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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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Educator Voices January 30 2024

Educator Voice: Importance of trial and failure in invention education

PBS NewsHour Classroom's Invention Education Fellows talk about takeaways from incorporating #InventEd in school
Educator Voices October 16 2023

Educator Voice: How to get started in invention education — and solve problems where you live

Hear from educators around the country on invention education and what it means for classrooms from STEM to the humanities
Educator Voices March 02 2023

Get to Know the 2022-2023 Invention Education Fellows

Meet NewsHour Classroom's 2022-23 Invention Fellows!
Student Voices July 17 2023

Student voice: When it comes to invention, don’t be afraid to ask for help

Ifeoma Okolo and Austin Ewing, tenth grade students from Illinois, are learning about intellectual property through their experience as student inventors and budding engineers
Lesson Plan August 13 2018

Lesson plan: Solar invention makes safety and production levels shine

Hit the lights, please! In this lesson, students will learn about emerging technologies that are bringing new light sources to remote, poor areas of the world. Students will then invent their own light source using the steps of the invention process and share it via social media using #PBSInvention
Lesson Plan June 10 2016

Inventions: How do innovation and design help people with disabilities?

Learn about the role of inventions in improving accessibility for people with disabilities and create a paper or cardboard prototype of their own invention
Educator Voices February 16 2024

Educator Voice: How to use invention education across disciplines

PBS NewsHour Classroom's Invention Education Fellows talk about how to get students engaged in #InventEd

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