Our Innovation Curriculum is the Perfect K-12 Cross-discipline STEAM Toolbox
Educators now have the tools to feel confident about preparing the innovators and inventors or the future.
Find Out About Our Innovation Curriculum from Educators
A fun, hands-on approach to inspire creativity, teamwork and a growth mindset
Students often see problems in need of better solutions. There’s no better way to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation — and to build courage and resilience — than to give students a safe place to explore, fail forward and succeed.
Elementary School
At the K-5 grade level, educators will be able to:
- Deliver teacher-directed, developmentally-appropriate lessons and activities
- Easily customize lesson plans and activities based on classroom interests and supplies available
- Align each lesson plan and activity to real-world careers
- Introduce and practice the inquiry process as well as observation and presentation skills, using IE’s proprietary 9-Step Method
- Tap into young students’ natural instinct to tinker and problem-solve
- Keep students encouraged with the help of Chipper Cloud, our courseware mascot
Middle School
At the 6-8 grade level, educators will be able to:
- Easily flex between teacher-directed and self-directed lessons depending on student and class needs
- Easily customize lesson plans and activities based on individual or small group interests
- Follow the same 9-Step Method with multiple simultaneous project teams
- Prepare students for the real world with a focus on real-world careers for career readiness
- Deliver the course as core curriculum, an elective, core supplement or club
High School
At the 9-12 grade level, educators will be able to:
- Deliver the courseware as self-directed lessons and easily switch back to teacher-directed as needed
- Easily customize lesson plans and activities based on individual or class interests
- Follow the same 9-Step Method with multiple simultaneous project teams
- Prepare students for the real world with a focus on real-world careers for career readiness
- Deliver the curriculum as core curriculum, elective, or club
- Deliver the curriculum as a unit of study or as an entire course
- Deliver the curriculum within the instructional core over a semester or academic year
Transform Classrooms and Underutilized Spaces into Immersive Learning Environments.
Our award-winning Innovation Labs® Design Services team at Inventionland® Education works with you to re-imagine and bring to life imaginative and stimulating spaces. It’s perfect for immersive learning and inspiring creativity.
Receive Your No-cost
Innovation Labs® Starter Kit
Your kit includes:
- Portfolio Catalog of Lab Design Options
- Lab Design Video Links
- Before and After Examples
- Immersive Learning Spaces White Paper
- Design, Construction and Install Steps
Your starter Kit also includes a complimentary consultation with one of our project managers.
See How the Leechburg Area School District Transformed K-12 STEAM Learning
If a picture is worth a thousand words, this actual video of the Inventionland® Curriculum and Innovation Labs® is worth much more. Hear from District Leadership, Principals, and Teachers on how Inventionland® Education partnered with them to create world-class courseware and spaces.
Just as we do for students, we offer fun, hands-on experiences to inspire creativity, teamwork and a growth mindset in teachers.
Teachers using our curriculum may also see problems in need of better solutions. Our professional learning courses and workshops offer teachers a safe space to explore Inventionland®’s proven 9-Step Method turning their own ideas into innovations and inventions, so they can in turn encourage their own students to do the same.
Immersive PD
This intensive, 3-day professional learning course allows teachers to experience the Innovation courseware from a student’s perspective.
- Journey through the course as a student, including coming up with their own problem, solution, product pitch and invention
- Gain hands-on experience, and confidence, with the 9-Step Method and the ABC’s of Storytelling
- Receive training of the Inventionland® Education curriculum and courseware, online portal and student progress tracking
- Opportunities for instituting a train-the-trainer model within your district
Topical Workshops
We’re proud to offer a wide variety of workshops to help teachers gain hands-on experience and confidence with Maker Space tools.
- 3D Printers, Laser Cutters, CNC Milling Machines, Vinyl Cutters and more
- Prototyping with Cardboard
- Prototyping with Blue Foam
- Mold with Silicone
- Logo/Package Design
- Video Production
- Stop Motion
- Molding and Casting
Custom Training
Thinking outside the box? Call us to discuss your needs and we look forward to making it happen.
- Onsite training at Inventionland® Education
- Virtual training
- Half-day or full-day options
- Back-to-school refresher trainings
- And SO much more!