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Engineering

Engineering design builds authentic context for science inquiry. It engages students through hands-on learning and provides nontraditional ways to assess students' skills and knowledge. This website contains a collection of NASA-funded resources to inspire students to explore engineering and other STEM-related activities and careers.

About Engineering

Engineers use innovative thinking to solve problems and create new designs that benefit humanity. This page contains information about engineers, the engineering design process, and NASA’s engineers past and present.

Design Challenges

The NASA-themed design challenges and activities are flexible in terms of materials, time, students’ abilities, and resources.

Resources

Files, interactives, websites, etc.

Events

Virtual and face-to-face opportunities