Innovation Challenge

We are inviting students to come up with an innovative solution to a problem in their local community. Using the guidance in the toolkit and working through the suggested activities, the students will set up their own business in school and pitch their product or service to a judging panel at a regional final.

This collection of resources has been created for the Innovation Challenge which is currently being piloted with schools in the North East and Bristol.  It is designed to engage pupils in years 7-9 with the process of innovation by identifying problems in their local community and creating innovative products or services to solve them. The challenge will introduce them to the world of innovation, taking them through various stages from the development of an idea to commercialisation.

The resources have been developed by the STEM Ambassador programme, in collaboration with Innovate UK. 

Guidance to the resources:

Below, you will find:

• The Teacher Toolkit including teacher training videos, a PowerPoint to use when promoting the Innovation Challenge within your school and pre-challenge surveys
• Training video for Innovation Ambassadors
• Supporting videos
• A video detailing the Frequently Asked Questions that we received in our first pilot of this project