1. Brainstorming 101v2 Connecticut Invention Convention

2. 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.

3. Guidelines Many ideas Wild and creative ideas!
Build upon others’ ideas
Everyone’s ideas matter

4. 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!

5. 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

6. Let’s use Scamper on our problem/object: