Start by asking yourself these questions:

• What are you passionate about?
• What are you good at?
• What question are you trying to answer, or what problem are you trying to solve?
• Who could benefit from your idea?
• How can it make the world a better place?
• What kinds of research do you need to do to answer some of your questions?
• How will you identify relevant and trustworthy sources of information?
• Who could support me in this project as a mentor?
• Check out the Challenge topics for inspiration

Download the My STEM Idea Brainstorm resource to guide you through the idea process!

 

Different types of projects:

• Discovery – these projects ask a question and involve research and/or experiments to find an answer
• Innovation – these projects create, design, or build something new to solve a problem