Pennsylvania Invention Convention

Creativity, critical thinking, innovation, teamwork, and communication skills are recognized as the skills that prepare students for increasingly complex school, work, and life environments. The Pennsylvania Invention Convention gives students recognition for creating inventions to solve real world problems. 

Students discover a world in which they can gain the confidence and skills to invent their own future. 

A K-12 Student Invention Competition

 

Every K-12 student in Pennsylvania is invited to participate in the Pennsylvania Invention Convention including:

  • Public,
  • Non-Public,
  • Parochial,
  • Charter,
  • and Home Schooled.

What will you invent?

Invention Convention Worldwide Curriculum

Offers a full range of lessons and materials to guide the invention mindset:

Henry Ford InHub

How Can I Participate?

1. Read through this website.

2. Read and understand the “Framework for Invention.”

3. Start an Invention Log (a journal of your process).

4. Find a problem to solve.

5. Find solutions.

6. Create a prototype.

7. Test & refine your prototype.

8. Make a short video, if applying virtually about your invention (up to 3-minutes)

OR present to judges at a regional in-person event at participating Intermediate Units. 

Who Can Participate?

  • Any child in any grade K-12.
  • Public, Non-public, Parochial, Charter, or Home-schooled student.

 

What does it cost?

  • There is no cost to apply virtually. 
  • Regional in-person events may have a fee.
  • No entry fee for states.

WHAT A YEAR!

 

Over 250 projects were submitted either virtually or as a result of local events.

Of those, 47 attended states in February in Hershey.

Results (Linked/Posted soon.)

 

Countdown to the Pennsylvania Invention Convention (Statewide Competition)

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