WHAT? A display and judging of student inventions
 
WHY? To teach and encourage students to use creative problem-solving techniques and to bring creative ideas to reality through the medium of invention
 
WHO? All District 196 students in grades 4 and 5 are eligible to participate
 
WHERE? Eagan High School and Dakota Hills Middle School
 
WHEN? Saturday, January 17, 2009 from 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., with judging from 8:30 a.m. until the last invention is judged.  
               
Displays are open to the public at 10:30 a.m. Awards are presented at approximately 11:30 a.m.

SPONSORED BY:  The Gifted and Talented Program of District 196

YOUNG INVENTORS FAIR:  District winners will be encouraged to submit their inventions to The Young Inventors Fair.  The Young Inventors Fair is primarily an educational program, designed to teach creatively gifted students creative problem solving skills, which they can then apply to some of humankind’s real problems.  Student inventions are judged by parents, inventors, teachers and other professionals on Thursday, February 26, 2009 and Friday, February 27, 2009.  The best 100 are featured, along with the young inventors, at the Landmark Center in St. Paul on Saturday, April 4, 2009.

RESOURCES:  Many books about inventing are available in your school, public libraries and on-line. Each school has a copy of the Young Inventors Fair Curriculum Guide available to teachers.

NOTE:  This is an optional, independent project, entirely the work of the student(s).  Official rules MUST be followed exactly for the invention to be eligible.

QUESTIONS:  Ask the GT Specialist at your school.
 
District 196 Inventors Fair Registration Form:  
Due to your GT Specialist by DECEMBER 12, 2008