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Invention Education Collection

Invention education challenges students to identify and solve problems in their own communities and beyond! Lessons are available for STEM and non-STEM subjects to help students become civic-minded problem solvers.

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What is invention education? Explainer and lesson plans where students are the inventors!
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Educator Voice: Cultivating the next generation of STEM leaders

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Lesson Plan April 24 2025

Lesson plan: Exploring environmental impacts of coral reef pollution using robotics

A project-based lesson that weaves invention, STEM and the humanities together
Educator Voices June 17 2025

Educator Voice: This class invented a board game to teach the history of Juneteenth

Learn how student-led game invention brought together a community for Black History Month
Lesson Plan September 05 2021

Lesson plan: An elevator for everyone — Improving on long-standing inventions with inventions of your own

Learn how to improve on long-standing inventions with inventions of your own
Educator Voices April 04 2025

Educator Voice: How ed tech helped this social studies teacher communicate with his students better

Watch Dr. Micah Shippee discuss Samsung's Solve for Tomorrow competition and how new inventions can have far-reaching impacts
Educator Voices March 10 2025

Educator Voice: How entrepreneurship education fosters young inventors

Learn about how entrepreneurship can help create young inventors
Educator Voices February 04 2025

Educator Voice: How CTE can give students a head start on career development

To celebrate Career and Technical Education Month, hear from two experts on ways CTE programs prepare students for life and the workforce
Educator Voices January 29 2025

Educator Voice: Youth robotics team from Ghana on what it took to get to world championship

Learn how this Ghanian robotics team made it all the way to Dallas, Texas
Educator Voices December 13 2024

Educator Voice: How to teach your students about protecting their intellectual property

These educators are learning about the importance of the patent process and invention education
Educator Voices August 22 2024

Educator Voice: Teaching students how to problem-solve with robotics

Learn about the many benefits of robotics in the classroom
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