Resource Library

 

Ready to inspire young inventors in your classroom? Below, find resources that can be used with or stand alone from our free invention curriculum.

 

Remember: invention is just one way to empower your students as courageous agents of change. At Project Invent, we weave together best practices for educators interested in design thinking, engineering, entrepreneurship, and more. This resource library represents materials we’ve collected along the way. We hope you’ll use it to innovate in your classroom — whatever that may look like!

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

 
 

TEACHING INVENTION

 
 

Invention Curriculum

Our digital curriculum — complete with 7 lesson plans and 30+ tools from design thinking, engineering, and entrepreneurship — is available for download on our Curriculum Landing Page.

 
 
 

General Resources

 
 
 
 

Elementary School

 
 
 
 

Middle School

 
 
 
 

High School

 

TEACHING ARDUINO

 
 
 
 

TEACHING MICRO:BIT

 
 

Our Design Sprints are stand alone mini-lessons which can be used in your classroom today to introduce Micro:bit skills through projects based on two of the 17 Global Goals from the United Nations. Check out each of them, or use them as a framework to learn about one of the other Global Goals. We’ve also added a Scratch Coding extension to sample web coding with your students.

 
 
 

Or sign up to learn about MICRO:BIT FOR SOCIAL GOOD from our friend Maddie Lowry, a STEAM Educator from Chattanooga, TN, in a course offered through Infosys Pathfinders

 

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP

 
 

Community Partner Starter Pack

The best inventions are designed with a specific user in mind. At Project Invent, our students build solutions to problems identified by local Community Partners. Check out our Community Partner Starter Pack for a collection of tips and tricks that we have learned over 5+ years of connecting communities and classrooms.

 

WEBINAR LIBRARY

 

MURAL for Project-Based Learning

Virtual 3D Design with Tinkercad

Finding Community Partners

Virtual Community Partnerships

Low to No-Tech Prototyping: Cardboard Engineering

At-home Design Challenges

Making & Coding Virtually with Arduino

Virtual 3D Design with Onshape

Facilitating SEL Virtually

Making & Coding Virtually with Micro:bit

 

MICRO-MAKER

Practice empathy at home with these micro-maker activities for kids. A great way to practice how to listen to others, build creative ideas, and put empathy into action!