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Invention
Convention 2012 (IC 2012) is an annual regional and statewide invention competition for students from grades K through 8. You may have experienced the creative energy of our student inventors during previous competitions. If so, you know how much fun it is. If you haven’t participated, we invite you and your students to join in the fun. An added bonus is that Invention Convention is aligned with NYS MST Learning Standard 5, which relates to Technology and Engineering Design.
In collaboration with the Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium and GE Volunteers, this contest is organized and run by volunteer scientists, engineers, patent attorneys, agents and others. We believe that interdisciplinary programs such as Invention Convention have great value in the school curriculum, and we hope you and your students will participate this year.
Now in its 15th year, Invention Convention has engaged more than 14,000 students from this region in creative problem solving with us since we began in 1998, including more than 1,300 in 2011!
Download the Invention Convention Educator Letter
Download the Invention Convention Flier
Regional competitions are held in the Capital District, Binghamton, Buffalo and the Finger Lakes.
Information
on this web site pertains to the Capital District Region. Rules,
procedures, and deadlines for Invention Convention 2012 vary from
region to region. See our contacts
page for contact information regarding other regional competitions.
The Capital District Regional Invention Convention is open to students
in grades K-8. Invention Convention is made
possible through the volunteer and financial support of a number of
community partners. Our 2010 sponsors included the following:
For information about becoming a 2012 sponsor of Invention Convention,
please contact Megan Dominguez, Education and Planetarium Manager at the
Schenectady Museum and Suits-Bueche Planetarium at 518.382.7890 ext. 227
or Dominguez@SchenectadyMuseum.org.
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