20 High Schools Awarded Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams Grants for Invention Projects.Grant Applications Now Available for 2007 - 2008 School Year CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- What could teams of high school students invent? This school year the answer to that question includes a memory stimulator for people with Alzheimer's and dementia; a reusable fire-extinguishing grenade for first-responders; and a pocket-sized arsenic filter to purify drinking water. With InvenTeams grants up to $10,000 each from the Lemelson-MIT Program, students and teachers at 20 high schools across the country are inventing practical solutions to a real-world problem of their choosing. "We were astounded with the ingenuity and sophistication of the InvenTeams' proposed inventions," said Joshua Schuler, the Lemelson-MIT Program's InvenTeams Grants Officer. "We hope to continue fostering these students' passion for invention and innovation and are eager to watch them develop their prototypes." Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams empowers teens to identify a need or problem and work collaboratively to invent a solution to it. Grant recipients are encouraged to work with mentors from their communities. In addition, continuation grants are available to help foster the students' passion for invention and innovation. The Lemelson-MIT Program matches up to $2,000 to help previous InvenTeams continue invention projects. These continuation grants can be used to further the InvenTeam's original invention or start a new invention project. "Unlike other initiatives, InvenTeams is about collaboration, not competition," Schuler added. "It motivates high school students to study science, technology and/or engineering in college and potentially explore careers in those fields. It also helps them develop professional skills such as project management, leadership, teamwork and budgeting." A prestigious panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
Merton Flemings, Director of the Lemelson-MIT Program, explained that InvenTeams aims to inspire creative thinking and innovation among high school students by giving teachers the opportunity and resources to provide a hands-on, real-world invention experience. "There has been much reported about the 'quiet crisis' facing our schools in terms of science and math education," said Merton Flemings, Director of the Lemelson-MIT Program. "By encouraging and supporting youth to pursue their inventions and to dream big, we hope to inspire more of them to enter these fields." The 2006-2007 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams come from public, private and technical magnet high schools in urban, suburban and rural communities across the United States. The grant recipients and their proposed inventions are: East * Acton Boxborough Regional High School (Acton, Mass.): Reusable fire-extinguishing grenade (Cisco Systems is providing additional funding and mentoring support to this team) * Ardsley High School Ardsley High School is a secondary school located in Ardsley, New York. The school was established in 1957 and serves students in grades 9–12. An extension was built onto the school and was completed in 2006.[1] The school principal is Dr. James Haubner. (Ardsley, N.Y.): "Curb-conqueror" wheelchair attachment * The Bromfield School (Harvard, Mass.): Memory-assist device for people with Alzheimer's, dementia and other memory-related illnesses * Eleanor Roosevelt High School Eleanor Roosevelt High School can refer to:
* George T. Baker Aviation School (Miami, Fla.): Portable, solar-charged traffic signal * McArthur High School McArthur High School is located in Hollywood, Florida. It serves students from the 9th to 12th grade. Their mascot is the Mustang. School type: Public. School colors: Green and Orange. School Hours 7:30- 2:40. It is part of the Broward County School District. (Hollywood, Fla.): Extended-use dry erase marker * Merrimack High School (Merrimack, N.H.): Solar-powered biodiesel processor * Miller Place High School (Miller Place, N.Y.): Wheelchair tip alarm * Staples High School Staples High School is a public secondary school, located in the town of Westport, Connecticut, USA. Staples High School is named after Horace Staples who founded the school in 1884. (Westport, Conn.): Filing cabinet for people with arthritis Central * Columbus School for Girls Columbus School for Girls is a private, single-sex college-preparatory school located in Bexley, Ohio, just East of downtown Columbus, Ohio. It is the only all-girls high school in the Columbus area. (Columbus, Ohio): Modern high school locker * Divine Child High School Divine Child High School is a private Catholic high school in Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan, United States. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit, Divine Child offers grades 9 through 12, with an average of around 875 students. (Dearborn, Mich.): Regenerative braking system for recharging batteries in consumer electronics devices * Francis W. Parker School (Chicago, Ill.): Electromagnetic products for consumers * Huntsville High School (Huntsville, Ark.): Underground location and communication device for caving groups and rescue teams West * Gresham High School '''Gresham High School may refer to:
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* Newberg High School Newberg High School is the only public high school in Newberg, Oregon. Newberg High was recently remodeled in order to add space as well as connect the formerly separate buildings of the campus. (Newberg, Ore.): Portable, lightweight solar Stirling generator to provide electricity to remote villages * Palo Alto High School Palo Alto Senior High School is the older of the two high schools in Palo Alto, California, United States. Founded in 1898, its enrollment today is almost 1700 students. "Paly", as the school is known locally, draws high-achieving and scholastically-minded students due to the (Palo Alto, Calif.): Head-mounted remote control for quadriplegics * San Jon School (San Jon, N.M.): Pocket-sized arsenic filter to purify drinking water * Sehome High School Sehome High School, the home of the Mariners, is a public school and a part of the Bellingham School District in Washington, United States. Sehome High serves students mainly from the southern end of the City of Bellingham. (Bellingham, Wash.): Surveyor of solar energy potential * Westview High School Westview High School is the name of several high schools in the United States:
Every spring, InvenTeams have the opportunity to demonstrate their inventions during the InvenTeams Odyssey at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Mass. This past June, 18 high schools showcased their invention prototypes, which ranged from a fall sensor for the elderly to a portable water-treatment device. InvenTeams applications for the 2007-2008 school year are now available at http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/. About the Lemelson-MIT Program The Lemelson-MIT Program recognizes outstanding inventors, encourages sustainable new solutions to real-world problems, and enables and inspires young people to pursue creative lives and careers through invention. Jerome H. Lemelson Jerome "Jerry" Hal Lemelson (July 18, 1923 Staten Island, New York - October 1, 1997) was a prolific and controversial American inventor and patent holder. Biography Lemelson was born on Staten Island, New York, on July 18, 1923, the oldest of three brothers. , one of the world's most prolific inventors, and his wife Dorothy founded the Lemelson-MIT Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1994. It is funded by the Lemelson Foundation, a private philanthropy that celebrates and supports inventors and entrepreneurs in order to strengthen social and economic life. More information on the Lemelson-MIT Program is online at http://web.mit.edu/invent/. |
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