Attention all inventors!
The local Invention Convention will be held Tuesday, January 26 as a virtual competition/event from 5:30-8 p.m. Any district student in grades K-8 is invited to participate. Those participating must create a simple, working invention and tri-fold poster, along with students in grades 3-8 will be required to create an inventor’s log documenting their work.
If you are interested in participating, pick up a form in your school office. Forms include a rules sheet, tips sheet, inventor’s log, and entry form. A flyer has also been sent home with students to remind families about the upcoming event. Registration deadline is January 20.
Do you want to win a FREE summer STEM camp scholarship for participating? Any child in grades K-5 who signs up for the Invention Convention competition AND attends the competition virtually that evening with all of the necessary requirements (for grades K-2: a poster and invention; for grades 3-8: a
poster, inventor's log, and invention) will have their name put into a drawing win one of TWO FREE scholarships to a summer STEM camp in partnership with the Ottumwa CSD and Camp Invention ($235 value). Camp Invention will be held at Evans Middle School from June 21-25, 2021 (9AM-3:30PM each day). More information about this camp can be found at: https://www.invent.org/programs/camp-invention.
If you have further questions about the event, please contact the coordinator, Breanna Dehrkoop at Liberty Elementary at 641-682-4502 or at [email protected].
Have fun using your creative and inventing skills to create a new or improved invention!