The Inventucator Challenge is an opportunity for students to invent and educate. Located on the Partnership for America's Future, Inc.'s website, the inventucator challenge list consists of real dilemmas for which businesses would like solutions. Since so many of these problems are educational, solving them provides an opportunity for students to produce viable products for future use by educators. Through the Partnership for America's Future Inc., more than 60 students and teachers from across the country have produced educational devices that have aided thousands of students in the classroom.
The mission of the Foundation for Teaching Economics (FTE) is to introduce young individuals, selected for their leadership potential, to an economic way of thinking about national and international issues, and to promote excellence in economic education by helping teachers of economics become more effective educators.
This nonprofit association is dedicated to providing entrepreneurs with free, confidential face-to-face and email business counseling. Business counseling and workshops are offered at 389 chapter offices across the country. SCORE’s 10,500 retired and working volunteers provide free business counseling and advice as a public service.
In this inspirational book, Frances Karnes, Suzanne Bean and Elizabeth Verdick introduce dozens of young female entrepreneurs ranging in age from 9 to 25, and offers advice and instruction for others wishing to start a business.
Women and girls have created ingenious innovations that have made our lives simpler and better. Their creations are some of the most enduring (windshield wipers) and best loved (chocolate chip cookies). What inspired these women, and just how did they turn their ideas into realities?
This planner and workbook by Dianne Linderman provides the framework for guiding young children in planning, organizing and implementing their very own business. This book guides children in analyzing ideas, identifying start-up costs, designing logos and investigating legal considerations.
Author Henry Petroski conveys the pleasures and processes of engineering. Using real world examples from the invention of the paper clip and zippers to aircraft and skyscrapers, he explains "how engineers get from thought to thing." Petroski shares his perspective on how environment, politics, economics, and culture in addition to design and engineering affect the way things look and work. Anyone interested in the evolution of a product from the invention, to design, development, production and construction will find this book fascinating.
Written by Frances A. Karnes, Ph.D. and Suzanne M. Bean, Ph.D., this book explodes with positive ideas and activities that will help your students discover their leadership abilities. The activities throughout this book stimulate the exploration of ideas and encourage critical thinking about leadership. Students will find guidance and advice that emphasize leadership skills in a variety of settings, including leadership in the classroom, school activities, and the community. It also includes real-life stories about students who took on leadership positions.
Some "mistakes" are the best inventions. This book provides the stories to 40 such inventions - including chocolate chip cookies, velcro, aspirin and Post-Its.
Celebrate the lives of 22 educational entrepreneurs who have made a difference. Learn how these men and women have turned their dreams into significant benefits for children. Share in their passion for education and learning. Follow them as they take ordinary educational concepts and make them extraordinary. Use these successful case histories to build your own success.
This is a collection of failures that many historical and present-day people experienced before becoming successful and famous. Contains example after example of people who went on to succeed after experiencing setbacks.
Global Scholar is a two-week summer seminar that offers rising high school juniors and seniors the chance to immerse themselves in college- level coursework on world affairs. The seminar normally takes place each July, at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. At Global Scholar, students prepare for the academic rigor of America's leading universities and develop their leadership skills. They will raise their awareness of global issues through academic study, through face-to-face videoconferences with their peers around the world, through film and music and through interactive simulation experiences.
Penn Engineering Summer Academy in Applied Science & Technology (SAAST) is a three-week program at the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania. The five rigorous, intensive SAAST courses give high school students an advance look at the learning experience they can expect in college. Courses include: Biotechnology, Computer Graphics, Computer Programming, Nanotechnology, and Robotics.
This for-credit summer program is for students who want to learn about the integration of technological concepts and management principles. M&TSI is designed to introduce students to the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary for successfully linking technology and management concepts in the 21st century. The program features classes taught by Penn faculty and successful entrepreneurs, field trips to companies and R&D facilities, intensive team projects, as well as other activities.
Leadership in the Business World (LBW) is a four-week summer program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (and at Wharton | San Francisco) designed to introduce talented rising high school seniors to the fundamental skills and knowledge necessary to lead in the 21st century. The program features a fast-paced mix of interactive classes, guest speakers, company visits and activities.
The Invention at Play exhibit is housed in the Lemelson Hall of Invention, a 3,500 square-foot gallery located on the first floor, west wing, of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. A smaller version of the exhibition (1700 sq. ft) continues to travel throughout the country under the auspices of the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC).
About.com provides this list of hundreds of famous inventors. Read about interesting inventions and their creators; from Bakelite, to superconductors, to vaccination needles.
Global SchoolNet (GSN) seeks opportunities to partner with schools, universities, communities, businesses and other organizations to co-develop free or low cost programs to help students become literate and responsible global citizens, and to prepare them for the workforce. Global SchoolNet is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit education organization.
This site is dedicated to increasing financial literacy among youth. Its "12 Principles every child should know" is a great resource for teaching kids about personal finance.
This website is the online version of the Occupational Outlook Handbook -- a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Revised every two years, the handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.