The document describes four engineering exercises involving shipping a potato chip safely, sorting coins by size, using pulleys to reduce lifting force, and designing a load-bearing structure out of cards. The exercises are intended to teach engineering concepts like package design, sorting systems, mechanical advantage, structural efficiency. Students work in groups to complete tasks like designing a protective chip packaging, sorting washers by size using a mechanical sorter, using pulleys to lift a bottle with reduced force, and building a card structure to support a load.