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Lemelson Center: Invention at Play WebsiteLemelson Center: Invention at Play Website
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Smithsonian Institution
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3rd - 8th
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Lemelson Center: Invention at Play

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In this mind challenging and creative site, you will learn how play and inventiveness are related. Hear inventors' stories, set your own inventive thinking in motion, and see video commentaries about the nature of play and whether or not play is changing in today's world. Links are provided to exhibit information, resources, the Lemelson Center, and more.

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Concepts

creativity, innovation, inventors

Additional Tags

inventors' stories, invention, play, creativity and innovation, creativity and innovation skills, inventors and inventions

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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