Projects - Go Ahead And Try This At
Home!
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The main feature of Family Day is the numerous
hands-on and minds-on activities.
This page features selected project descriptions from past years to
be
tried at home or school.
Local Groups
The Power Of
Design - Change A Piece of Paper To Hold Thousands of Times Its Own
Weight
The DC Society of Professional Engineers invites you to hold up over 30
pounds with ONE sheet of paper and some tape.
ASHRAE presents balloon tug-of-war, hot snakes spiraling, and a
parachute that never falls:
Balloon Tug Of War - Are
You Stronger Than Air?
Hot Snake Spirals -
Description Snake Pattern PDF
Hover Chute -
Balancing The Forces Of Air and Gravity
Fun with water:
The Navy
presents Bouyancy, Cartesian Diver, and Flinker
Sun Central Activity -
National Building Museum
ZOOM Into Engineering
Egg Bungee Jump -
Save Your Egg From A Squishy Fate!
Keep-A-Cube - Help Me, I'm
Melting
Paper Bridge - Paper Made
Stronger!
More ZOOM Engineering
And Science Activities (PBSkids.org)
ZOOM
Projects ... Espanol, Francaise, auf Deutsch, ....
ZOOM translates into Arabic, English, French, Hindi, Malayalam,
Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, German, Chinese --
Sorry, NO Ubbi Dubbi!
Design Squad (ages 9-12)
Hidden Alarm
Kinetic
Sculpture
Pop Fly
Rubber
Band Car
Helping Hand - Build A
Grabber That Can Reach At Least Two Feet
More
Design Squad Activities (PBSkids.org)