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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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Invention education lessons 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 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
Student Voices July 25 2024

Student Voice: How I became an inventor (and how you can, too)

Hear from a student inventor about her path to invention, and why she thinks any student can do the same
Daily News Lesson July 25 2024

The basics of 3D printing

See how a 3D printer works and how students can create their own inventions with it.
Lesson Plan July 20 2018

Lesson plan: How mice could help fight Lyme Disease

In this STEM lesson, students will watch the PBS NewsHour video, "Could genetically engineered mice reduce Lyme disease?", and design their own inventions that could help solve public health issues
Lesson Plan July 13 2023

Lesson plan: Find useful news about the issues you care about most

Learn how to find useful news sources about the issues you find most important
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
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