STEM + IE (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math + Invention & Entrepreneurship is a 7-step framework to get started on inventing. 

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STEM+IE originated from the highly successful Connecticut Invention Convention program (CIC) which has been running since 1983 in the United States. A K-12 program that is designed to help young budding inventors learn, do and apply inventive and entrepreneurial thinking and hands-on action.