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2008 Young Inventors Fair:

YIF entrees are due on Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009.

The 2008 regional Young Inventors Fair will be held at the historic Landmark Center in downtown St. Paul!
The public is invited to attend this free event on Saturday, April 4, 2009 / 1:00-3:30 pm.

Volunteers Needed:

Judge for the Young Inventors Program and see how extraordinary students from around the Twin Cities have solved some of life's most puzzling problems! You will be amazed at the ingenuity students in grades 4 through 9 have expressed in creating their own original inventions. By judging in February 2009 you will help select the 100 proud young inventors that will exhibit their great invention ideas at the Landmark Center in downtown St. Paul on April 4, 2009.

Attention Teachers: Volunteers for YIF get four CEUs, $75 toward a substitute teacher, and a great lunch!

For more details and a volunteer form, click here.

Forms coming soon!

The 2008-2009 Official YIF Entry Form and YIF Judging Form will be available in fall 2008.

"Invention at Play" website: http://www.inventionatplay.org

This resource is a great complement to the Young Inventors Program!

"Invention at Play" invites you to discover the similarities between the ways we play and the creative processes used by leaders in science and technology innovation. You'll meet inventors like Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone, and Stephanie Kwolek, the inventor of Kevlar. You'll discover how a dog inspired the invention of Velcro and how a melting chocolate bar led to the invention of the microwave. You'll build an obstacle course with forks, spatulas, and other kitchen utensils, climb aboard a life-sized sailboard simulator, build whirligigs and robots, and more!

Kelly Ascheman
YIF Coordinator
612/638-1555 or
kelly.ascheman@metroecsu.org
Fax: 612/706-0811

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