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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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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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Daily News Lesson January 29 2024

14-year-old scientist Heman Bekele on his quest to fight skin cancer with soap

Learn about an amazing invention by a young scientist
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Educator Voices January 09 2024

Educator Voice: How inventing helps students take risks to change their world

Educators get together to talk about how #inventioned works out in their classrooms.
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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
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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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Educator Voices September 25 2023

Educator Voice: Biotech founder awarded patent at age 13, has this advice for young inventors

Inventor MJ Kievman shares how her existing intellectual property has kept her in the field
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Daily News Lesson September 17 2023

Inventing solutions to cities exploding rat populations

Does your city/town have a plan for controlling its rat population?
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Educator Voices July 26 2023

Educator Voice: In invention education, meet kids where they are going

Hear from a teacher on how to approach invention education
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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
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