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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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Lesson plan: Invent a personal cooling device
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Lesson plan: Opening more doors — Inventing ways to make schools more accessible
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Lesson Plan July 13 2023

Lesson plan: Who is an inventor, anyway?

Learn what makes an inventor and how you can use skills you already have to become one today
Daily News Lesson July 25 2024

How does 3D printing work? This invention educator explains

See how a 3D printer works and how students can create their own inventions with it.
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
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