EiE Families

Makayla and her dad, Andre, from the "Pass the peppers" engineering activity sit at a table with a paper and pencil and engineer a solution that will pass peppers from their porch to Makayla's Grandma’s. Grandma stands behind them and green peppers float above them.

Pass the Peppers

Help Makayla and her dad, Andre, engineer a solution to pass the peppers from their porch to Grandma’s!

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An adult and a child work on an engineering design project together using cups and string

Can Families Engineer At Home?

Learn what engineers do, whether children can engineer, and how families can engineer at home.

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Kenji and Emi from the "Bye Bye Bug" engineering activity look through a backpack and consider what materials they might be able to use to catch and move a bug. They find things like a ruler, mesh, a bottle, a cup, a tissue box and a paper towel roll.

Bye Bye Bug

Help Kenji and Emi engineer a solution to help a ladybug get outside safely!

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Engineering
A boy with light brown skin, curly hair, and a yellow hoodie looks with concern at a calendar on the wall. A week is circled on the calendar with "Aunt Camila's" written next to it.

Keep It Watered

Luis and Guadalupe have a problem. They are going away for a week, but their tomato plants still need to be watered. This interactive story introduces the engineering design process as they design a solution to their problem.
Engineering
Engineering
A family is watching a video on a TV. On the screen, three Indian musicians are playing traditional instruments.

Sounds of Celebration

Purna and Ved have a problem. They want to play music for their grandparents, who are coming from India to visit them, but they don’t have any instruments. This interactive story introduces the engineering design process as they design a solution to their problem.

Engineering
Computer Science
A girl and boy are in a living room. The girl has light skin and red-brown hair. She is wearing a sweatshirt, jeans, and ankle braces for balance and mobility. She is smiling and dancing. The boy has light skin and blond hair. He is wearing a t-shirt and jeans. He is kneeling on the floor, writing on pieces of paper that are covered in symbols. He is thinking about many different symbols, including hands clapping, a person jumping, arrows going in different directions, and numbers surrounded by arrow loops.

Loopy Moves

Eddie and Tricia have a problem. Writing down all their dance steps is taking a long time! This interactive story shows how they think like computer scientists to design a solution to their problem.

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A library with a table full of classroom engineering design supplies: straws, paper, clips, pipecleaners, paper plates, tape and glue

Events

Organizing a family STEM event? Promote creative problem solving with these research-based activities designed for a group setting.
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Featured Content

Looking for a little inspiration? Check out these young engineers in action! 

Send an email to EiEFamiliesFun@mos.org for more information about how to share your own pictures!

Bye Bye Bug

A boy suspends a reused berry container from a string to catch a toy bug underneath

Boston, MA

Bye Bye Bug

A girl sits with a teacher at a desk working on an upturned plastic container for the Bye Bye Bug activity

Boston, MA

A Story to Remember

Two kids build an engineering project with papers, tape, scissors and glue

Allie (8) and Sammy (9), Austin TX