Invention Education Collection

Learn how parents, experts and educators are working to make football a safer sport

Learn what happens to many garments donated to thrift stores

Hear about high school students taking on climate change and discuss what your class can do

Stunning fish who were once kept as pets are destroying Florida’s coral reef ecosystem. In this PBS NewsHour lesson plan, students will learn how scientists are using a new invention, a lionfish zapping robot, to combat this harmful invasive species. They will then create their own invention to ward off invasive species in their community or region.

Design an app that helps your community, modeled after young entrepreneurs in California's rural Salinas Valley

Explore inventions that harness the power of water to make electricity

Learn about a concussion sensor invention that helps athletes detect if they may have a concussion

Use this NewsHour lesson plan to learn more about invention education and how students are creating solutions to help improve plastic pollution

Learn how farm animals are improving energy output on solar farms and design their own device to improve a problem that relies on an eco-friendly solution