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Explore lessons, activities, projects, and more — organized by stage and pillar.
🏔️Apprentice
Into the Forge: A Metalworking Introduction With a Mentor
Building & EngineeringAdventure
A full session of 3-5 hours with a mentor, plus prep and reflection8 materials
🏗️Apprentice
Joinery for a Client: Build to Someone Else's Specifications
Building & EngineeringProject
6 sessions over 3-4 weeks (90-120 minutes each)16 materials
📖Apprentice
Electrical Wiring Basics: Circuits, Switches, and Working Safely Around Power
Building & EngineeringLesson
3-4 sessions, about 90 minutes each9 materials
✏️Apprentice
Joinery Mastery: Cutting Joints Until They Are Automatic
Building & EngineeringPractice
Ongoing — 3-4 sessions per week of 45-60 minutes for at least 6 weeks12 materials
🏗️Apprentice
Design and Prototype: From Sketch to CAD to a Working Object
Building & EngineeringProject
8-10 sessions over 4-6 weeks (90-120 minutes each)8 materials
🔬Architect
Engineering Design Challenge
Building & EngineeringExperiment
6-10 weeks (multi-session, roughly 6-10 hours per week)6 materials
📖Architect
Code Compliance and Permitting
Building & EngineeringLesson
multi-session (three working sessions of 75-90 minutes, plus real-world phone calls and a visit between sessions)6 materials
📖Architect
Material Science and Selection
Building & EngineeringLesson
multi-session (three to four working sessions of 75-90 minutes)6 materials
🏗️Architect
Major Construction Project
Building & EngineeringProject
8-16 weeks (2-4 weeks planning, the balance building)8 materials
🤝Architect
Teaching Building Skills
Building & EngineeringService
ongoing — 4-6 weekly sessions plus design, setup, and reflection time8 materials
🔨Builder
The Mechanical Advantage Lab
Building & EngineeringActivity
90 minutes (can split into two 45-minute sessions)11 materials
🏗️Builder
Build a Bookshelf
Building & EngineeringProject
4 sessions, 60-90 minutes each19 materials
🔬Builder
Build Three Working Circuits
Building & EngineeringExperiment
3 sessions, 45-60 minutes each14 materials
✏️Builder
Tool Mastery: Saw, Drill, Chisel, File, and Plane
Building & EngineeringPractice
20-30 minutes per session, several sessions per tool over 4-6 weeks12 materials
🏗️Builder
The Bridge Engineering Challenge
Building & EngineeringProject
3-4 sessions, 60-90 minutes each12 materials
🏗️Explorer
Build a Working Catapult
Building & EngineeringProject
3 sessions, 45-60 minutes each14 materials
🔨Explorer
Cardboard City
Building & EngineeringActivity
60-90 minutes11 materials
🗺️Explorer
Construction Site Watch
Building & EngineeringField Plan
60-90 minutes8 materials
🍳Explorer
Homemade Concrete
Building & EngineeringRecipe
45 minutes active + 24-48 hours curing time14 materials
📖Explorer
How Bridges Work
Building & EngineeringLesson
50 minutes10 materials
✏️Explorer
Measuring Everything
Building & EngineeringPractice
40 minutes8 materials
🔬Explorer
The Strongest Shape
Building & EngineeringExperiment
45 minutes8 materials
💬Explorer
Why Do Buildings Fall Down?
Building & EngineeringDiscussion
30 minutes4 materials
🗺️Foundation
Watching Builders: A Trip to See Construction
Building & EngineeringField Plan
45 minutes6 materials
✏️Foundation
Tiny Hands, Big Work: Threading, Fitting, and Turning
Building & EngineeringPractice
15 minutes10 materials
🔬Foundation
Float or Sink? Discovering What the Water Holds Up
Building & EngineeringExperiment
20 minutes17 materials
🔨Foundation
Fort Builders: Making a Shelter from What You Have
Building & EngineeringActivity
30 minutes8 materials
🔨Foundation
Tower Power: Stacking, Building, and Watching Things Fall
Building & EngineeringActivity
20 minutes5 materials
📖Foundation
My First Toolbox: Learning What Tools Do
Building & EngineeringLesson
25 minutes9 materials
🔨Genesis
DIY Sensory Materials: Making Rattles, Mobiles, and Texture Boards
Building & EngineeringActivity
1-2 hours per item (an afternoon for one or two)4 materials
🗺️Genesis
Baby-Proofing as Engineering: A Walkthrough From 18 Inches Off the Ground
Building & EngineeringField Plan
Half day for the full survey, plus follow-up fix sessions5 materials
📖Genesis
The Home as Your Child's First Engineered Environment
Building & EngineeringLesson
60-90 minutes (one sitting, with a short writing task)4 materials
🏗️Genesis
Building a Simple Baby Shelf: A First Woodworking Project for Expectant Parents
Building & EngineeringProject
Multi-session (one half-day to cut and assemble, plus drying/finishing time across 2-3 days)7 materials
🏗️Genesis
Preparing the Nursery as a Montessori Environment
Building & EngineeringProject
Multi-session (planning weekend plus one to two build/arrange weekends)7 materials