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Backyard Engineering Challenge
Tidepool Science Collective · Austin, Travis County, TX · Sep 28, 2026, 3:27 AM
Teams design, build, and test simple machines to solve a rescue-mission challenge.
Standards this experience maps to
AI-suggested alignments from the organizer's curriculum. Always human-reviewable, never final on their own. Suggested instructional hours: 1.
- 3-5-ETS1-2100% match
Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a design problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints, engineering and building simple machines.
Science · Grade 3-5 · State: US
- 5-PS1-330% match · pending human review
Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties such as color, hardness, reflectivity, solubility.
Science · Grade 5 · State: US