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Fostering Everyday Inventiveness in Youth

This module explores the concept of inventiveness as a specific form of creativity that is technical and interdisciplinary. It emphasizes the importance of unleashing creativity in youth to address pressing global challenges like poverty, health, and sustainability. Through real-world examples such as water filtration projects and assistive devices for individuals with disabilities, this initiative aims to improve living conditions and provide livelihoods. By encouraging connections between invention and societal needs, it empowers young minds to be innovators for a better world.

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Fostering Everyday Inventiveness in Youth

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  1. Fostering Everyday Inventiveness in Youth Module 1 Creativity and Inventiveness

  2. Creativity The wellspring of inventiveness

  3. What’s inventiveness? Specific form of creativity Interdisciplinary Technical Produces something that in unique, useful, and works!

  4. Unleash Creativityto address global challenges Poverty Raise the standard of living Improve health Increase productivity Water filtration for Mexico 2006 InvenTeam Project

  5. Unleash creativityto address global challenges Sustainability Encourage connections between invention and sustainability Improve living conditions Provide livelihoods Human powered water pump With Martin Fisher from KickStart 2008 InvenTeam Project

  6. Unleash creativityto address local needs Assistive devices Encourage connections between invention and people with disabilities to improve lives Laser pointer for Henry E. to use to turn on the lights and feed his dog giving him back some independence 2007 InvenTeam Project

  7. Unleash creativityto address local needs Devices for the Environment Encourage connections between invention and solving pressing problems in our world Safer Electric Motor Bike 2008 InvenTeam Project

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