Students from schools around Santa Cruz County and the state will travel to Dearborn, Michigan, this week for the National Invention Convention. Students qualified to compete at the national level first by becoming finalists at one of two California Invention Conventions held earlier in the spring.
Challenged to find a way to stop from losing his water bottles at school, 10-year-old Aarav Patel came up with the CheckPak, loaded with tracking devices and enough lights and gizmos to keep the most forgetful student on their toes. And despite a late misfire, the backpack won the fourth grade division at a June competition in Michigan.
CARDIFF Students advance to invention finals Several Ada Harris Elementary School fifth-graders recently were selected as finalists in the California Invention Convention and went on to compete at the seventh annual Invention Convention U.S.