At-Home Activities
For Children of All Ages!
At AD EX, we are passionate about the future of our built environment. An important part of the AD EX mission is to foster curiosity in future generations as they interact with architecture and design in the world around them. We’ve created and compiled some at-home K-12 activities to inspire, encourage, and educate students about architecture while highlighting the importance of creative problem solving.
Share your creations with us!
Build Your City! Shoebox Theater Edition
Recommended for ages 6 to 106
Be instantly transported to any city and act out the different stories of the people who live there, or build your own fantasy city and create an entirely new culture. The Build Your City! Shoebox Theater Edition is perfect for imaginative play when you’re stuck inside all day.
Read more about Build Your City! here.
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OUR PARTNER ACTIVITIES
The Amazing ACE Race
Designed for multiple participants, but can be done alone
Set up eight different stations and learn different skills at each of them!
Race Pipeline Sheet 1
Race Pipeline Sheet 2
Race Pipeline Sheet 3
Space Planning and the Bubble Diagram
Create a space plan and bubble diagram to execute floor plans and design your own home or building!
Spaghetti Structural Engineering
Create a structure with defined load paths for gravity forces with spaghetti and marshmallows and gain a basic understanding of the dynamic forces experienced by structures such as bridges.
Nike Shoe Box
Renovate and decorate your own Nike store!
Nike Shoe Box Cutout
Design a Dome
Design a domed structure strong enough to support 60 pennies on top and make connections to both engineering and science.
Designing Highway Interchanges
Design a highway interchange that allows drivers to approach from any highway and leave by any highway without crossing any lanes of traffic.
Penny Bridge Activity
Can you build a bridge that holds 100 pennies, using 1 sheet of paper and up to 5 paper clips?
Strong Paper Structure
Build a newspaper structure strong enough to hold heavy books.
Build a Straw Bridge
Using tape and no more than 20 straws, design a bridge that can span a gap of at least 25 cm and support as many pennies as possible!
Amazing Cities Coloring Book
This is a free, public download of nearly 200 pages of Gensler-designed project designs and sketches that offer a peek into the architectural process, while also serving as a creative escape for children and adults.
Have an activity or an idea you’d like to share? Contact Katie Hitt at khitt@dallasadex.org.
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