Engineering challenges

30+ engineering STEM challenges with simple materials. Kids can tinker with bridges, catapults, boats, and more using recycled and inexpensive materials.

Five engineering challenges for kids – with wooden clothespins, binder clips, and craft sticks! It’s a simple STEM activity that kids of all ages will love. Move over, expensive building sets! These simple materials were a huge hit with my boys. The first time we got them out, Owen (almost 7) spent well over an […]

Learn new tricks for domino chains with these awesome engineering challenges! There are 8 printable domino challenge cards which will inspire hours of fun!

Try one of these free engineering design challenges and engineering projects for high school students to use the engineering design process.

Students will love this STEM Challenge of making a balloon-powered car. Great STEM engineering projects for students.

Build a device with paper, tape, string, and paper clips to pick up a ping pong ball from a distance in this fun engineering lesson plan!

If your kids love engineering, they will love this fun engineering challenge that combines engineering in two ways, structural engineering and demolition engineering. In orange wrecking ball engineering challenge, I challenged my kids to come up with a system where an orange could knock some plastic cups over without them throwing it or rolling it.

Keep your kids engaged during indoor days with a paper fliers engineering challenge. The sky is the limit as they cut and create unique paper fliers.

2021 Science Buddies Engineering Challenge- Build the Tallest Paper Tower

Each year, I teach a simple machines unit. Each year, I try to figure out ways to integrate STEM ideas into the mix. This year, I wanted to find ways to engage my learners right away. Sometimes the simplest thing to do is grab simple items to create the perfect STEM project! The best part...you just need 4 simple supplies or less for the each challenge. The first challenge is to create a way to get the cup of cubes to the top of the table. This is all I gave them: Toilet paper tubes, a cup…

History STEM activities and challenges for the classroom ensure students have a hands-on way to learn history material of the world.

Kids will love this simple center of gravity activity! Make craft sticks balance in crazy ways by adding weights. Fun science!

These LEGO STEM activities are perfect for young builders and future engineers! Are you ready to dive into a world of imagination, innovation, and interlocking bricks? Our STEM LEGO Challenges are designed to spark creativity,

Bucket Tower. It even sounds silly. I never dreamed when we invented this challenge that it would become so popular. Except for Building Boats and Roller Coasters, this is the challenge that I get the most questions about. I promise this is what happened: I had a class prepared for a tower building challenge.

These are engineering design challenges we're using as STEM class lessons in Spring 2015. Links to additional resources for more are included too!

STEM Ferris Wheel Challenge is an amazing engineering projectfor upper elementary and middle school students. Teams create a dimensional turning two-sided- wheel that must be held aloft. Great Teamwork opportunity!

Discover some fascinating, no prep, STEM activities and challenges you can do with your students using paper! Engineering, math and science.

With this engineering game of building challenges for kids, you will learn about animals and the amazing houses they make, then build your own versions.

STEM Earthquake Challenge - students experiment on cardboard houses & different materials to create the best structure to withstand a simulated earthquake.

I have to give credit to my practicum supervisor for this one (as I am sure I will be doing a lot over the next few months as I continue on in my practicum course). Every Monday when I am at my si…