
Engineering
Featured Hands-on Activities and Resources
Explore all engineering and technology hands-on activities
Exploring the Solar System: Design, Build, Test activity

NanoDays Kit

Computer Science

Exploring the Solar System: Asteroid Mining
Activities encouraging reflection about responsible innovation and societal impacts

Frankenstein 200 Kit

Building with Biology Kit

Should We Engineer the Mosquito? Forum

Nano and Society Training Materials

Exploring Nano & Society - Invisibility Cloak

Exploring Nano & Society - Space Elevator

Exploring Nano & Society - You Decide!

Exploring Nano & Society - Tippy Table

Exploring Nano & Society - Flying Cars

Neuro Futures Card Game

Neuro Futures Championship Game

What Makes Us Human

Radio Futures: I Spy Radio

Radio Futures: You Decide
Robots

Shrinking Robots!

Robots & People

Is That Robot Real? children's book and poster

What Makes Us Human

Exploring the Solar System: Mars Rovers

Explore Mars! A Rover Game
More Resources
- HowtoSmile.org engineering activities
https://www.howtosmile.org/resource-search/engineering - Engineering is Elementary Family event planning guide https://families.eie.org/events
- Engineering is Elementary Family at home activities https://families.eie.org/activities/at-home
- Youth Engineering Solutions (YES) and Engineering is Elementary https://yes.mos.org/
- YES – Youth Engineering Solutions - Equity https://yes.mos.org/impact/equity-oriented-engineering/
- YES – Youth Engineering Solutions - NGSS https://yes.mos.org/impact/engineering-practices/
- Click2Engineering https://click2engineering.org/
- Teach Engineering STEM curriculum for K-12 https://www.teachengineering.org/
- NASA's BEST Engineering Activity Guides
https://www.nasa.gov/stem-content/beginning-engineering-science-and-technology-educator-guides/ - NASA STEMonstrations: Engineering Design Process
https://www.nasa.gov/stem-ed-resources/stemonstrations-engineering-design-process.html - NASA eClips engineering resources
https://nasaeclips.arc.nasa.gov/resources/engineering - PBS Learning Media Engineering for Good
https://ny.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/engineering-for-good/ - PBS Design Squad Latinx
https://ny.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/design-squad-latinx/ - PBS Kids Design Squad
https://pbskids.org/designsquad/ - Maker Ed: A digital collection of maker education resources designed to support educators and families with accessible hands-on learning experiences.
https://resources.makered.org - Instructables: A DIY crowd-sourced maker community website that lets people explore, document, and share their creations with step-by-step instructions.
https://www.instructables.com/ - explore this website by searching the topic: Physical Sciences - Materials Science
- explore this website by searching the topic: Engineering and Technology
Annual Events
- National Engineers Week (February)
- www.discovere.org website
- Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (February)
- Discover E Girl Day resources for educators and engineers
www.discovere.org/our-programs/girl-day - NISE Network compilation of resources for collaborating with Girl Scouts and engaging girls and young women in STEM
- IF/THEN® Collection is a free asset library of thousands of images, videos, posters, and more dedicated to increasing access to images reflecting the diversity of women and gender minorities in STEM: https://www.ifthencollection.org
- Free posters for download from A Mighty Girl celebrating women role models in Science, Technology, and Math
- Free posters for download from NASA and the Chandra X-ray Center, at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- NASA Celebrates Women: https://www.nasa.gov/women
- NASA Women and Girls resources https://women.nasa.gov/outreach-programs/
- NASA Modern Figures Toolkit
- NASA Museum & Informal Education Alliance Women's History Month resources (log-in required)
- National Girls Collaborative Project
- National Girls Collaborative Project publication: State of Girls and Women in STEM
- SciGirls Seven: How to Engage Girls in STEM
- 60 Books to Inspire Science-Loving Mighty Girls from A Mighty Girl
- Women in Astronomy: An Introductory Resource Guide (2022) compiled by Andrew Fraknoi
- Women in Optics posters from SPIE the international society for optics and photonics
- Discover E Girl Day resources for educators and engineers
- World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development (March 4)
- UNESCO: https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/engineering
- NISE Network Sustainable Futures resources: https://www.nisenet.org/sustainable-futures
- NanoDays (last weekend in March - first weekend in April)
- NanoDays kit activities: www.nisenet.org/nanodays
- NISE Network Size, Scale, & Measurement resources: https://www.nisenet.org/size
- explore this website by searching the topic: Engineering and Technology - Nanotechnology
- National Robotics Week / RoboWeek (second week in April)
- www.nationalroboticsweek.org website
- Shrinking Robots! program
- Is That Robot Real book and graphics
- Robots and People program
- What Makes Us Human activity
- National Public Works Week (mid-May)
- American Public Works Association resources
- Sustainability resources
- Climate resiliency resources
- See Engineering Week resources in February
- National Week of Making (June 17-23)
- Instructables https://www.instructables.com
- Maker Ed https://makered.org
- Nation of Makers https://www.nationofmakers.us
- NISE Network Frankenstein200 kit of activities https://www.nisenet.org/frankensteinkit
- NISE Network STEAM activities https://www.nisenet.org/steam
- International Women in Engineering Day (June 23)
- http://www.inwed.org.uk/
- Please see resources for Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (February)
- Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) and Hour of Code (second week in December)
- CS Ed Week: www.csedweek.org
- Hour of Code: http://hourofcode.com/us
- Black Girls Code: https://www.blackgirlscode.com
- The Clubhouse Network: https://theclubhousenetwork.org
- Code.org's educational resources: https://code.org/educate
- Computer Science Is for Everyone toolkit to increase diversity from the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT)
- NISE Network computer science resources https://www.nisenet.org/computerscience
- NISE Network Zoom into a computer chip poster
- NISE Network Zoom into a microchip video
- NISE Network The Future of Computing stage presentation
- NISE Network Exploring Products - Computer Hard Drives activity (NanoDays 13, 14)
- explore this website by searching the topic: Engineering and Technology - Computing

Finding STEM Experts
- See the "Engineering, Technology, Material Science, and Nanoscale Science" section of Working with STEM Experts: A Guide for Educators in Museums and Other Informal Learning Settings