Young Inventors Workshop

Young Inventor’s Workshop An ETC Program Offered by Palisades Parent Resource Group Sponsored by PALS

Today’s Workshop
What is Inventing?
How can we Invent something?
Find a PROBLEM
Brainstorm for SOLUTIONS
CHOOSE the best solution
How to Build a MODEL of your INVENTION
Explore some Simple Machines to help with your MODEL.

Which was INVENTED first?
Lifesavers
BandAid
Frisbee
Post-It Note

Inventive Process Find a PROBLEM Think of Lots of IDEAS for Solutions CHOOSE the best Solution Build your INVENTION

What is a Problem?
“ Whenever there is a gap between where you are now and where you want to be, and you don’t know how to find a way across that gap, you have a problem.”
A Problem is:
A situation in need of improvement
A goal, intention, or desire
A project or task
An obstacle to be overcome
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How to Find a Problem
What do you like to do?
What do you NOT like to do?
What is hard for you to do?
Think about:
School
Home
Chores
Sports
Hobbies
Games
Interests

MAPS How to Think of Lots of Ideas
M AGNIFY/ M INIFY
Size- Higher? Longer? Thicker? Smaller? Shorter?
A DAPT
What else is like this? What does this remind you of? Is my idea really new? What existing ideas can I use e.g. battery.
P UT TO OTHER USES
New ways to use as is or modified? Other places to use?
S UBSTITUTE
What else can be used instead? Other ingredients? Other power?

How to CHOOSE the best solution
Does it answer these questions -
Is my IDEA practical?
Can it be made easily?
Is it as simple as possible?
Is it safe?
Can I make it without spending a lot of money?
Is my IDEA really new?
Will it withstand use, or will it break easily?

Young Inventors Workshop

by Diana Laboy-Rush on Feb 01, 2009

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