Ben Milam Elementary School is located at 4200 McKinney Avenue in Dallas, Texas. Camp Invention, a one-week day camp, builds on a child's innate curiosity and intuition about the way things work.
Emphasis is placed on the creative process that leads to problem solving, discovery, and invention.
Camp Invention's purpose is to stimulate the imaginations of America's next generation of inventors. The program is the premier educational outreach program of Inventure Place, the National Inventor's Hall of Fame. PTO funding for Inventure Place will pay for scholarships for 30 of the approximately 50 Dallas children attending the week-long Camp Invention at Ben Milam. The Ben Milam Parents and Teachers Association raised funds to cover the cost of Camp attendance for the remaining children. Nearly 6 million patents for inventions have been issued since the first patent in 1790.