1st - 3rd Grade Engineering Design Activities

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

In this design challenge, your child will create a parachute for a small toy using typical household items.

In this hands-on design challenge your child will make their very own Rube Goldberg Machine.

In this design challenge, your child will make a bottle rocket using typical household items.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

In this activity, your student will be invited to build a chair out of building blocks that is designed to meet the specific size and shape of a small doll or toy figure.

Have your child kick off their summer vacation by making a miniature water slide!

In this activity, students will think about the form and function of household objects as they compare and contrast kitchen serving spoons of various sizes and designs.