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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!
2023-2024 Invention Ed Fellows

Get to Know the 2023-2024 Invention Education Fellows
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Educator Voice: Cultivating the next generation of STEM leaders

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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!
Student Voices January 11 2025

Student Voice: How this robotics team uses an inventor's mindset

"You have to have a lot of perseverance, because you're going to fail—like a lot." — Issah, Coral Springs Middle School, Broward County, Florida
Student Voices July 10 2023

Student Voice: 'Anyone who is driven by problem solving is an inventor'

For Ana-Lois Davis, a young inventor, creating intellectual property starts with a problem
Educator Voices March 15 2024

Get to Know the 2023-2024 Invention Education Fellows

Meet NewsHour Classroom's 2023-24 Invention Fellows!
Educator Voices April 02 2024

Educator Voice: Cultivating the next generation of STEM leaders

A persistent skills gap threatens to hinder progress in critical STEM areas — this is where mentors come in
Student Voices June 22 2021

Student inventors lead the way in UK design competition

Design Ventura invites students ages 13–16 to research, design and create a novel product
Lesson Plan September 06 2019

Lesson plan: Inventing assistive devices that give people their independence

Learn about assistive devices and how innovation plays a key role in the invention process
Student Voices July 24 2023

Student Voice: Why this young inventor is so interested in intellectual property (IP)

A field that Marc van Zyl believes inspires progress
Educator Voices October 04 2023

Educator voice: How this Chicago school encourages all students to be inventors

Hear from two Chicago teachers on how they motivate their students to see invention as solution to challenges
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