Brainstorming 101v2 Connecticut Invention Convention www.ctinventionconvention.org
What is brainstorming? A process of coming up with new ideas, suggestions, or inventions to fix a problem. One person or a group of people can work together to ask and answer questions.
Guidelines Many ideas Wild and creative ideas! Build upon others’ ideas Everyone’s ideas matter
Our Problems: Backpacks are too heavy! Clothes stink from gym! iPods don’t fit in my pocket! Pencils that break too easily! Students don’t bring their own pencils to class!
SCAMPER S-ubstitute with something else C-ombine with another object/idea A-djust M-odify P-ut to other use E-liminate parts of the object/idea R-everse the object or idea
Let’s use Scamper on our problem/object: