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Encouraging Innovative Thinking

Spark!Lab Dr. InBae & Mrs. Kyung Joo Yoon Invent It Challenge

The Spark!Lab Dr. InBae & Mrs. Kyung Joo Yoon Invent It Challenge is a fun way to practice the invention process by actually creating something new that matters to the world, either by yourself or with a team of friends.

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Tinker Ball

Tinker Ball is back! Playing around with objects and ideas helps us see that there may be more than one solution.

Computer-generated sketch of tree picker machine
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Design a 21st Century Farming Device

What types of farming will your device be used for? Who will use your invention?

Computer-generated drawing of solar panels in the shape of a houseplant charging a cell phone
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Create a Solar-Powered Invention

Create a solar-powered invention with virtual materials—or design your own parts and pieces.

Rocket launcher made from wood and other materials
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Design a Spacecraft

Design a spacecraft with virtual materials—or create your own parts and pieces.

Computer-generated image of a shopping cart
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Reinvent the Shopping Cart

Reinvent a shopping cart with these virtual materials—or create your own parts and pieces.

Computer-generated image of people in a mass transit vehicle
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Create a Mass Transit Vehicle

Create a mass transit vehicle (bus, plane, boat, train, spacecraft or something totally new) with virtual materials—or create your own parts and pieces.

A scooter made by a child
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Invent a Toy

Invent a new toy with virtual materials—or create your own parts and pieces.

Computer-generated parts to invent something to help clean up the ocean
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Help Clean Up the Ocean

Use virtual materials—or create your own parts and pieces—to build a 3D model of your invention that could help clean up the ocean.

Computer-generated object moving through a pipe
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Invent a Device That Can Move Through a Pipe

Invent a device that can move through a pipe with these virtual materials—or create your own parts and pieces.

3 Sparky stick figures tumbling around a drawing of a light bulb.
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Design a Stadium

Design a stadium with virtual materials—or create your own parts and pieces.

Sparky logo
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Invent a Musical Instrument

You can invent an instrument using common items found around your house. What type of instrument will you create?

Cover of Let’s Go Shopping with Peter and Penny children’s book
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Let’s Tell a Story!

Stories tell us how inventions came to be and what inspired the inventors.

Computer-generated design work surface
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Design an Innovative Voting Poster

Design a poster that will encourage people to vote in every election.

An array of craft materials
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At-Home Inventors

Lots of inventors worked from home – what will you invent?

Now What? game graphic
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Spark!Lab's Now What? Invention Game

Unexpected problems often call for inventive solutions.

A young girl works on the Invent a Skate Park activity
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Spark!Lab Activities

You can explore the history and process of invention through Draper Spark!Lab activities at home, too!

Triangular Brownie Inventor Badge
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Calling All Brownie Girl Scout Inventors

Bring your Brownie troop to Spark!Lab, where everyone is an inventor!

3D printed wearable components
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Game Controllers for All

Developing an adaptive game controller activity

A toy mouse in a yellow, wedge-shaped car
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The Power of a Challenge

Some famous inventions have come about because of a competition. What will you invent if challenged?

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