Craftsman/NSTA Young Inventors Awards Program—Students of Invention

by: Valynda Mayes, Mary Kay Hemenway , Brad J. Armosky, and Valynda Mayes

Thomas A. Edison said, "To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." Well, the finalists in this year's Craftsman/NSTA Young Inventors Award Program had no shortage of imagination but chose more useful items with which to work. With the goal to invent or modify a tool, students across the country were searching homes, yards, and garages for just the right tools to improve or reinvent. This article describes this year’s Craftsman/NSTA Young Inventors Awards Program finalists’ inventions.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 9/1/2004Stock # sc03_041_02_38Volume 042Issue 01

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