you build a blimp that hovers, and then modify it to use balloon power to travel in a straight path across the room? Try it!

Your job is to design and build a ping-pong carrier and send it down a zip line in 4 seconds or less. Are you up to the task?

Can you make a balloon hover in one spot and move without you touching it when you create air currents? Give it a try!

Your challenge is to design and build a rubber band-powered car that can crawl across the floor like a moon rover travels across the moon. Are you up to the challenge?

This challenge requires you to modify a paper cup so it can zip down a line and drop a marble onto a target.

Can you build a battery-operated, spinning motor-powered arm that can move ping pong balls across the room? Take the challenge!

In this challenge, you will build a machine that can send a ball (golf or ping pong) at least 12 inches.

Can you design and build a device that will let you grab and drop objects from at least two feet away? Give it a try!

This challenge is to design and build a crane and determine how heavy a load it can lift.

This challenge is to build a dance pad that sounds a buzzer or flashes a light when you dance on it.

This challenge is to build a four-stringed musical instrument that can play a tune on different pitches.

It's your job to design, build, and test a landing module that will provide a safe touchdown for your astronauts (marshmallows). Can you do it?

Take this challenge to design and build a rubber band-powered car and watch it go.

Can you design and build a robotic arm that can lift a cup off the table? Check this out and see!

Design a way to launch ping pong balls high into the air, test it, and make changes if needed.

Design and build a small alarm that is easily hidden. Think of places you would like to hide an alarm.

Design and construct an environmentally safe holder for a six-pack of cans that is sturdy and easy to carry.

Show your creativity by designing and building a device that will launch confetti to your target!