EiE Families

Luis and his mom, Guadalupe from the "Keep it Watered" EDP activity sit at a kitchen table where their tomato plant is being watered by a mechanical arm.

Keep It Watered!

Help Luis and his mom, Guadalupe, engineer a solution to keep their tomato plants watered while they go away for a week!

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

Bye Bye Bug

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

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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?

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

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Keep It Watered

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Keep It Watered! challenges you to design a way to keep plants watered while you are away from home. What will you design?
Luis and his mom, Guadalupe from the "Keep it Watered" EDP activity sit at a kitchen table where their tomato plant is being watered by a mechanical arm.

Sounds of Celebration

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Help Purna and Ved engineer musical instruments to welcome their grandparents when they come to visit!
A colorful drawn picture of a family who sings and plays homemade instruments while two people outside a window stand on a map of India

I Spy Technologies

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Make a trip to the grocery store or the laundromat more fun as you spot technologies all around you!
Art supplies on a desk: paints, paperclips, colored pencils and dice

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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

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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

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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