Celebrate Chinese New Year 2026 with an engaging, hands-on Lunar New Year 2026 STEM challenge your students will love. This Chinese New Year dragon engineering activity builds problem-solving and teamwork skills while bringing meaningful cultural connections into your classroom. Your 2nd–5th grade students will design and build their own Chinese New Year dragon using limited materials, encouraging creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking. Students plan, build, test, improve, and reflect