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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Keep It Watered

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" engineering activity sit at a kitchen table where their tomato plant is being watered by a mechanical arm.

Sounds of Celebration

Help Purna and Ved engineer musical instruments to welcome their grandparents when they come to visit!
A colorful drawn picture of the family from the "Sounds of Celebration" engineering activity. Purna, Ved, and their parents sing and play homemade instruments while two people outside a window stand on a map of India.

I Spy Technologies

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

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