Basic Civil Engineering first year Notes- Chapter 4 Building.pptx
Lesson Ideas to Inspire Innovation
1. Lesson
Ideas to
Inspire
Innovation
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2. “Curiosity in children, is
but an appetite for
knowledge. The great
reason why children
abandon themselves
wholly to silly pursuits and
trifle away their time
insipidly is, because they
find their curiosity
balked, and their inquiries
neglected.” ~John Locke
3. Advertise This!
•Break students into pairs
or small groups.
•Give the groups an
everyday object like a pen,
water bottle, or paperclip &
tell them each object does
more than what we see.
•The groups create short
advertisements to market
these new inventions.
8. Innovation Day
•Students are given a
month to innovate in
any field
•Provide them
mentors
•Present these
innovations all in one
day
•Similar to a science
fair
Summit Science Fair by Jose Kevo, Flickr
9. Recycled Inventions
•Gather recycled materials
on a table
•Supply students with glue
guns, duct tape, etc.
•Allow them to create robots
or inventions with the
recycled materials
•Students take a photo of
their invention & use apps
like Voicethread,
Fotobabble or Skqueak to
Children and Recycled Art by icecairo, Flickr describe their invention.
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Break students into pairs or small groups. Begin this lesson by giving the groups an everyday object like a pen, water bottle, or paperclip. Tell the groups that each object does so much more than what we see. For example, the pen might write secret messages that self destruct. The students can imagine all kinds of possibilities. Then the groups have to create short advertisements to market these new inventions. Here’s a lesson plan for this project by a language teacher in India. Here are the commercials her students came up with that also showcase their inventions. I liked this one where they invented a new kind of chalkduster.
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