Kids Invent!
The Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Fresno State have created Kids Invent! 6+ science curriculum for 6th grade students. The Kids Invent! lessons touch on Next Generation Science Standards. Kids Invent! Includes twelve lessons designed to engage students in hands-on learning of science and mathematics. While teachers facilitate, students learn to present and communicate their ideas, findings, and work through practical issues of design and function in the context of observable phenomena.
Kids Invent! 6+ uses numerous tools to help classrooms meet the new NGSS standards. The program
adheres to the following: user-friendliness, thoughtful organization, and careful
instructions on lessons that utilize multiple modes of engagement. We record feedback
on the design, allowing us to make necessary edits to keep the guidebooks as effective
as possible.
Each section in Kids Invent! curriculum gives an overview of the lesson including essential questions, NGSS connections,
and a challenge goal. The guidebooks provide protocols for each section where you
will find what particular materials are needed, how to launch the section, helpful
tips and good to know segments. With each lesson students are provided with student
instruction guides and an observation sheet document where students can write down
their investigations.