"To the Rescue" Engineering Aid Drop Packages

A Crime, A Clue, & Biotechnology

Now You're Cooking - Designing Solar Ovens

Taking the Plunge - Designing Submersibles

Helicopter Hang Time - Grades 1-2 - Students learn about fair tests to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of different helicopter designs. By using critical thinking, communication, and collaboration to build a helicopter, students prepare for essential skills of the 21st century. Students work through the Engineering Design Process – to learn the value of rethinking and supporting multiple solutions.

Project Park Design - Grades 1-2 - Students explore patterns of the Earth and the Sun to determine when and where shadows cover the park. Then, they design a park plan with warm, sunny benches. By using critical thinking, communication, and collaboration to create a park model, students prepare for essential skills of the 21st century. Students work through the Engineering Design Process – to learn the value of rethinking and supporting multiple solutions.

Muddy Mats - Grades 1-2 - Students explore the properties of materials while designing an absorbent, no-slip mat to protect the house from muddy paws. By using critical thinking, communication, and collaboration to design a no-slip mat, students prepare for essential skills of the 21st century. Students work through the Engineering Design Process – to learn the value of rethinking and supporting multiple solutions.

Coding Mouse Exploration - Grades 1-2 - Students explore the basic needs of animals as they design a code for a programmable mouse to demonstrate their knowledge of everything a mouse needs to survive. Following code, writing code, and debugging code, students prepare for essential skills of the 21st century. Students work through the Engineering Design Process – to learn the value of rethinking and support multiple solutions.

Seed Rescue - Grades 1-2 - Students explore ways to pollinate plants in a greenhouse by creating a model plant pollinator. By using critical thinking, communication, and collaboration to create a model plant pollinator, students prepare for essential skills of the 21st century. Students work through the Engineering Design Process – to learn the value of rethinking and supporting multiple solutions.

Rainwater Runoff - Grades 3-5 - Students explore types of water pollution and subsoil in a garden. By using critical thinking, communication, and collaboration to design and build a model of subsoil for a rain garden, students prepare for essential skills of the 21st century. Students work through the Engineering Design Process – to learn the value of rethinking and supporting multiple solutions.

Squeaky Clean Magnets - Grades 3-5 - Students explore the power of magnets and use them to make, test, and redesign a way to clean fish tanks without putting their hands into water. By using critical thinking, communication, and collaboration to design a solution for cleaning fish tanks, students prepare for essential skills of the 21st century. Students work through the Engineering Design Process – to learn the value of rethinking and supporting multiple solutions.

Toy Deserts - Grades 3-5

Helping Hand Design - Grades 3-5 - Students learn about animal adaptations and then use their findings to plan, build, and test an assistive technology for people who cannot bend over to pick up objects. By using critical thinking, communication, and collaboration to create an assistive device for grabbing, gripping, and picking up objects, students prepare for essential skills of the 21st century. Students work through the Engineering Design Process—to learn the value of rethinking and supporting multiple solutions.

Wildlife Corridors - Grades 3-5 - Students explore animal needs, habitats, and wildlife corridors. By using critical thinking, communication, and collaboration to build a wildlife corridor, students prepare for essential skills of the 21st century. Students work through the Engineering Design Process – to learn the value of rethinking and supporting multiple solutions.

Farmer Grady's Challenge - Grades 3-5 - Students explore weather-related hazards and materials that can withstand severe weather. By using critical thinking, communication, and collaboration to design a system to protect farm crops, students prepare for essential skills of the 21st century. Students work through the Engineering Design Process – to learn the value of rethinking and supporting multiple solutions.

The Great Toy Design - Students explore and conduct tests to identify materials based on their physical properties. By using critical thinking, communication, and collaboration to build a toy prototype, students prepare for essential skills of the 21st century. Students work through the Engineering Design Process – to learn the value of rethinking and supporting multiple solutions.

NASA Astro Camp Curriculum - 2021, 2022, & 2023

Galactic Quest

Mars Base Camp

Inventor's Kit

Making STEM Connections

Drone Discovery

Munching Mysteries - Children learn about the mystery and biography genres, how to solve mysteries, and use the engineering design process to solve a problem.

Wonders of Nature

Hour at the Fair - Children participate in a variety of STEM literacy activities while learning more about the Iowa State Fair. 

Code Across Iowa - Children practice coding and problem-solving as they learn about Iowa.

Take a Chance - Participate in various games of chance to learn more about math concepts. 

Sound All Around - Children learn about the elements of music such as rhythm and pitch, how sound is produced, and design their own instruments.

Tricky Towers - Participate in the engineering design process to learn about structures and STEM professions. 

Chair for Bear - Children work with their engineering design process to build a chair for Goldilocks. 

Marvelous Marshmallows - Children learn about an Iowa connection to the famous marshmallow treat, conduct marshmallow investigations, and launch marshmallows at a target to learn more about STEM process skills. 

Scream for Ice-Cream - Children explore chemistry and the states of matter through investigations that end in a delicious, sweet treat - ICE CREAM!

Wonderful Wind - Investigate the power of wind, plan and conduct wind experiments.

Blast Off - Children learn about being an astronaut and participate in space themed learning events. 

Super Shapes - Learn about shapes and explore shapes in our world. 

Curious Candy - Investigate the engineering design process by designing a candy machine to deliver chocolate. 

Popping Popcorn - Investigate popcorn; plan and conduct popcorn popping investigations. 

Inventors Hats - Investigate the invention process; design & create a new or improved invention.

Science Sprouts - Introduction to STEM

Push & Pull - Investigates the forces that cause motion. 

Exploring Engineers - Youth will explore what types of tools engineers use, how you can use failure to promote success, and what the design cycle is and how it can affect an engineer's work. 

Mini Meteorologist - Inspire students to measure and understand the weather happening around us. 

Classifying Creatures - Youth will learn what characteristics all humans have, what similarities and differences do animals have that live in the same habitat, and how animals survive where they live. 

Homes & Habitats - Challenges students to think about where different animals live based on their environments. 

Bits & Bots - Provides a beginning step for students in learning programming and coding.

Fizz Bubble & Goo curriculum & materials

Lego NVT Kits (5 available)

Game Changers (3 available)

Ozobots (Classroom set)

Code Your World

Junk Drawer Robotics

Lego Mindstorm Robots (4 available)

Lego Mindstorm Expansion Kits (2 available)

Root Robots (6 available)

Hummingbird Robots

Hex Bug Robots

Ecobots (Classroom set)

Dash & Dots

Bee Bots (Classroom Set)

Portions Kit

My Plate Magnet Set

Fat/Muscle Models

Healthy Eating Posters

Food Activity Banner & Portions

Sewing Machines

Mindful Teen Curriculum & Supplies

Babysitting Basics Curriculum & Supplies

Chick Hatching Kits (5 available)

Animal Science Kits - Lamb, Swine, Rabbit, and Beef