Engineering Websites & Activities for Kids & Students

From site:  Explore large structures and what it takes to build them with BUILDING BIG™, a five-part PBS television series and Web site from WGBH Boston....

From site: This interactive 3D simulation allows students to work on the development of a piece of virtual machinery, capable of launching giant paintballs into the air. Using...

Design Squad is a website for K-12 students designed to spark interest and knowledge of engineering and the design process. It is based on the PBS television series. The website...

From site: eGFI is for everyone! From the interactive website to the colorful and inspiring print and digital magazine, there is something for everyone--students, K-12 teachers and informal...

From site: The Engineering Design Challenges Program connects students in their classrooms with the challenges faced by NASA engineers as they design the next generation of space vehicles, habitats...

engNRICH offers several mathematical engineering problems for solution by students ages 14-19. There are more than 25 problems in the areas of dynamics, structural engineering, digital circuits and logic, decisions,...

From site: If you've ever wondered how things are made - products like candy, cars, airplanes, or bottles - or if you've been interested in manufacturing processes, like forging,...

iRobot SPARK - Starter Programs for the Advancement of Robotics Knowledge offers activities for kids and lessons for teachers that use science, technology, engineering and math to construct robots....

From site: Find out what robot designers are learning from ants, cockroaches, and other simple life-forms and how the knowledge gleaned from these creatures' natural adaptations to their...

Build robots to do your chores. You need to select the correct parts and energy source for each robot and task. Your robots will take out the...