Air-Powered Car (grades 2-6) (pdf):
Build a car and learn that moving air pushing against an object can make the object move.

Amazing Skyscrapers (grades 6-8):
Learn the building basics engineers and architects use to design some of the world’s largest skyscrapers.

American Society of Civil Engineers Paper Bridge:
Build the strongest bridge you can out of one piece of paper and up to five paperclips

American Society of Mechanical Engineers - King of the Hill:
In teams of two or alone, design and build a vehicle that will climb a hill, cross the crest, stop, and prevent your opponent from crossing in the opposite direction.

Machines and Tools (grades 5-6):
Experiments that fall under each of the following: Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation.

Sounds and Music (grades 3-4):
Experiments that fall under each of the following: Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation.

Bridges (grades 5-10):
Teams of four to six build a K'NEX bridge model that crosses the one-foot-wide (30.5 cm) Hometown River.

Cracking Dams (grades 3-5):
Explores dams, cracking, engineering, and simulation.

Daredevils of the Sky:
Experiment with the size, shape, angle of the wings, rudder position, and weight of a paper airplane.

How Does an Airplane Fly? (All ages) (pdf):
Conduct an extended experiment in which students change and test different flight conditions.

Leaning Tower:
Build a tower using only straws and modeling clay on a piece of heavy stock cardboard, which will be gradually tilted until the tower topples.

Lemon Battery Challenge (grades 3-8):
Calculate how many lemons it would take to run an electric car.

Moustrap (Middle school and up):
Create a vehicle and hold a team competition project.

National Engineers Week: Discover "E"

Redesign an Everyday Object:
Redesign an ordinary object to make it better.

Rocket Launch:
Study the design and flight of a model rocket.