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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Aerospace Design Challenges

Design a Sampling Aircraft

Design a Sampling Aircraft

Build an aircraft that can collect air samples.

Build a Long Spanning Wing

Build a Long Spanning Wing

Build a wing that can support its own weight over a span of at least two feet. Inspired by Boeing’s Phantom Eye

Build a Rocket Inspired by SLS

Build a Rocket Inspired by SLS

Build a stomp rocket that can carry a ping pong ball and hit a target.

Engineer a Fuel Level Detector

Engineer a Fuel Level Detector

Engineer a sensor that can detect how much fuel is in your tank

Engineer a Communication Network

Engineer a Communication Network

Plan and build a network to send communication signals in multiple directions to multiple people.

Engineer an Airfoil

Engineer an Airfoil

Build a wing that can generate lift from a fan while carrying weight.

Engineer an Automated Wrapping Machine

Engineer an Automated Wrapping Machine

Build a machine that can make plane fuselage by wrapping a mold just like Boeing’s carbon fiber placement machines.

Build a Plane Painting Machine

Build a Plane Painting Machine

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

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.

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