The National Science Education Standards indicate that “technology as design is included in the Standards as parallel to science as inquiry.” As a result, this issue of Science Scope contains a collection of design and construction activities that teachers can use to meet this standard. The Editor of the Roundtable column discusses some of these exciting projects, and she also shares an activity that she uses in her classroom that has personal relevance by helping students to understand the costs, constraints, advantages, risks, and other consequences associated with technological solutions to problems.