Engineering Challenges

6- Engineering (REMOTE) Engineer Choices

Choose your own engineering adventure:

  • Learn about more extreme weather
  • Watch engineers in action
  • Connect engineering to extreme weather + natural disasters
  • Do an engineering choice activity
  • Have fun!
5- Engineering (REMOTE) Engineers + Extreme Weather

This week we will:

  • Connect engineering to extreme weather + natural disasters
  • Do an engineering choice activity
  • Have fun!
4- Engineering (REMOTE) XXXX

Week of May 4-8: Engineers Solve Problems

This week we will:

  • Watch how two engineers (who YOU know!) solve problems
  • Do an engineering choice activity
  • Have fun!
3- Engineering (REMOTE) Cain's Arcade

This week we will:

  • Meet engineer: Caine
  • See how Caine thinks like an engineer and gets creative
  • Do an engineering choice activity
  • Have fun!
2- Engineering (REMOTE) Rube Review

This week we will:

  • Meet engineer: Rube Goldberg
  • Watch some Rube Goldberg machines to get inspiration
  • Do an engineering choice activity
  • Have fun!
1- Engineering (REMOTE) Meet Rube Goldberg

This week we will:

  • Learn about our new expedition: Engineering Challenges
  • Meet a create engineer: Rube Goldberg
  • Do an engineering choice activity
  • Have fun!
Hints to get started: 1. Click the square on the bottom to make it full screen.2. Use the space bar or arrows to go to the next slide.

This site shows a large collection of Rube Goldberg videos.

Woodworking.MOV

Mr. Andy solves a problem

The goal of engineering is to find a creative solution to a problem. Check out how Mr. Andy uses his woodworking skills to engineer a special tool for his kids.



AvaRubeWateringCan.MOV

Ava A built a machine to water the plants in her yard.

Kade Kingston DaLilah Machine.mp4

Kade, Kingston, and DaLilah built a machine to turn on the TV.

How to make A Snow Man In MINECRAFT!.mp4

AJ and Tait worked together to build a snowman in Minecraft.

"So to build a snowman in Minecraft you need to place just 3 blocks. But we made a flying machine and lots of Redstone wires just to place those 3 blocks. So we overcomplicated it.”
Isabella Dog Treats.mp4

Isabella gives her dog a treat in a complicated way.

Atticus Rube Goldberg Tiger Trap-1.mp4

Atticus built a machine to trap a toy tiger.

ElizeRube.mp4

Eliza explained all the steps in her Rube Goldberg.

RoanWyattMachine.mp4

Roan and Wyatt used a tower they had built and turned it into a tea-making machine.

How to make a snow man in Minecraft V2 1080p.mp4

AJ and his brother made a much more elaborate machine in Minecraft.

IsabellaHookMachine.mp4

Isabella built a hook/claw machine arcade game.

AleerahHockeyGame.mp4

Aleerah built a hockey arcade game from a cardboard box.

Ford made two arcade games and played them in his yard.

How to open a door in Minecraft in the most complicated way I can think of..mp4

Here's AJ's third Rube Goldberg-inspired Minecraft video: How to open a door in the most complicated way.