The Lemelson-MIT Program has introduced the 2021 InvenTeams: 13 groups of high school students from across the country who have been selected by a panel of judges to create technological inventions that solve problems stemming from their local communities. “The InvenTeam projects are giving students and teachers a sense of purpose amidst an otherwise uncertain year,” says Tony Perry, invention education coordinator for the Lemelson-MIT Program. “The teams have all traveled different paths that ultimately led them to embark on the same invention journey through InvenTeams,” Perry notes. Lemelson-MIT Program Executive Director Stephanie Couch praises the 2021 InvenTeams for their dedication to invention even while adapting to an unconventional school year. Dow High School (Midland, Mich.): Device to create drain covers that open only in the presence of moistureLandmark School (Prides Crossing, Mass.
