Inventions Scribble Book
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Age: 7+
Ready to become an inventor but not sure what to make? Get inspired with links to videos and projects where you can:
- Discover how inventions work.
- Meet other young inventors.
- Build water wheels, rockets and more.
Scroll down to see all the links
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Downloadable templates
Think like an inventor
- Meet an inventorSee how an inventor comes up with ideas.Take me there
- How to be an inventorWhat do inventors do? Find out, then test yourself with a quiz.Take me there
- Coming up with ideasFind out about brainstorming and how teaming up with others will help you think of more ideas.Take me there
- Fix a crazy machineCan you think like an inventor and fix the machine?Take me there
- Drawing inventionsTop tips on how to draw your inventions.Take me there
- Curious how things work?Discover how digital cameras, lava lamps and other inventions work. (Click on the playlist for more.)Take me there
What can you invent?
- Designs for inventions
See inventions made from young inventors' designs. (Click on "Made real" to see the inventions, or click on "Upload an idea" to submit your own invention.)
Take me there - Can you invent a sport?Lots of maker challenges to inspire you. (Browse the playlist for more videos.)Take me there
- Solve an easy problem......with a complicated invention. Watch two inventors build a complicated machine.Take me there
- Idea generatorNot sure what to make? Get inspired with a stuff spinner.Take me there
- Maker faireVisit a maker faire, where inventors and designers show their weird and wonderful inventions.Take me there
- Worry shredderWatch a worry shredder machine in action, invented by a young student.Take me there
Start inventing!
- Homemade water wheelMake a water wheel with cardboard and plastic cups. (You can use paper cups instead of plastic ones. Click on the playlist for more invention ideas.)Take me there
- Mini-hoverboardFind out how hoverboards work, then make your own.Take me there
- Plastic bag yarnTurn plastic bags into yarn – plarn – then think of new things you can make with plarn.Take me there
- Straw rocketMake a straw rocket and find out how it works. Can you improve the idea? (Click on the playlist for more invention ideas.)Take me there
- Stuck for ideas?
Lots of activities, experiments and video guides to help inspire you.
Take me there
A world of inventions
- Inventions songListen to a song about the inventions that move us, power our homes and keep us safe.Take me there
- World-changing inventionsExamine inventions that changed the world. (Click on the panel, then click on a label.)Take me there
- Invented by accident
Find out about some accidental inventions, including the glass used in cars and synthetic dyes.
Take me there - Who invented......the internet? (To find out who invented books, toys and more, look for "Who invented" clips in the playlist.)Take me there
- A sticky successFind out how super glue was invented. (Click on the playlist to find out about bendy straws, blue jeans and other inventions.)Take me there
Meet some inventors
- Famous inventors
Who invented telephones, airplanes – and the first computer codes?
Take me there - Helping deaf dancersMeet an audio engineer and see his invention that helps deaf dancers feel music.Take me there
- Cardboard arcade builderSee how a young inventor designed her own cardboard arcade. (Click on the playlist to meet more young inventors.)Take me there
- Could you make an arm?Meet an inventor who made himself an arm out of LEGO®.Take me there
- Solving a problemFind out how and why a young inventor created a heat-powered flashlight.Take me there
