Bright Spark Invention Challenge by Bridge Innovate [Free; Online; Exciting Prizes]: Register by September 24

The Bright Spark Invention Challenge is inviting applications from school students. The deadline for registration is September 24, 2024.

Bright Spark is part of Bridge Innovate’s Innovation for Good programming and is designed to ignite creative confidence with students and educators using design thinking. Bright Spark offers innovation competitions like Bright Spark Invention Challenge for students 4th-grade through 12th-grade to build design skills such as empathy, creative problem solving, prototyping, and pitching.

Students who are interested in STEAM and entrepreneurship compete in Bright Spark competitions to expand their design skills and innovation portfolio. Students also gain exposure to industry and education leaders such as IBM, Ford Motors, Georgia Tech, and Morehouse College, serving as advisors and judges.

Students use the design thinking process to identify a real-world problem, empathize, ideate, and prototype a physical invention. This year, the challenge is: “How Might We reimagine temporary housing to help people in crisis?”

Through an invention, students have to address temporary housing in the event of a crisis. Their solution can be: (1) a product, service, or technology assists people who need temporary housing or (2) a holistic model of service addressing the need for temporary housing.

October 1 – October 31, 2024

Free

Rising 4th – 12th Grade Students (ages 9 – 18)

The program is virtual from start-to-finish.

The finalists are judged based on the following criteria: 

Students/teams are eligible for the following awards: 

All teacher leaders receive Design Thinking Leadership digital badge. Teachers of winning individuals/teams are eligible for the 2024 Innovation for Good award presented by Bridge Innovate.

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Interested participants can register through this link.

The deadline for registration is September 24, 2024.

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