Reverse Engineer Bandages

Reverse engineering bandages involves looking at the structure and function of a variety of kinds of bandages. The challenge is to design a waterproof bandage that will cover and seal a wound on the knuckle of your finger.             Reverse Engineer Bandages Handout (pdf) Reverse Engineer Bandages Handout (Word –…

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Reverse Engineer Ziploc Bag

Reverse Engineer Sealable Bags Have you ever taken a close look at sealable plastic bags? Let’s reverse engineer how these bags actually work. Then, have students design a sealing mechanism for a file folder.           Ziploc Bag Handout (pdf)   Ziploc Bag Handout (Word – in case you want to edit…

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Cold Bag Engineering

Reverse Engineer a Cold Bag – the bags used to keep your food cold when you are transporting groceries from the store to your home on a hot day.               Cold Bag Engineering (pdf) Cold Bag Engineering (Word – in case you want to edit the document)

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STEM Night Stations

The STEMAZing Project Cultivating STEM Minds

Looking for ways to engage families for STEM or Math Nights? We recommend using these stations but with students facilitating the learning experiences! In preparation for STEM night, have students master the art of facilitating one of the stations and learn the “What the heck?’ explanation. Then, set students up in 45 minute to 1…

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Wind Turbine Design Challenge

            For the wind turbine design challenge, the following materials were used. Click to visit suppliers of equipment unless store is noted. KidWind Basic Turbine Building Parts 1″ PVC coupler (hardware store) Duct Tape (dollar store) Glue Guns (99 Cents Only Store) Solo cups with grips (Walmart) 7″ Jumbo Craft…

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