ACTIVATE YOUR BRAIN
PRE-SCHOOL
Engineers design and research things that help us in our daily lives. You can learn all about one of the most important engineering feats of our time – the airplane. Put together different models and hear a little about its history.
ELEMENTARY
Check out this ad for Goldie Blox, an engineering toy for girls who like to build cool things–like a house-sized Rube Goldberg machine!
Build your own mission to space!
Check out what’s on DragonflyTV or Fetch with Ruff Ruffington!
MIDDLE SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL
Join in a National Science Fair for students interested in biotechnology, biology and related fields. BioGENEius!
More Activities
Electricity and Circuits
This experiment shows that in setting up a circuit, we are able to convert electrical energy into kinetic energy. A circuit is a pathway of wires that allow electricity to flow. The flow of electricity is called the current. Current only flows when a circuit is...
Hydrogels in the Kitchen? Hydrogels in the Body?
Believe it or not, we use a lot of chemistry to make the food we love to eat. For example, polysaccharides are naturally occurring polymers found in algae, bacteria, citrus fruits, and other plants and animals. Polysaccharides are used in foods to help change or...
What To Do With Dirty Water?
Water is important for all life forms on planet Earth. Water is in our bodies, and is used in every part of our lives. But water can also contain contaminants that make it non-potable, not healthy for us to drink. Contaminants can be: Physical: particles of soil or...
Chemical Reaction or Mixture?
Which is which? A mixture is created when two or more different substances are physically combined and can be separated back into its original substances. Examples of mixtures are: a bowl of different kinds of candy, a pile of different kinds of leaves, steel, sugar...
How to Teach Your Kids Science and Engineering
Our K-12 Engineering Outreach Office Shares STEM Lessons You Can Do at Home We are all concerned about the current health climate, but for those who have children at home or know of children who are home, finding easy-to-do activities can be a challenge. UD K-12...
Chocolate Composites
Who says engineering can’t be delicious?
“The Great Wave off Kanagawa” by Hokusai
At the University of Delaware's College of Engineering, we have researchers who study many forms of alternative energy sources. One source of energy that is being examined is the conversion of the energy created by tides and waves into electrical power. Using the...
Visit the House that Engineering Built
