The I³ Project, Invention-Innovation and Inquiry was created to provide professional support for teachers interested in technological literacy in education, in particular, elementary curriculum.

  "It's a great unit! The hands-on, along with the critical-thinking 
skills the students will develop, will be used in other areas.  I hope
 to connect this unit with every aspect of their learning."
(Steve S., 6th grade teacher, East Hartford, CT)

     I³ is short for Invention, Innovation, and Inquiry: Units for Technological Literacy, Grades 5-6, an ITEA project funded by the National Science Foundation.  This project is so named because invention and innovation are the hallmarks of technological thinking and action.  Each unit has standards-based conten, suggested teaching approaches, and detailed learning activities including brainstorming, visualizing, testing, refining, and assessing technological designs.  Students learn how inventions, innovations, and systems are created and how technology becomes part of people's lives.