Read about the designation of new national monuments.

Presents the steps to follow in designing a study in statistics and explains what makes a good statistical question.

An in-depth site from the University of Washington on poster design and communicating ideas through various visual media. This site covers standard posters but also contains links for creating poster with Adobe PageMaker and Microsoft...

Students will design and create a LEGO structure that will house and protect a temperature sensor. They will leave the structure in a safe spot and check the temperature regularly and chart it.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The technological design process is a step-by-step approach to finding a solution to a problem. Often, the main challenge in technological design is finding a...

A technology consultant discusses what "flexibility" means in the context of design. He tries to understand what a client means when they say they want a flexible design. His goal is to come up with a design that focuses on the user. The...

Become an engineer, and design a submarine that moves in the water like a real submarine. Try making it sink, float, and hover in the water.

Here, at this site from the Arizona State University, is a simple lesson plan for math or art teachers in the primary grades. Students create their own symmetrical design based on Pennsylvania barn signs. Also has a link to a site with...

Mke and test a prototype of your healthy fast food meal.

In this scenario-based activity, students design ways to either clean a water source or find a new water source, depending on given hypothetical family scenarios. They act as engineers to draw and write about what they could do to...

Every aspect of working with color in visual art can be found on this page. Comprehensive information ranging from value to color interaction.

Use these lessons from NASA to teach multiple Next Generation Science Standards for grades K-5. Properties of matter and engineering design are the focus of these lessons. Detailed plans and student handouts are included. [PDF]

Make a cool greeting card with floating box pop-ups for a friend or make a bunch for invitations to a party!

Make discs hover on the table and play air hockey or other games. Just gather materials including balloons, Cds or DVDs, straws, foam packing, and barbeque skewers and follow the directions.

Test your electrical skills! Can you make a working glow stick with a nine-volt battery and a strand of lights?

Grab all the treasure you can and test your driving skills with your Treasure Grabber made with string, paper clips, and a straw.

Build your own launchers to play carnival-style games using things like toilet paper rolls and rubber bands.

Make your own puppets that move, bend, and twist at your command simply using straws and fishing string.

Shoot marshmallows across the room with your own Marshmallow Blaster.

Make your own Robo Wheel to race or do freestyle tricks using simple household items like paper bowls, string, and rubber bands.

In Module 6 Lesson 1 of this course on spreadsheets, students learn how to use the templates in Excel to save time when making new spreadsheets. Includes slideshow tutorials.

Explore the streamlined shapes of submarines and design an effective hull shape. Observe how streamlining affects a vehicle as it is pulled through a water-filled trough.

A lesson where students look at how the sudden movement in an earthquake causes a building to collapse, and how to design a building that can withstand it.

Students will design a game where players try to come up with alternative uses for used products. Students will brainstorm ideas for an effective board game format.