How Might You Solve These Challenges?

Can You Follow Directions?

Repurposing & Creative Design• Task #1 – Find something at your house, in a “junk” pile

and repurpose it.– Document you steps to present

• Task #2 – Creatively Solve ONE of these ideas:School Related: – Bullying – Promote a Culture of Empathy and Kindness– Appropriate Use of our Public Bathrooms– Activities for the Playground– Write a book for TK-K-1 – Teach them something in a creative way (eg….b vs d, p vs q, the alphabet sounds, etc.)– Invent a game/activity to teachWorld Related:– Drought- Toolkit for saving water; Pamphlet/game for educating people– Understanding Cultures– Other?

Design Process

ASK: How have others tried to solve this? What are my parameters?

Goal:

Imagine: What are some possible solutions? Brainstorm and Record. Choose the Best ONE.

Plan: Draw a Diagram, List materials and list steps.

Create: Follow your plan, adjust, build and test.

Improve: What worked, what didn’t? What could be better? Modify and retest.

ASK

Imagine

Plan

Create

Improve

Repurposing & Creative Design• Task #1 – Find something at your house, in a “junk” pile

and repurpose it.– Document you steps to present

• Task #2 – Creatively Solve ONE of these ideas:School Related: – Bullying – Promote a Culture of Empathy and Kindness– Appropriate Use of our Public Bathrooms– Activities for the Playground– Write a book for TK-K-1 – Teach them something in a creative way (eg….b vs d, p vs q, the alphabet sounds, etc.)– Invent a game/activity to teachWorld Related:– Drought- Toolkit for saving water; Pamphlet/game for educating people– Understanding Cultures– Other?