Boston Children's Museum-Engineering Challenges
https://www.beyondthechalkboard.org/activity-cat/engineering/
Dyson Foundation-Challenge Cards
https://www.jamesdysonfoundation.co.uk/resources/other-engineering-resources/challenge-cards.html
Exploratorium-The Tinkering Studio
https://www.exploratorium.edu/tinkering/projects
Engineering is Elementary Curricula(Boston Museum of Science)
https://www.eie.org/
Kidwind
https://www.kidwind.org/activities/windwise
NASA Bottle Rocket Guide
https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/rocket/BottleRocket/about.htm
PBS Kids Design Squad Parent and Educator Guides
https://pbskids.org/designsquad/projects/
Science Buddies
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/
Teach Engineering
https://www.teachengineering.org/
Teach Engineering Maker Challenges
https://www.teachengineering.org/curriculum/browse?collection=MakerChallenges
Wee Engineer(PreK-K)
https://www.eie.org/stem-curricula/engineering-grades-prek-8/wee-engineer
Tufts CEEO:
Playful Engineering Constructopedia
https://sites.tufts.edu/pebl/2023/09/28/constructopedia-v2-0/
Activity Placemats https://sites.tufts.edu/pebl/2023/08/30/low-cost-engineering-activity-placemats/
Getting Started with Circuits
https://sites.tufts.edu/pebl/2023/09/08/circuits/
PEBL Toolkit https://karkhanasamuha.org.np/resources/the-pebl-toolkit
Novel Engineering
https://www.novelengineering.org/
Learn Engineering
https://learnceeo.tufts.edu/all-resources
CEEO K8 Engineering Cookbook
https://sites.tufts.edu/ceeok8book/lesson-plans/
Try Engineering.org
https://tryengineering.org/explore-resources/
Computer Science and AI:
Computer Science Curriculum
https://code.org/en-US/students/elementary
Microbit
https://microbit.org/teach/featured/
Scratch Coding Challenges
https://scratch.mit.edu/ideas
Hour of AI Activities
https://csforall.org/en-US/activities/hour-of-ai
Pictoblox.ai
https://pictoblox.ai/
Teachable Machine
https://teachablemachine.withgoogle.com/
Core Computer Science Skills
Sequences: Putting steps in the correct order to finish a task.
Loops: Making actions repeat so you do not write the same code over and over.
Debugging: Finding and fixing mistakes in code or patterns.
Inputs and Outputs: Learning how pressing a button or speaking triggers a digital action. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Early AI Concepts
Perception: Understanding how smart devices use sensors, cameras, and microphones to see or hear the world.
Training Data: Exploring how machines need lots of examples (like pictures of cats) to learn how to identify new ones.
Smart vs. Regular Tools: Sorting objects to see if a tool just follows a fixed rule or changes its response based on new information. [1, 2]
Top Tools and Platforms
Scratch: Block-based visual coding where kids build interactive stories, animations, and simple games.
Code.org: Free, self-paced puzzles and lessons tailored for elementary logic and foundational coding.
Google Teachable Machine: A web tool that lets young learners train a tiny AI model using their own webcam images, sounds, or poses. [1, 2, 3, 4]