Ridgewood Public Schools: Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam Grant

Press release from Ridgewood Public Schools:

06/07/2021

At the conclusion of the Lemelson-MIT grant cycle, the RHS InvenTeam has accomplished so much, well beyond expectations, especially in a pandemic year. They successfully invented a 3-in-1 Solar Aqua-Tech water bottle that provides safe drinking water without chemicals leaving no chemicals and is entirely sustainable. The RHS InvenTeam also shared their invention journey at Super Science Saturday, a Board of Education meeting, a Ridgewood Town Council meeting, the NJ STEAM Tank Challenge, and most recently, to over 200 eighth-graders at the George Washington Middle School.

The InvenTeam would like to invite the entire Ridgewood community to celebrate with them at the Lemelson-MIT EurekaFest that will be held virtually on June 15.

Please click the following link and scroll down to Day 1, June 15, Group 3 to register for Ridgewood InvenTeam at 12:50 -2:20 pm.

https://lemelson.mit.edu/news-events/events/eurekafest-2021

The Lemelson-MIT Program and Ridgewood High School are hosting a virtual Mid-Grant Technical Review (MGTR) event to showcase the school’s InvenTeam which is one of this year’s 13 InvenTeam grant recipients. The MGTR is a community event that provides students an opportunity to present the technicalities of their invention and receive feedback from community members with technical and subject matter expertise. The students apply what they learn to continue building their invention in anticipation of the annual EurekaFest event in June when they showcase their final working prototype to the MIT community.

The Lemelson-MIT Program and Ridgewood High School are hosting a virtual Mid-Grant Technical Review (MGTR) event to showcase the school’s InvenTeam which is one of this year’s  Join us on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. for this online event.

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