Intro to Invention

Ensuring Your Idea is Novel

Welcome to episode four of our six-episode Intro to Innovation & Invention series! In this episode, we're joined by special guest, Christine Lawlor-King to talk about how young innovators can make sure their invention is original! Even young innovators should know about intellectual property and how it goes hand-in-hand with inventing! 🔗 Resources Mentioned in This Episode * United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO): uspto.gov [https://www.uspto.gov/] * USPTO Resources for Students & Educators: uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/kids-educators [https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/kids-educators] * USPTO Patent Search: uspto.gov/patents/search/patent-public-search [https://www.uspto.gov/patents/search/patent-public-search] * Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation (IPOEF): ipoef.org [https://www.ipoef.org/] * IPOEF’s IP Made Easy (Christine Lawlor-King helped develop this resource!): ipoef.org/ip-made-easy [https://www.ipoef.org/ip-made-easy/] * Michelson Foundation: michelsonip.com [https://michelsonip.com/] * Michelson Foundation IP Resources: michelsonip.com/resources [https://michelsonip.com/resources/] * Google Patents: patents.google.com [https://patents.google.com/] ⭐ For more At Home Innovation resources, go to NextMinds.org [http://NextMinds.org].

Sharing and Validating Ideas

Welcome to episode three of of six-episode Intro to Innovation & Invention series! This episode is all about how innovators need to share and validate their ideas. By sharing their ideas, your young innovator can get helpful feedback to improve their invention or can even inspire another person to start inventing! ⭐ For more At Home Innovation resources, go to NextMinds.org [http://NextMinds.org].

Identifying a Problem to Solve

Welcome to episode two of of six-episode Intro to Innovation & Invention series! Once your young innovator has started their innovation journey, the first major milestone for them is to identify a problem. Every invention starts with a problem. The problem is an innovator’s driving force to invent. ⭐ For more At Home Innovation resources, go to NextMinds.org [http://NextMinds.org].

Intro to Invention

At Home Innovation, a podcast of the NextMinds Invention Convention programs, is designed to help young innovators and the adults in their lives grow in their inventiveness, ability to identify problems, and to create meaningful solutions. With this episode, we begin our six-episode series introducing our six units for innovation and invention. In this episode, we introduce you to inventing and innovating! ⭐ For more At Home Innovation resources, go to ⁠ [nextminds.org]NextMinds.org [http://NextMinds.org]⁠ [nextminds.org].