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Lesson Plan April 30 2024

Lesson Plan: Using robotics to support high-speed internet in rural communities

A short project-based lesson that weaves arts & sciences together
2023-2024 Invention Ed Fellows
Educator Voices March 15 2024

Get to Know the 2023-2024 Invention Education Fellows

Meet NewsHour Classroom's 2023-24 Invention Fellows!
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Lesson Plan March 14 2024

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

Teach students how to design their own inventions that help their communities
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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.
Thomas Edison And His Big Bulb
Lesson Plan July 13 2023

Lesson plan: Learn how to pitch your invention

Pitch ideas for solving problems in your community
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Lesson Plan July 13 2023

Lesson plan: What does an inventor do?

Learn what strategies inventors use to solve problems they see around them
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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
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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
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Educator Voices March 02 2023

Get to Know the 2022-2023 Invention Education Fellows

Meet NewsHour Classroom's 2022-23 Invention Fellows!
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Daily News Lesson March 02 2023

Get to Know PBS News Hour Classroom's Invention Education Fellows

Meet NewsHour Classroom's 2022-23 Invention Fellows!
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