Invention Convention 2009: Move Over, Rube Goldberg
Jefferson students presented inventions on Tuesday.
Tired of cleaning up your pet parakeet’s poop? Soaking with sweat after a few rounds of Two Square at recess? Maybe you have a big sister who’s forgotten your name since she got that new cell phone. Third graders at Jefferson Elementary School found solutions to these and a hundred other everyday nuisances and presented them at their annual Invention Convention on Tuesday, June 16. Invention Convention is a district-wide program in South Orange/Maplewood that dates back to the '70s. Each spring, every third grader is asked to come up with a list of practical problems in his or her life, and then winnow it down to one they’re really itching to solve—on a budget of $10 or less. We’re not talking Intel Science Fair here; think more Rube …
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