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=Invention Convention=

Prior to the Thanksgiving break, eighth grade students under the direction of Nancy Krefetz and Jason Crockett conduct an invention convention that serves as a culminating project for STS unit. Students were asked to create solutions to current problems in their lives they had determined were significant. Invited to the convention were two patent attorneys who provided technical and legal information on the process inventors must follow to secure legal rights to their ideas. Among the many projects that were showcased, several received encouragement for further development by the attorneys.