Our PBS News Hour 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.