Taylin Damrow’s journey from Treynor Elementary to the National Invention Convention shows how invention education empowers young minds—now's the time to bring Iowa Invention Convention to more Iowa students.

Invention education empowers students to identify problems, design solutions, and communicate their ideas. This hands-on, student-centered approach maps directly to the vision of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and Portrait of a Graduate (PoG).

Since 2019, young Iowa inventor, Charles Smith, has qualified for the U.S. National Invention Convention six times, winning six national awards, including multiple Best Video Presentation honors.