Make some music while exploring the engineering design process!

Looking for a sweet and simple engineering challenge for kids? Encourage them to make their very own snack grabber!

No surprise - people don’t like being wrong. This includes your students! However, figuring out where you went wrong and trying new solutions is part of the engineering design process. This is part of the iteration process, where engineers continually improve their products. To show kids how this works, teachers or parents can give them a project that takes some tinkering.

This project is a fun, hands-on way to learn more about bridges! Your kids can use many different materials to create their bridges. Here is a step-by-step example of one we made at home recently. Encourage your kids to play around with different materials, bridge spans, and configurations. Have fun trying different designs!