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Subject: Engineering & Technology/Design & Tinkering

Science activity to create a toy that sounds like a swarm of buzzing bees
Bee Hummer
Make a stick, rubber band, and index card sound like a swarm of bees.
Science activity that experiments with rocket designs and a PVC launcher
Bottle Blast Off
Ready for liftoff? Build your own rocket launcher!
Science activity to build a rubber-band-powered rolling plastic water bottle
Bottle Racer
Here’s a new “spin” on an old toy.
Science activity to build a musical instrument that uses vibrations
Coffee-Can Cuíca
Make a homemade version of a traditional instrument.
Science activity that uses a coil of wire, a paper cup and a magnet to create a radio speaker
Cup Speaker
Make a speaker that turns changing electric current into sound.
Science activity that demonstrates how differently shaped ears affect your hearing
Designer Ears
Make “better” ears!
Science activity that uses a pendulum and a marker to create beautiful designs
Drawing Board
A pendulum moving in two directions creates beautiful designs.
Science activity creating music with gravity
Falling Rhythm
Listen to the rhythm of falling weights.
Science activity that demonstrates action-reaction pairs described in Newton’s Third Law
Fan Cart
Can a fan save your sailboat from the doldrums?
Giant Sieve Sorter
Boundaries are the gift that keeps on sifting.
Science activity that demonstrates luminescence and flourescence
Glow Up
You light up my life.
Science and engineering activity to make a record player
Groovy Sounds
Build a paper-pencil-pin phonograph.

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