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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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What is invention education? Explainer and lesson plans where students are the inventors!

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Student Voices July 21 2022

Student Voices: From cutlery to biotech — meet the young inventors building a new future

Watch interviews with young student inventors who participated in the annual Invention Convention earlier this summer
Student Voices July 18 2022

Student Voices: Watch these 3 TikTok interviews with inspiring student inventors

Watch these three TikTok videos of these amazing student inventors from Invention Convention!
Lesson Plan June 21 2021

Lesson plan: Learn from NASA how to invent for any environment

Experiment with engineering in changing environmental conditions
Lesson Plan February 08 2024

Lesson plan: Design an invention to keep first responders safe

As first responders keep our communities safe, learn how to help keep them safe through new inventions.
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
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