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Free engineering for kids in 24 short lessons — what engineers do, the engineering design process for kids, forces and friction, simple machines for kids, the types of levers, pulleys, work and mechanical advantage, strong shapes, bridges, materials, earthquake-safe ideas and scale drawings, with fresh questions every time. Each lesson has a clear method, a worked example, “Show me how” help, a 20-question test, a badge, printable worksheets with answers and free certificates.
🏗️ Quick check: What engineers do
Each lesson has the idea, a worked example, unlimited practice with “Show me how”, a 20-question test and worksheets. Pass a lesson’s test to earn its badge; pass every lesson in a part to earn that part’s certificate (sign in to keep badges, certificates and progress).
Ages 9–11 — what engineering is, the branches of engineering, the engineering design process, constraints and criteria, prototypes and fair tests, teamwork, tools and workshop safety, and a Part 1 test.
Ages 10–13 — push, pull and gravity, friction, the six simple machines, the types of levers, lever balance, pulleys and the wheel and axle, mechanical advantage and work, and a Part 2 test.
Ages 11–16 — strong shapes, tension and compression, materials and their properties, types of bridges, earthquake-safe ideas, sustainable engineering, scale drawings and the final test.
Engineering is using science and maths to design things that solve real problems — a bridge across a river, a ramp for a wheelchair, a pump that waters a field. In Part 1 children meet the branches of engineering (civil, mechanical, electrical, chemical, computer, aerospace and biomedical), learn the engineering design process in order — ask, imagine, plan, create, test, improve — and practise constraints and criteria, prototypes and fair tests, teamwork and safe use of tools. In Part 2 they study forces (push, pull, gravity and friction) and the six simple machines, sort levers into class 1, 2 and 3 by where the fulcrum, load and effort sit, balance levers with load × distance = effort × distance, work out pulleys and wheel-and-axle machines, and calculate mechanical advantage (load ÷ effort) and work (force × distance, in joules). In Part 3 they learn why triangles, arches and beams make structures strong, which parts are in tension or compression, how to choose materials, how beam, arch and suspension bridges work, what keeps buildings safer in earthquakes, how engineers reduce waste, and how to read scale drawings. Every calculation uses friendly numbers and states its simplifications (ideal machines, 1 kg ≈ 10 N).
40 questions per sheet with an answer key — print, save as PDF or solve online.
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Engineering for kids teaches how engineers solve problems — the engineering design process (ask, imagine, plan, create, test, improve), forces and friction, simple machines for kids such as levers, pulleys and ramps, the types of levers, strong shapes, bridges, materials and earthquake-safe ideas. This free course has 24 short lessons with practice, tests and worksheets.
रोज़ 10–15 मिनट एक छोटा पाठ करें। पहले तरीका और उदाहरण साथ पढ़ें, फिर 10 सवाल हल करवाएँ और गलत जवाब पर “Show me how” दबाएँ। घर की चीज़ों में मशीनें ढूँढें — कैंची लीवर है, ढलान इनक्लाइंड प्लेन है, बोतल का ढक्कन स्क्रू है — और कागज़ या स्ट्रॉ से छोटा पुल बनाकर उसकी जाँच करें।
Ages 9 to 16. Part 1 (what engineers do) suits ages 9–11, Part 2 (forces and machines) ages 10–13, and Part 3 (structures and materials) ages 11–16. Older children can start anywhere and revise with the tests.
There are three classes of lever, decided by what is in the middle. Class 1 has the fulcrum in the middle (seesaw, crowbar, scissors). Class 2 has the load in the middle (wheelbarrow, nutcracker, bottle opener). Class 3 has the effort in the middle (tweezers, tongs, a fishing rod, your forearm).
Ask (what is the problem and what are the limits?), Imagine (brainstorm ideas), Plan (draw a labelled diagram and list materials), Create (build a prototype), Test (measure how well it works) and Improve (fix the weak parts and test again). It is a loop, not a straight line.
For hands-on practice, try the free Science Experiments & STEM Projects course at talentjr.in/science-experiments-for-kids (lever, pulley and paper-bridge projects with home materials) and Robotics for Kids at talentjr.in/robotics-for-kids. Use only safe materials, and an adult for cutting, hot glue and power tools.
Sign in and pass the 20-question test of a lesson (16 or more right) to earn its badge. Pass every lesson of a part — Part 1 is lessons 1–8, Part 2 is 9–16, Part 3 is 17–24 — and you get that part’s certificate, with a code anyone can check.
Yes. All 24 lessons, practice, tests, worksheets, badges and certificates are free. Classes with a TalentJR teacher (online or at home) are paid — request a call back for fees.
TalentJR teachers take live online classes anywhere in India and visit homes in selected cities. Use the call-back form (“Classes near you”) on this page and our team will call you.