Make a Water Transport System

Create a satellite that will carry a cup of water — without spilling it.

Make a Hydraulic Machine

Design a machine that uses a fluid to move and can lift at least 10 pennies.

Engineer an Exoskeleton

Build a wearable device that will detect when your body moves.

Engineer a Safe Stopping Robot

Create a robot that turns itself off when it leaves a safe area.

Build a Plane Painting Machine

Make a machine that uses a marker or brush to paint plane parts.

Engineer an Automated Wrapping Machine

Create a machine to wrap an object the way Boeing wraps carbon fiber fuselages.

Build a Long Spanning Wing

Fashion a wing that can support its own weight over a two-foot span, without blocking air flow.

Engineer an Airfoil

Build an airfoil that can produce the most lift in a wind tunnel while carrying weight.

Build a Rocket Inspired by SLS

Build a rocket that can carry a ping pong ball as its payload.

Engineer a Fuel Level Detector

Build a sensor that can tell how much gas is left in a tank.

Engineer a Self Deploying Device

Build a device that will launch itself, inspired by the way satellites deploy in space.

Deploy a Satellite

Satellites collect solar energy using large solar arrays, which are larger than the satellite body! Design a satellite with a 6-inch body and a larger, foldable solar array.

Engineer an Air-Powered Spinning Machine

Build an air-powered spinning machine inspired by Boeing CST-100 Starliner, a crew capsule that transports up to 7 passengers destinations like the International Space Station.

Build a Plane Powered by Stored Energy

Boeing’s SUGAR project is finding ways for airplanes to fly using less fuel. Make your own airplane that can fly at least 5 feet using stored energy.

Make a Wave Machine

Our engineers communicate with satellites through signal waves, which can transmit information over great distances. Design your own device to carry and record a wave’s movement.

Build a Lightweight Airplane Wing

At Boeing, our engineers are always looking for new ways to make planes lighter and stronger. Build a lightweight wing structure that is 12 inches long and can hold up a cup of marbles.

Design a Robotic Arm

Look, no hands! In this challenge, you’ll design a robotic arm that can move a marble, a straw, and a washer into a cup all by itself.

Build a Helicopter

Boeing's V-22 Osprey takes off like a helicopter and converts into an airplane during flight! Learn how to make a helicopter take off by turning stored potential energy into kinetic energy.

Build a Soundmaker

Boeing Waveriders fly faster than the speed of sound by riding on shock waves. Learn how waves work and build a machine that makes sound waves by vibrating itself and the air around it.

Hack a Box

Airplanes use computer networks to send and receive information, so it's important these are secure. Build a box that only you know how to open and will give an alert if hackers try to open it.

Mission to Mars

Grade 4-5

Students study the stages of interplanetary travel, identify tasks for a manned flight to Mars, and simulate a rocket launch from Earth to the Red Planet.

Bio Suits

Grade 7-8

How do we survive in dangerous places? Students design a suit that balances biological constraints, outside conditions, and material limitations.

Quieter Cabin

Grade 4-6

After learning about the generation and propagation of sound waves, students attempt to develop a quieter airplane cabin by modeling a device that helps dampen exterior noises.

CubeSats

Grade 5-6

To understand how satellites function, students create a proposal for a mock CubeSat mission for NASA. Along the way, they also learn principles of force and motion in space.

Spy Gliders

Grade 7-8

In the process of creating a camera-carrying glider, students learn the engineering challenges associated with the deployment, design, and flight of autonomous aerial systems.

Alternative Energy

Grade 4-5

With a focus on wind power, this unit showcases how motors, generators, and other components work together in complex devices.

Polymers for the Planet

Grade 6-7

This unit revisits concepts such as mass, volume, density and more, introducing students to polymeric materials through hands-on activities to create biopolymer prototypes.

Soft Landing

Grade 5-6

Applying concepts like gravity, force, and shock, students devise ways to protect an astronaut during landing by creating models, testing their work, and recording data.