Design Challenges Participate in a hands-on activity to design, build, and test a prototype solution to a given problem. Image Create like an engineer! Participate in a hands-on activity to learn all about the engineering design process by designing, building, and testing a prototype solution to a given problem. Using familiar materials and design constraints, have a fun and engaging experience with engineering and innovation processes.Educators: Thinking about making Design Challenges part of your next field trip? To help us better accommodate your group during your field trip, please contact us at designchallenges@mos.org to discuss planning Design Challenges into your schedule. Get Tickets Date and Time Check the Daily Schedule for Times Audience All Ages Location Blue Wing, Lower Level View Map Length Activities take on average 20 minutes to complete. Price Included in Exhibit Halls Admission Language English Get Tickets Date and Time Check the Daily Schedule for Times Audience All Ages Location Blue Wing, Lower Level View Map Length Activities take on average 20 minutes to complete. Price Included in Exhibit Halls Admission Language English Create like an engineer! Participate in a hands-on activity to learn all about the engineering design process by designing, building, and testing a prototype solution to a given problem. Using familiar materials and design constraints, have a fun and engaging experience with engineering and innovation processes.Educators: Thinking about making Design Challenges part of your next field trip? To help us better accommodate your group during your field trip, please contact us at designchallenges@mos.org to discuss planning Design Challenges into your schedule. Design Challenges currently in rotation Echo Base Bobsleds Engineer a miniature bobsled to go as fast or slow as possible down a hill. Explore concepts such as friction and energy and their impact on acceleration. Extreme Trampolines Engineer a miniature trampoline to make a ball bounce as high or as low as possible! Using different fabrics, elastics, and clips, explore concepts of energy transfer and symmetry. Soaring Satellites Build a device that can float for at least five seconds in the marked area of one of our vertical wind tubes. Consider concepts of lift and weight as you work to improve your design. Trophy Triathlon Create a trophy that is able to support and balance your chosen ball as high as possible. Building a structure to hold anything from a tennis ball to a bowling ball, compare material properties, center of gravity, and shape strength. Mission: Mars Design and build a large, fully enclosed habitat for the surface of Mars that can collapse to fit inside a lander and self-deploy. Explore the tradeoffs faced by NASA engineers as you test your design and maximize the volume of your structure.
