The Invention Convention - Columbus - Home School North Participation.

The Invention Convention is a program designed to inspire, encourage, reward, and recognize students, K-8, for using their creativity and imagination in developing new solutions to everyday problems. The program is both fun and educational for students. It teaches them important life skills and helps them become creative problem solvers. Many of Invention Convention?s young inventors have also taken their ideas to the next level by getting provisional or full patents and/or working with a company to turn their idea into a product that is now in stores. It's a great way to help kids turn an everyday problem into a brilliant invention.

This is a 'home school friendly' competition and numerous homeschoolers have won awards, in fact, homeschoolers won the top prize (Edison Award) in 2004, 2007 and 2008. Our family has been blessed by Invention Convention, and after our kids won Invention Convention in 2004 and 2008, they were inducted into the National Hall of fame, www.nmoe.org and Michael was named one of the top inventors in the country?the article mentions his invention from invention convention, http://www.just-think-inc.com/media/popularscience/popsci_vawter1.html

Anyone who is home schooling in Franklin, Delaware, Licking, Fairfield, Pickaway, Madison, or Union County is eligible to participate in the Home School Invention Convention.

The Home School Invention Convention Semi Finals (North) are on Tuesday afternoon, April 13th at the Heritage Christian Church (new date) in room 230 (Children's gym) from 1:30 pm to 5 pm. Set-up is from 1:30 pm - 2:00pm, 2:00 pm will be judging followed by the awards. The winners of the event will be the home school representatives at the Invention Convention on Saturday, May 29th at COSI (Memorial Day weekend). Please keep this date open so if your child wins the Semi Finals then he or she can attend the Invention Convention in May. Your child can still participate in the Semi finals even if he or she can not attend the competition on May 29th. They are eligible for a ribbon at the Semi Finals but will not receive an invite to the competition at COSI. Please let Gail know during registration if you have a schedule conflict with the COSI event on May 29th.

You can pick up Invention Convention Materials:

Old Worthington Library
820 High Street, Worthington
Room: OWL Meeting Room
Date: Friday, February 26, 2010
Time: 3:15 PM to 4:15 PM

OR

Westerville Library (meeting room TBA)
Thursday, March 4, 2010
9:30 am to 10:30 am
126 South State St. Westerville, Ohio 43081

OR

Print off material online at at: http://www.just-think-inc.com/columbus/tz_teacherresources.html

Please contact Gail Vawter at gail.e@vawters.net or 614 895 8000 ( you will get a faster response with email since I will be travelling a lot ) with questions and to register. In order to register, please email each child's name and grade, parents' name, address and phone number.

Deadline to register is April 1st.

Happy Inventing!