• Describe the importance of creativity in the real-world setting by explaining the different types of thinking strategies.
• Explain the evaluation process of application thinking and identify different red brick constructions.
• Justify and evaluate the various red brick constructions by peer feedback.
• Design an updated red brick construction project using peer feedback.

What happens to your genius levels of creativity as you get older?

Examine each of the recommendations on how to improve Creativity

Have a leader in your group prepared to share a 30 second overview of how to be more creative!!!

https://www.ideatovalue.com/deepcreativity/

Mind Mapping

Strategy

(Brainstorming)

What is a Mind Map?

What’s a Red Brick?

Your challenge today is a simple one. I need you to generate ideas for how we can use red bricks. Let’s pretend I have a friend whose red-brick-making factory has made too many red bricks, and she needs some new markets for her oversupply.

Your challenge is to generate some new application ideas for my friend to think about. Let’s begin to list our raw ideas now!”

Structural Thinking

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Structural thinking is not how you can use something but what are the characteristics of a product. This will be a KEY SKILL you will need to have for success in Engineering Design & Applications.

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I listed 3, you list 7 more characteristics:

• Similar shape
• Known Size
• Color
• Smell
• Feel
• Taste
• Weight

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Structural Thinking Examples

Share what you have?

Characteristic Evaluation

After this “characteristics evaluation”, we can develop a series of application suggestions for each characteristic- resulting in a broad and deep matrix of applications.

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Example, let's look at one characteristic - “The Ability To Stack”. Based upon that one characteristic, NOW list 10 applications for red bricks when you can stack them.

characteristic Evaluation

Characteristic Evaluation

Some of these applications you may instantly recognize, and some may seem quite unusual. The point is that the characteristics-evaluation orders thinking so that new idea generation can be focused deep along one line of reasoning—“ability to stack the bricks.” This kind of idea generation can be duplicated for each identified characteristic

and will result in many more ideas generated by you—a broad and deep compilation of ideas.

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YOUR TURN (60 Second Elevator Pitch)

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You and your team will present a 60 second elevator pitch on your top 10 unique ideas how you believe Red Bricks can be used in the Frederick Area; ELEVATOR SPEECH OUTLINE Below

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These 8 speech topics will help to write a carefully planned and prepared presentation that grabs attention and says a lot in a few words.

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• Talk ABOUT YOU!.
• Smile at your counterpart, and open with a statement or question that grabs attention: a hook that prompts your listener to ask questions.
• Tell who you are: describe you and your company.
• Tell what you do and show enthusiasm.
• WHAT DO YOU OFFER Tell what problems have been solved or contributions you have made.
• Offer a vivid example.
• WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS
• Tell what very special service, product or solutions you can offer him or her.
• What are the advantages of working with you? In what ways do you differ from competitive companies?