Engineering design challenge

Generate student interest in engineering and ignite passions that may otherwise go unrealized by celebrating National Engineers Week 2025.

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

Are you looking for fun engineering activities for middle school students? Engineering activities are a great example of STEM activities for middle school students.

Build a Catapult in this STEM Challenge and learn about the engineering design process, math and physics. Includes design challenge games.

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!

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 Challenge Index Card Towers- This easy prep challenge is a favorite of STEM students! You will love the detailed teacher's guide

The versatile spaghetti tower STEM Challenge! This resource offers endless creativity & problem-solving opportunities for students using only a few materials.

Engineering Design Process graphic - Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Improve. Follow the process in your STEM challenges and activities. Downloadable version available. | Meredith Anderson - Momgineer

Try this easy engineering experiment: a folded paper bridge. See how many pennies you can put on the bridge before it falls!

Take part in a super fun STEM activity using recyclables and other basic materials in this mystery bag STEM building challenge with free printable STEM challenge cards! Kids will receive a bag of mystery items and then use those materials to complete a design challenge. This activity is perfect to do both in the classroom or at...

Articulated Grabber - Engineering Project for Kids: Have you ever dropped something behind the couch and couldn’t get it? Or perhaps your parents keep the best snacks on the top shelf, out of reach? If so, this project is perfect for you! This’ll extend your reach by over 30" (76cm)! I’ll show you ho…

STEM Challenge- students experiment with changing a basic paper helicopter. After testing many variable, they use their data to students will design the ultimate helicopter.

15+ hands-on engineering projects and activities you can do with your students to celebrate Engineers Week

STEM challenge / engineering challenge #1: I am so excited to share my first (of many) Engineering Design Challenges! This STEM activity provides a great introduction to the Engineering Design Process. I will be designing these challenges to use common items you likely already have in your classroom or can easily obtain. Materials needed for this challenge: paper, tape, string or yarn, paper towel rolls, etc. The materials are ultimately up to you; use what you have! This activity is…

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.

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Four free plug-and-play lessons, videos, and STEM resources to help you teach the engineering design process with tools, examples, and learning aids that suit the needs of your classroom.

2021 Science Buddies Engineering Challenge- Build the Tallest Paper Tower

15 awesome engineering challenges for kids using a variety of materials (most of which you probably have at home already!) || Gift of Curiosity