Pbs Kids: Design Squad Game: Fidgit Power

Hands-on challenge to design and build a paddle boat that moves across water using a rubber band as its power source. Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to design, build, test, and redesign it if necessary. Activity...

Hands-on challenge to add a jet-propulsion system such as a balloon to a Sky Glider blimp so it flies straight and far under its own power. Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to build, test, and redesign it if necessary....

Can you build a rubber band-powered, paddle boat that paddles across the water? Give this a try and have a paddle race with a friend.

Make your own 2-wheel, air-power cars and race them or play games with them. Balloons and straws are them main components.

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?

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

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!

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

Use a balloon to build an air-powered rocket and launch it to see if you can hit a target.

Make discs hover on the table and play air hockey or other games. Just gather materials including balloons, Cds or DVDs, straws, foam packing, and barbeque skewers and follow the directions.