Creativity
A Lunar Survival Mission
A favorite of mine! This task is delightfully complex and ambiguous, forcing students to make choices without enough information and with no right answer. How will they survive on the moon for three days?
SCAMPER: Scaffolding Creativity
Asking students to "think creatively" won't get you far. They won't know how to start, they'll get stuck with simple ideas, or they'll just go completely wild. SCAMPER is a tool for scaffolding the process of creativity.
Building Creative Analogies
We'll take two seemingly unrelated pieces of content (say volcanoes and the human body) and then build analogies to connect the two ideas. In the end, students can create a skit, comic, or story relating the two concepts.
New Uses for a Paperclip
So what are some new ways to use a paperclip?
Educational Valentines
Let's make valentines with an educational twist!
Squiggles Introduction
What do you see in this squiggle?
Back to School: Rewriting The Beatles’ “Help!”
Can your students come up with a one-syllable word to sum up their time away from school? And then rewrite The Beatles' song Help!?
Squiggles Collection 1
Students start with the same squiggle and then draw on it, turning it into whatever they think it might be.
New Uses For A Pencil
So, what can a pencil be used for other than writing and drawing?
New Uses For A Cardboard Tube
So, what can a cardboard tube be used for other than holding wrapping paper?
What If… Long Life?
What would the consequences be if all people lived much, much longer?
New Uses For An Aluminum Can
So, what CAN a CAN be used for other than storing liquids?
What If… No Sleep?
What would the consequences be if no one had to sleep anymore?
Squiggles Collection 2
Students start with the same squiggle and then draw on it, turning it into whatever they think it might be.
New Uses For A Chair
So, what can a chair be used for other than, you know, sitting in?
Squiggles Collection 3
Students start with the same squiggle and then draw on it, turning it into whatever they think it might be.
What If… Unreliable Water?
What would the consequences be if a town's tap water became… unreliable?