Little Inventors

Making Waves: Inventing for a better ocean!

Let's make waves and help look after our beautiful seas together! Children of South Tyneside, we're challenging you to come up with awesome inventions inspired by our magnificent ocean. Dive right in and take on the challenge!

Meet maker Craig Fox!

Mechanical design engineer Craig Fox is on track to bring an idea to life for our Powering the Future challenge using all his industry expertise. Say hello to this magnificent maker!

Little Inventors Open Challenge!

What is the Open Challenge you ask? Well, it's what it says on the tin, it's wide open for you to let your creativity flow and invent whatever you want!

Mini Challenges - time to be creative!

There's problems aplenty, serious or funny, that you can use your incredible imagination to solve! So time to get creative and take up a Mini Challenge!

Alice's Sunny Bee

FEATURE INVENTION
By Alice, age 10 from Sunderland, UK

I thought of the idea of solar panels on top of a drone so it will charge the battery while in flight, giving you a longer time to use it. Drones normally need good weather to fly and sunny is the perfect weather for solar panels and drones. The propellers are sunflower design. This drone has GPS and is neon yellow and black coloured like a bee.

Run your own Little Inventors activities!

Are you a teacher wanting something fun to inspire your students or a parent looking for a creative activity for a rainy day? Sift through our free curriculum-linked resource packs and challenges and bring on the creativity!