Invention Education Collection

Daily News Lesson January 31 2025

How sail-powered cargo ships use sustainability on the high seas

80% percent of all global trade travels by sea and those ships account for 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions

Daily News Lesson February 04 2025

11-year-old author explains how to change the world by teaching girls science

Learn about a young inventor, author and entrepreneur

Daily News Lesson April 26 2025

Students invent solutions to problems via Samsung's Solve for Tomorrow competition

Learn about this competition that helps students solve problems in their communities and beyond

Daily News Lesson July 26 2024

Inventors, patent examiners, educators: The many careers at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Learn more about her journey to the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Daily News Lesson August 09 2024

Building a robot: The dedication and drive of one world championship robotics team

Learn about the 2024 VEX Robotics World Championship

Daily News Lesson September 09 2024

Deaths linked to football raise concerns about sport’s risks for young players

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

Daily News Lesson November 20 2024

Ghana becomes dumping ground for the world’s unwanted used clothes

Learn what happens to many garments donated to thrift stores

Daily News Lesson December 17 2024

Indiana high school students offer up ideas to combat climate change

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

Lesson Plan February 01 2017

Lesson plan: Invent your own device to battle invasive species

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.