Design: Building a House

This collection of images follows the process of building a house from cutting the trees and making the bricks to finishing construction.

The Design Process

This video resource, excerpted from DESIGN SQUAD, illustrates each step of the engineering design process.

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Lift and Drag

In this interactive activity from NOVA, learn about the aerodynamic forces of lift and drag and how critical they are to the operation of all sorts of devices.

Physics of Arches

In this interactive activity from NOVA, try your hand at constructing a stone arch and learn about the physics that affect the arch.

Simple Machines

How do you get a glove and a ball up to your tree house? One answer is to use a pulley. A pulley is a simple machine. In this original KET interactive, children learn about the basic workings of three simple machines.

Triangles and Arches in Architecture

This collection of still images features two of the most important shapes in architecture: the triangle and the arch.