Learn about the exciting careers we showcase in each of our hands on projects 😊
Give your students a broadened perspective, where STEM and CTE come together through hands-on, project-based learning. Our hands on project based learning helps engage students with real-world problem-solving that builds technical and professional skills they'll need to succeed in college, the workforce, or both!
Students master structural integrity by navigating the tension and compression forces that define the civil engineering and architecture trades. This pathway develops the 3D visualization skills and geometric reasoning required to design and build stable, load-bearing infrastructure. By iterating on these builds, students move from "Career Awareness" of community structures to the "Career Preparation" needed for architectural drafting and project management.
Translates rough sketches from engineers into technical drawings and blueprints that guide the physical construction team
Uses the Engineering Design Process to design and test structural systems like bridges and skyscrapers to ensure safety and stability.
Oversees budgets, timelines, and procurement for large-scale builds, ensuring the architectural vision stays on track financially.
Students explore structural integrity by using triangles and trusses to distribute weight across a span, managing the forces of tension and compression.
This project challenges students to design and scale a functional 3D living space, focusing on floor planning, structural support, and spatial reasoning.
Students build upward to test the limits of center of gravity and base stability, learning how to prevent structural failure in high-rise designs.
This kit focuses on the transformation of potential energy into kinetic energy as students design loops and turns that rely on gravity and momentum.
These projects center on energy transformation, teaching students how to capture raw environmental inputs, like thermal heat and kinetic wind and, convert them into mechanical or electrical work. Mastering thermodynamics and power electronics is essential for careers ranging from sustainability consulting to hands-on renewable energy technology. This alignment directly supports the "Energy" cluster by grounding students in the physics of a sustainable power grid.
Performs the hands-on assembly, installation, and maintenance of massive power-generating turbines.
Designs the technology that captures raw natural energy and converts it into a stable electrical load.
Builds the business case for organizations to transition to green energy and lower their utility costs.
Students harness the power of light to drive mechanical work, learning about the efficiency of photovoltaic cells and renewable energy circuits.
By experimenting with blade pitch and surface area, students learn how to capture kinetic wind energy and convert it into mechanical rotation.
This project introduces windpressure and airflow, challenging students to design a system that regulates temperature and air quality within a structure.
Students act as environmental engineers to design multi-layered systems that remove contaminants from water through physical and chemical processes.
This kit focuses on the logistics of municipal infrastructure, teaching students how to use gravity, pressure, and valves to transport water across a community.
Learners explore fluid mechanics and mechanical advantage, understanding how pressurized systems and simple machines can move massive loads with minimal human effort. These kits simulate the "heavy lifting" workflows of modern job sites, preparing students for trades like hydraulic mechanics and construction system engineering. This alignment focuses on the "Human-Technology Frontier," where workers use technology to extend human physical capabilities.
Specializes in the assembly and repair of fluid-power systems found in heavy machinery.
Designs integrated mechanical and hydraulic workflows that allow modern construction sites to operate safely.
Analyzes technical data and blueprints to determine the labor and material costs needed to bid on contracts.
Students use fluid pressure and pistons to create mechanical advantage, learning how liquids can be used to lift and move heavy objects.
This kit demonstrates how simple machines can multiply human force, teaching students the mechanical advantage gained by changing the direction of a pull.
Students build upward to test the limits of center of gravity and base stability, learning how to prevent structural failure in high-rise designs.
This project challenges students to design and scale a functional 3D living space, focusing on floor planning, structural support, and spatial reasoning.
Students dive into aerodynamics by experimenting with wing shape, thrust to weight ratios, and the four forces of flight. This pathway prepares students for design and assembly roles in the aerospace industry by requiring them to predict and test how objects move through fluid mediums. It bridges the gap to the "Aerospace" cluster by providing a tactile laboratory for propulsion and structural flight design.
Hand-assembles and repairs the structural frames of aircraft, ensuring they are flight-ready.
Designs propulsion systems and aerodynamic frames to master the forces of lift, weight, thrust, and drag.
Coordinates the business of flight, focusing on scheduling, safety compliance, and ground support logistics.
Students explore propulsion and stability by designing fins and body tubes that minimize drag during a high-velocity vertical ascent.
Focusing on the four forces of flight, students iterate on wing design and weight distribution to achieve the longest possible passive flight time.
This project explores vertical lift and torque, teaching students how rotational motion and blade angle create the lift needed for flight.
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Students explore the intersection of biology and mechanics by designing wearable devices that mimic human movement and support anatomical loads. This alignment serves the "Health Science" cluster by introducing students to biomedical engineering principles, such as mechanical hinges and tension cables. It develops the "Systems Thinking" needed to design technology that functions seamlessly as an extension of the human body.
Fabricates and assembles wearable medical devices based on specific anatomical measurements.
Blends biology and mechanics to design solutions, like artificial limbs, that solve human health challenges.
Manages the business side of medical facilities, ensuring that innovative technology is accessible to patients.
Students blend biology with mechanics to design a wearable device that uses hinges and tension to mimic human movement and support body weight.
Focusing on impact protection and force absorption, students design a vessel that protects a fragile payload by slowing down deceleration.
Students blend biology with mechanics to design a wearable device that uses hinges and tension to mimic human movement and support body weight.
This project challenges students to use gravity and tilt-control to navigate a path, focusing on precision, balance, and spatial orientation.
This pathway focuses on municipal engineering, where students design the transport and purification systems that protect a community's public health. By analyzing flow rates, pressure, and filtration mechanics, learners gain the foundational skills needed for careers in city planning and environmental engineering. This alignment reinforces the "Public Service" cluster by showing how engineering ensures the safety and reliability of vital urban resources.
Operates the machinery and filtration systems required to provide clean water to a community.
Designs the complex municipal systems that manage water, waste, and public health.
Manages the long-term growth and infrastructure budgets of a city to balance public needs with government resources.
This kit focuses on the logistics of municipal infrastructure, teaching students how to use gravity, pressure, and valves to transport water across a community.
Students act as environmental engineers to design multi-layered systems that remove contaminants from water through physical and chemical processes.
Students explore buoyancy and hydrodynamics by designing hulls that displace
Students master circuitry and logic by wiring a multi-stage signaling system, learning how electrical components and timing sequences ensure safety and order in municipal infrastructure.
