Students

Welcome Students!!

You may not know it yet, but YOU are an inventor!!

You will be working with your teacher, family, and other students over the next few weeks to solve a problem, create a solution, design and build the solution – and at the end you can say “I am an Inventor”.

How Will You Become an Inventor?

Your teacher will work with you so you understand what an invention is. You will do some fun exercises in class to get your creative juices flowing.
You will think of a problem in your life – or in your parents’ lives – or in your friends’ lives – that is annoying and needs solving
You will design a solution to this problem. Your teacher or your parents or another adult can help, but you must do the work. That includes research to make sure this invention doesn’t already exist! Or if it does exist, how does your solution improve it?
Along the way, you will keep an Inventor’s Log describing each step in your process.
You will build the invention (but keep the cost down – using recycled materials etc). You can get help from an adult, but most of the work is yours.
You will make a display board that tells the story of your invention, what it does, who might use it and you will demonstrate and explain your invention in your classroom.
You will also have the opportunity to demonstrate and explain your invention at Invention Convention – at your school or even at the California Invention Convention.

NOW YOU ARE AN INVENTOR!!

Learn about the California Invention Convention

Here are some kids that didn’t think they were inventors either – but look what they did!!

Sienna ‘s family had trouble getting their wet suits completely clean after surfing – which shortens the life of the suit. She invented a Wet Suit Washer that washed several suits both inside and outside at the same time! wet-suit-washer

Bryce’s family had trouble putting the lights on the tree at Christmas because the tree was too big to reach all the way around. He invented a box that turns the tree while they are decorating it. He says he is going to modify it so his family can store the lights in the box when Christmas is over.

The display board describes the problem, the solution and how the inventor got from problem to solution.

Nikko’s brother has Diabetes and has to regularly test his blood sugar using Diabetes Test Strips. He would leave the used strips all over – causing a mess. She invented a kit that he could wear on his belt that holds both the new and used strips. This way, he always has a test strip when he needs one – and they aren’t getting discarded into the environment.