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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All Design Challenges

Make a Structure that Assembles Itself

Make a Structure that Assembles Itself

Make pieces for a structure that builds itself using magnets.

Invent a Bio•bot

Invent a Bio•bot

Use a microcontroller, motors, and mechanisms to make a robot that moves like a living creature!

Make a Wave Machine

Make a Wave Machine

Make a device that will carry a wave and record the wave’s movement.

Make a Signal Horn

Make a Signal Horn

Build a signal horn to make low frequency sounds that can be heard from far away.

Build a Water Pump

Build a Water Pump

Build a water pump that can push water at least 1 foot in two directions.

Build a Blooming Flower

Build a Blooming Flower

Build a flower that can open to communicate with pollinating insects and birds.

Build a Self-Propelling Boat

Build a Self-Propelling Boat

Build a fast, stable boat that can move through the water for at least 1 foot using a hand-powered propeller.

Build a Dinosaur Shadow Box

Build a Dinosaur Shadow Box

Create a series of shadow boxes to form a complete silhouette of a dinosaur.

Control a Microraptor's Flight

Control a Microraptor's Flight

Make a flying raptor and control its flight with attached strings.

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