Invention & Design:
Examples of Student Work

From a course on Invention and Design at the University of Virginia:

Improved Photophone Patent

Patent application written by students in which fluctuations in light are used to send a speech signal

From a active learning module on the environmnent developed as part of a course on invention taught to gifted 9th through 11th graders at the University of Virginia:

Solar Oven

A portable, low-cost cooking station

Solar Express

Student designed solar train system

Skytent

Innovative system for solar power collection, for use in rain forests