First children inventions travel to space!!
Our inventions for space challenge with NSERC came to an incredible close as the two winners were announced and featured in a live connection from the International Space Station by none other than Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques! This also marked the start of our exhibition at the Canada Wide Science Fair in Fredericton between 15-17 May, our big reveal of our new collection of ideas brought to life...
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Little Inventors turns children's ideas into reality!
Calling all children aged 5–12, to share their ideas with the world!
We encourage all invention ideas – from the helpful and practical, to the wacky and bonkers.
The world of Little Inventors with Science friday!
See our Chief Inventor Dominic Wilcox and Chief Educator Katherine Mengardon as well as some of our Little Inventors themselves, talking all about invention and how to come up with ideas!
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Little Inventors on Science Friday!
Filmed for Science Friday, delve into the world of Little Inventors!
'Life in Space' inventions and our journey to the ISS
Little Inventors teamed up with the Canadian Space Agency and NSERC to ask children in Canada to think up and draw their invention ideas for Life in Space. We received 3000 designs from the ingenious to the brilliantly bonkers and 30 were made into real prototypes by expert makers. The two winners were announced from the International Space Station by Canadian astronaut David Saint Jacques via video link to a large gathering of young people at the Canada Wide Science Fair in Fredericton, Canada.
Winners of Canada-wide contest invent tools for easier life in space
The Canadian Space Agency challenged children across the country to come up with clever ideas that could be developed into inventions to make life in space easier and more fun.
CBBC Newsround introduces our latest Dream big with Disney Princesses challenge!
Young inventors: Why you want to change the world. Disney and Little Inventors want to encourage children to share ideas that could change the world!
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