Invent! 101 awesome ideas to make the world a better place

The children and adults in this book turn their ideas into action. They persevere and are creative. Example texts are interspersed with assignments. Fun assignments for independent work or to do together in class. Very suitable as a project in an enrichment class: researching, designing, and entrepreneurship.

Fun for all children, and especially interesting for gifted children. Gifted children are encouraged to think analytically and creatively.

This fun book is written for children in grades 6, 7, and 8. Download an info sheet with lesson ideas here: Info sheet.

There are 15 chapters with assignments:

1. Eureka!
2. Poop in a Pill
3. Print a Hand for Someone Else
4. Balloon Ribbons on the Beach? There's Another Way!
5. From Shirt to Boxer Shorts
6. Print Your Own Toy
7. You Buy Music Fun on Our Site
8. Koen is a Sea Farmer!
9. What Do We Do with Plastic Soup?
10. Kitchen Scraps Become Biogas
11. An Egg Carton Made of Grass
12. The Shop Belongs to the People in the Village
13. From Treadmill to Balance Bike
14. Jewelry from Beetle Shells
15. A Delicious Lupin Burger

Problem Solving

Children learn to identify a problem and then research it. Ultimately, they come up with a design for a solution. Entrepreneurship means that children assign value to what they have devised. An example: older primary school children report that another deer has been hit and killed on the ring road near the school. They investigate how this can be prevented (with reflective markers), present their solution to the municipality, and work with the municipality and the neighborhood to purchase and install the reflective markers. Such a project calls for analytical, creative, and practical thinking.