The "Next Generation Science Standards" ("NGSS") have placed an emphasis on the incorporation of engineering practices into K-12 science instruction. This article details a sequence of physical science lessons that would be part of teaching matter in the second-grade classroom. The goals of these lessons are: (1) to be hands-on and have students actively involved (e.g., observing, experimenting, recording data); (2) to incorporate engineering practices; (3) to have students communicating with their peers; and (4) to connect individual components of the lessons with a real-world problem, asking students to think about their results and design a solution to an identified problem (like engineers do!). The 5E instructional model (Bybee et al. 2006) guided planning and activities during this sequence of lessons.