Our PBS NewsHour Classroom intern Evelyn Chi spoke to several talented students about their inventions following the 2022 National Invention Convention in Dearborn, Michigan, earlier this summer. These students made a variety of inventions from solving issues such as food deserts to delays in 911 emergency calls. To learn more about how you or your school can get involved, click here .

Click on these three TikTok videos to watch their 1-minute interviews!

Students featured:

Austin E., Ifeoma O. and John C.

Grade 9, Chicago, Illinois

Click here to watch the TikTok: Invention: Ambrosia Auto

Harshita Kothapalli

Grade 8, Milford, Connecticut

Click here to watch the TikTok: Invention: 911 QuickFind

Gabriel Caron

Grade 4, Bedford, New Hampshire

Click here to watch the TikTok: Invention: Flip It

Evelyn Chi, a rising sophomore at Amherst College and intern with NewsHour Classroom, wrote this Student Voices article with editing by Victoria Pasquantonio.