Challenges
Put your inventing skills to the test with a Little Inventors challenge!
Everything in the city has been invented for the benefit of us humans, from how we move, to where we live and how we enjoy ourselves - and so it can be reinvented to help our wildlife too. Could you make a lamppost better for birds? Invent a bench for wildlife to relax on? Or find clever ways to help us share the city with our fellow animals?
Inventors of the past have come up with some hilarious and down right bonkers ideas for things that use tracks, from zoo’s to hand-powered bikes and everything in between! But you are the inventors of the future and it’s your turn now to go full steam ahead with your imagination and come up with something totally off the rails!
The way we produce and use energy is the biggest reason for pollution on Earth. But as inventors YOU can help to change that. You turned on that inventing switch and helped create a brighter and more beautiful planet earth. Feel the power!
For this challenge, we selected SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities and challenged students around the world to invent something to help make our cities more sustainable.
Did your imagination change the world? Children of South Tyneside took part in this spectacular challenge, delivered in collaboration with Dogger Bank Wind Farm and South Tyneside Council. Pupils invented inspired by our awesome ocean to help make it a better place for all living beings on Earth. You made waves and helped look after our beautiful seas together!
Did your imagination change the world? Children of South Tyneside took part in this spectacular challenge, delivered in collaboration with Dogger Bank Wind Farm and South Tyneside Council. Year 4 and year 5 invented using wind and invented to create renewable energy from movement. You all got moving and shaking, thinking and making!
Inventors from Michigan have changed the world with their ideas, from the humble lightbulb to futuristic fiber optic and many more jaw-dropping inventions in between. For this year’s challenge we learned from the past and looked to the future to find out if you had what it takes to make history with your invention ideas!
For this challenge, we selected SDG 13 - Climate Action and challenged students to invent something to help prevent climate change and protect our planet.