Run your own Little Inventors activities!
If you are a teacher wanting something fun and rewarding to inspire your students, or a parent looking for a creative activity for a rainy day – Little Inventors has everything you need to embrace the spirit of imagination and support your students in coming up with marvellous, ingenious and bonkers invention ideas!
Little Inventors provides free curriculum-linked resource packs, personal inventors’ logs, mini-challenges to help you bring creativity in your classroom or at home!
Download our resources and get inventing!
If you are an Artsmark school, we are official partners and you can use any of our resources to deliver great creativity projects in your school!
MISD Born to Invent: Michigan and Beyond! - Full resource pack
Download this pack and you'll find everything you need to deliver the challenge to your students!
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DownloadMission protect our oceans challenge pack
why the oceans matter, sea life and habitats, threats and challenges to ocean health!
A world of pollution extension pack
This extension pack includes three PowerPoint presentations that you can choose from, each with their own activity sheet and guide.
Ocean pollution
The plastic problem
Ocean = carbon eater
Climate Power extension pack
This extension pack includes two PowerPoint presentations that you can choose from, each with their own activity sheet and guide.
The weather and the oceans
The Arctic Ocean
Pioneers inventor's log
We have developed the Inventors log to allow your little inventors to develop their idea further!!
This log has activities that children can complete in their own time, or to continue their invention journey at school
- More about your idea: a self-evaluation of their invention
- What’s the story: Write a story for your invention
My invention comics: another way to tell their story!
- Swap it up: extend your invention to other users
as well as top tips and further activities such as a profiler and mind map for when they are ready to think of new ideas!
Pioneers Inventors log - Prototyping your idea!
Now that you have had a chance to think about your idea a bit more, it's time to get to the next time and start bringing it to life! Taking your idea from 2D to 3D is another great way to understand how your invention could work in real life. Creating a model using cardboard or recycled materials can help you refine your idea, and might even change how you think about it! Have a go!
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Food Waste Challenge with WRAP
Nearly a fifth of the food we buy ends up in the bin! And lots of that is food that is perfectly edible, but still we throw it away because we prepare too much or we're not sure about how fresh it is.
We challenge you to become a food hero: can you invent something to help reduce the food you throw away at home?
The Pioneers energy challenge resource pack
In this resource pack, you will find two PowerPoint presentation. The first introduces the Energy challenge, what energy is, why it matters, looks at our human history with energy and challenges young people to invent better ways to make, use, store or stop wasting energy. The second presentation offers a look at different sources of energy. Two activity sheets are provided as well as an invention sheet. A resource guide with suggested activities and timings is also included, as well as curriculum links and learning outcomes.
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DownloadVictorian inventions resource pack
Explore the Victorian spirit of invention! We’re very excited to present this workshop resource pack as part of our partnership with the V&A, using the inventions of the past to inspire the Little Inventors of the future. Download our Victorian Little Inventors teacher’s resource pack.
Explore the spirit of invention of the Victorians!
DownloadNSERC Space Challenge resource pack
Students learn about life in space then draw their invention ideas to make astronaut's life easier or more fun.
Launch your imagination with our space challenge!
DownloadNSERC Inventor's log Part I - Developing your idea!
Download our Mission: protect our oceans inventor’s log to get them to develop their idea to the full!
This log has activities that children can complete in their own time to think more about their invention, write a story or comic, do some research and get plenty of top tips!
NSERC Oceans Inventors log part II - prototype your idea!
Take your ocean invention idea from 2D to 3D is another great way to understand how your invention could work in real life. Creating a model using cardboard or recycled materials can help you refine your idea, and might even change how you think about it! Have a go!
How to build a human card game challenge
The challenge pack contains all of the information you need to understand the brief, learn about the Human Cell Atlas as well as some handy hints and tips on how to design a fun, original and educational card game.
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DownloadNSERC and Little Inventors Mini Challenge Pack 1
This is the first pack of mini challenges brought to you by NSERC and Little Inventors that deals with all sort of problems threatening our oceans.
MISD Session 1 Get Inventing!
What is inventing? How can you get started? This pack explains what inventing is and gives you all you need to deliver a workshop to get your students inspired and inventing.
MISD Session 2 Oceans Challenge
With this pack, explore why the oceans matter, sea life and habitats, threats and challenges to ocean health! Challenge your students to create inventions to help tackle these threats. They could be selected to have their invention idea brought to life by professional makers.
MISD Mission Blue: The vastness of the oceans video
Video to support the Oceans Challenge pack
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DownloadNT Seaton Delaval Hall: Mischief and Mayhem Resource Pack
This pack explains about the fun history of mischief and mayhem at Seaton Delaval Hall, what inventing is and has you all you need to deliver a workshop to get your students inspired and inventing.
Mischief and Mayhem drawing sheet
Create mischief and mayhem with your own fun invention, tell us about it using this drawing sheet.
Climate Champions Invention Challenge
Use your imagination to come up with inventions ideas that will help protect our planet and its biodiversity!
With this challenge, the power is in your hands to inspire adults to take bold action to make the future of our planet and all its life thrive.
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DownloadMetro Invention Challenge Resource Pack
Presentation, teacher notes and activity sheets. All you need to take part in the challenge.
Metro Invention Challenge Drawing Sheet
Tell us all about your amazing invention using the drawing sheet
1. Why the oceans matter? Video
In this video, you will find out about why the oceans matter and why they need our help for a
better future.
2. The vastness of the ocean Video
This video looks at Canada’s connection to the oceans, the vastness of the oceans and the different oceans habitats.
3. Ocean Pollution Video
In this video, you will find about the issue of pollution and how it affects the oceans, and why they
need our help for a better future.
4.The plastic problem Video
In this video, you will find out about the issue of plastic and how it affects the oceans, and
why they need our help for a better future.
5.Ocean = carbon eater Video
The Little Inventors challenge Mission: Protect our oceans is led by NSERC in partnership with the Canadian Commission for UNESCO.
6. The weather and the oceans Video
Watch this video to find out more about how the weather effects the oceans!
The Big Reinvention Challenge Pack - At Home
Download the full challenge pack and get your imagination cogs whirring with the mini activities, before completing the final invention challenge.
The Big Reinvention Challenge Pack - For Teachers
This pack contains all you need to inspire your students to get inventing, including a Powerpoint presentation, teacher guide, warm-up activities and challenge sheet.
Resource Pack
This is the full pack you will need to deliver the Operation Lift Off: Mission Moon challenge. In the For Kids section you will find the Inventor's Log including all of the activities and drawing sheets. The For Teachers folder comprises of all 5 powerpoint presentations and teacher guidance on how to deliver the challenge to your students.
Dare to Invent - Resource Pack KS1 & 2
These resources are aimed at KS1 & 2, but they're all designed to be supportive and flexible to fit the time you have available. Use as many or as few as you like!
Dare to Invent - Resource Pack KS3 & 4
These resources are aimed at KS3 & 4, but they're all designed to be supportive and flexible to fit the time you have available. Use as many or as few as you like!
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DownloadDare to Invent - Classroom Exhibition Pack
Print out these exhibition materials to create your very own classroom exhibition. There are certificates you can award to your favourite invention ideas, a poster to stick up around school, a banner for the exhibition wall and invitations to let everyone know about your fantastic exhibition!
Resource Pack
This is the full pack you will need to deliver the Go Green: For a better planet challenge. In the For Kids section you will find the Inventor's Log including all of the activities and drawing sheets. The For Teachers folder comprises of all 4 powerpoint presentations and teacher guidance on how to deliver the challenge to your students.
Key Stage 1 Resources
Download the full pack of resources for your Key Stage 1 students! The pack contains the invention sheet, activities and challenge cards. There is also a folder for teachers which includes teacher guidance, two powerpoint presentations and curriculum fit document.
Key Stage 2 Resources
Download the full pack of resources for your Key Stage 2 students! The pack contains the invention sheet, activities and challenge cards. There is also a folder for teachers which includes teacher guidance, two powerpoint presentations and curriculum fit document.
Key Stage 3 Resources
Download the full pack of resources for your Key Stage 3 students! The pack contains the invention sheet, activities and challenge cards. There is also a folder for teachers which includes teacher guidance, two powerpoint presentations and curriculum fit document.
If you would like to exhibit all of your school’s uploaded invention ideas in your very own Little Inventors gallery online, please contact hello@littleinventors.org for more details.
It is a great way to share what all your students’ ideas and show them off to the rest of the Little Inventors World!