What is Invention Convention 2017?
Invention Convention 2017 (IC 2017) is an annual regional and statewide invention competition for students from grades K through 8. You may have experienced the creative energy of our student inventors during previous competitions. If so, you know how much fun it is. If you haven’t participated, we invite you and your students to join in the fun. An added bonus is that Invention Convention is aligned with NYS MST Learning Standard 5, which relates to Technology and Engineering Design.
In collaboration with the museum of innovation and science (miSci) and GE Volunteers, this contest is organized and run by volunteer scientists, engineers, patent attorneys, agents and others. We believe that interdisciplinary programs such as Invention Convention have great value in the school curriculum, and we hope you and your students will participate this year.
Now in its 19th year, Invention Convention has engaged more than 14,000 students from this region in creative problem solving with us since we began in 1998, including more than 1,400 in 2016 alone!
This year we have updated the application process for Invention Convention. All forms, information and participation details can be found at http://misci.org/events/invention-convention. The deadline for submitting the online form is March 10, 2017, so the sooner students start thinking about their inventions, the more time they will have to work on them!
We look forward to seeing this year’s inventions!
For more on the convention submissions and general inquiries, please contact Emily Kosmaczewski, Capital Region Coordinator at miSci by phone at 518-382-7890 ext. 252 or by email at [email protected].