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One thing that our team does to get better involvement is design challenges during the fall. These are simple little challenges that are for teams of 3-4 that help people learn to work in a group and work with the tools. Some challenges we have done are: Rubber band drag racers, Moustrap cars for distance, 2.0L water rockets for hang time, Toothpick marshmallow towers for height, egg drop, and many others. We try to do one simple fast one (marshmallow towers 1 hour) and then one more complex rubber band drag racers (2 2 hour meetings). These really seem to break the ice and help with building/creativity skills.