Game Plan1) Apollo 13 Clips2) Introduce Invention vs Innovation3) Team Build Activity4) Invention vs Innovation Q’s

Apollo 13 Clips

1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAmsi05P9Uw

2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhoXFVQsIxw

3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm5nUEG5Bjo

Invention vs Innovation

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Product Development

• Invention is the creation of a completely new product, method, or device. Businesses use inventions to create original solutions to meet consumer needs.

• Innovation is the change of an existing product to use new technology, items or processes.

Product Development

Market Research

Consumer Wants

Business Opportunity

Businesses will decide whether or not they can provide a product/service to satisfy their customers’

wants/needs

In your opinion, what was the most

important Canadian product ever

invented? Why?

According to CBC….

• Honourable Mentions– Instant Mash Potatoes– Paint Roller– Lacrosse– Snow blower– Walkie-Talkie– Basketball– Blackberry– Ski-doo

According to CBC…

Top 10 Canadian inventions:• 10. Poutine• 9. Electric Wheelchair• 8. Zipper• 7. Robertson screwdriver• 6. Pacemaker

The Top 5

• 5. Wonderbra• 4. Five pin bowling• 3. Light bulb• 2. Telephone• 1. Insulin

http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/top-ten-innovations-of-the-year-1354186506-slideshow/10-mute-button-for-noisy-people-ever-dreamed-of-having-a-remote-control-to-shut-someone-up-now-photo-1270167670.html

Top 10 Inventions of 2012

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Product Development

• There are more innovators than inventors.• Innovators look at ways to improve on existing

products, methods or devices.

Let’s Review

Invention = MADE

Innovation = IMPROVED

Group Build

• Get in groups of four• You are a product development team for a

struggling corporation. The chief executive officer has asked that you come up with a prototype for a product that either teenagers wish was better or wish they had.

• You have 30 Minutes• Invent or Innovate