NNHS InvenTeam Receives Grant for Pedestrian Alert System

This year, Newton North is one of 16 high schools nationwide to be selected as an InvenTeam.  InvenTeam, funded by the Lemelson Foundation and administered by MIT’s School of Engineering, celebrates outstanding innovators and inspires young people to pursue creative lives and careers through invention. Challenged to apply its STEM skills to solve a real-world problem, … Continue reading NNHS InvenTeam Receives Grant for Pedestrian Alert System

Lemelson-MIT: Free webinars for inventors, Apr. 10-13

Lemelson-MIT will host free webinars for inventors at 7PM, April 10-13: April 10: Sustainability, by Dassault Systemes and SolidWorks April 11: 3D Modeling,  by Onshape April 12: Entrepreneurship, by Slyngshot April 13: Intellectual Property (IP), by a panel consisting of a representative of the U.S. Intellectual Property Alliance, an inventor and professor of engineering education … Continue reading Lemelson-MIT: Free webinars for inventors, Apr. 10-13

Register Now for MIT EurekaFest, June 19-20

EurekaFest is a two-day celebration of invention and engineering sponsored by the Lemelson-MIT Program and highlighting the results of selected high-school InvenTeams from across the country.  (Newton North HS participated in 2013.) June 19 at MIT Stata Center (32 Vassar Street, Cambridge).  Register here. 9AM-11AM:  InvenTeam Presentations 3:30-5:30PM:  InvenTeams Showcase 5:30-7:30PM:  National Collegiate Student Prize … Continue reading Register Now for MIT EurekaFest, June 19-20

Newton Presents at Mass. STEM Summit

At the 10th annual Massachusetts STEM Summit last week in Foxboro, Newton North HS’s InvenTeam presented its continuing work on its award-winning Pedestrian Alert System for developing countries.  Also, Steve Chinosi, Chief Innovation Officer of Newton Public Schools and director of Newton’s Innovation Lab, spoke in a workshop about integrated STEM curriculum and teaching, describing … Continue reading Newton Presents at Mass. STEM Summit