Design Challenges

STEM activities for curious families and classrooms

Technovation Families' free design challenges explore a range of science, technology, and engineering topics through fun, hands-on activities that promote creativity and problem-solving to find unique solutions.

Learn from the scientists and engineers who are creating the technologies of tomorrow, and use what you learn to build your own invention!

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Inspired by Design Challenges

Build a Plane Painting Machine

Build a Plane Painting Machine

Make a plane painting machine to draw a design on your airplane.

Engineer an Exoskeleton

Engineer an Exoskeleton

Build a wearable device that will detect when your body moves.

Make a Hydraulic Machine

Make a Hydraulic Machine

Make a machine that uses a fluid to move and can lift at least 10 pennies.

Make a Water Transport Satellite

Make a Water Transport Satellite

Make a satellite that can hold a cup of water and does not leak during a bumpy rocket launch.

Build a Soundmaker

Build a Soundmaker

Build a machine that makes sound waves by vibrating itself or the air around it.

Hack a Box

Hack a Box

Build a box that only you know how to open and is safe from hackers.

Engineer a Flow Control System

Engineer a Flow Control System

Build a system that controls the movement of material and shuts off automatically.

Build a Helicopter

Build a Helicopter

Build a helicopter that flies at least ten feet in the air and stays up for three seconds while carrying one penny.

Build a Lightweight Airplane Wing

Build a Lightweight Airplane Wing

Build a lightweight wing structure that is 12 inches long and can hold up a heavy load (weight) without deflecting.

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