Here are the 2025 EXPO activities:
Cardboard Rover
Have you ever wanted the opportunity to create a rover for Mars? Do you have the spirit of a NASA Engineer? Lean into that curiosity and put your perseverance to the test as you design a rover out of cardboard! How far will your rover go?
Wiggle Bots
Ever wanted to build a robot? Come create your own little wiggle bot! Experience an introduction to robotics and learn how to use batteries and vibration motors to create your own vibrating robot.
Paper Rocket Launch
Get ready to launch your very own paper rocket! Use your origami skills to fold the rocket and then blast it into the air with a straw. Combine creativity and science to design the best paper rocket and see how far it can fly!
Catapult
The classic Catapult. They’ve been around for ages and today you can design and fire a mini one on your own! This is an opportunity to learn about how potential energy is converted into kinetic energy to shoot a projectile. Keep designing and re-designing to get the best catapult you can so it will hit its target every time.
Egg Drop
Mission of the day: safely land your astronaut on Mars! Put your engineering skills to use by designing a landing device that will keep your ‘astronaut’ in the device while it lands. Get creative and problem solve your device so that your spacecraft makes the landing and your ping pong ball doesn’t fall out.
Slingshot Cars
Crash test a slingshot-powered car into a tower of plastic cups! Investigate Newton’s Laws and the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration. Engineer your car body to withstand the take-off and impact force! Whose car can destroy the tower the most?
DIY Kaleidoscope
Build your very own Kaleidoscope! Get creative and design your own optical effect with this classic wondrous instrument, and get a glimpse of the physics behind how we use telescopes to see distant galaxies.
Rubber Band Helicopter
Ever wondered how a helicopter can fly using propellers? When propellers spin, the helicopter body utilizes Newton’s Third Law of Motion to spin in the opposite direction and stay in the air. Explore the concept of torque and engineer your own helicopter.
If you have any comments or suggestions, feel free to email us at competitions@engineeringexpo.wisc.edu.
