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Engage students in engineering with easy to use lesson plans

Teach Engineering Through Simple & Engaging Activities

Explore IEEE Try Engineering’s database of lesson plans to teach engineering concepts to your students, aged 4 to 18. Explore areas such as lasers, LED lights, flight, smart buildings, and more through our activities. All lesson plans are provided by teachers like you and are peer reviewed. View our complete TryEngineering lesson plan list.

Our lesson plans are easy to use and include student handouts and worksheets to print out. Select a category or an age range below to find lessons suitable for your students. If you have used any of our lessons, we want your feedback so please complete the survey below.

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Materials Engineering Nanotechnology8-10
Try Your Hand at Nano
Try Your Hand at Nano This lesson focuses on two simple activities younger students can do to gain an appreciation of nanotechnology. First, students measure their...
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Electrical/Electronics Engineering Electricity/Magnetism8-10, 11-13
Two Button Buzzer Circuit
Two Button Buzzer Circuit This lesson plan explores an everyday situation, where either two or more buttons can ring a buzzer. Students learn how this type...
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Electrical/Electronics Engineering Electricity/Magnetism8-10, 11-13, 14-18
Using Ohm’s Law to Build a Voltage Divider
Students will design, build, and characterize one of the basic circuits of electrical engineering, the voltage divider. These circuits produce a wide range of output voltages and are building blocks...
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Communications Systems and Networks Computer Engineering Computer Science Signal Processing8-10, 11-13
Virtual Reality and Anaglyph Stereoscopic Technology
Virtual Reality and Anaglyph Stereoscopic Technology This lesson focuses on virtual reality technologies. These display technologies are based around artificial stereo images, and provide a view...
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Civil Engineering Mechanical Engineering8-10, 11-13, 14-18
Water Fountain
This lesson demonstrates how a hydraulic pump works. Students work in teams to design and build a unique water fountain that employs a hydraulic pump.
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Aerospace Engineering Forces and Motion8-10, 11-13, 14-18
Water Rocket Launch
Lesson focuses on aerospace engineering and how space flight has been achieved from an engineering vantage point. Student teams build and launch a rocket made out of a soda bottle...
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