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Be sure to do the following:
Keep a log - write down and date everything you do even if it is thinking
about an idea that you later discard. Those that did well at the regional convention
had excellent logs and drawings.
Read the materials in you invention packet carefully and keep materials
that you use to list as references.You must do reserch on the Internet,
in catalogs, in stores, etc. to see if your idea is already on the market. If it
is, think of an IMPROVEMENT to the existing product.
Remember you will need some way of displaying and advertising your
product. They are again awarding special prizes for the SMALLEST and
most UNIQUE displays. If you help getting started, please use the links
below:
http://www.kidskonnect.com/Invent/InventionsHome.html
http://www.bkfk.com/
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa073000a.htm
http://inventors.about.com/od/kidinventions/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2014/03/12/boo-boo-goo-shark-tank-kid-inventors/6173993/
Fantastic Contraption
http://fantasticcontraption.com/index.php
Smithsonian
http://www.inventionatplay.org/playhouse_main.html
Inventionland
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