WHAT WE ARE DOING

WHY WE ARE DOING IT

To generate a divergent collection of ideas from which to draw on moving our project forward.

Considering our past research, we are now going to brainstorm ideas for our inventive transit system.

ACTIVITY MATERIALS

BEFORE WE START

Review the Brainstorming Guide

؜The goal of brainstorming is to create a generative list of ideas - that means ideas that have lots of room to grow - for potential projects that you can continue to explore. Think of these ideas as seeds that will grow and transform into your project.

1 - ENCOURAGE WILD IDEAS

2 - SUSPEND JUDGMENT

4 - BUILD ON IDEAS

5 - BE VISUAL

3 - GO FOR QUANTITY

Wild ideas can often give rise to creative leaps.

Don’t shoot down someone else’s idea.

Aim for as many ideas as possible.

Build and expand on the ideas of others.

Sketch your ideas.

ENCOURAGE

WILD IDEAS

Wild ideas can often give rise to creative leaps.

Shout out bizarre and unworkable ideas to see what they spark off. No idea is too ridiculous. State out any outlandish ideas. Exaggerate ideas to the extreme.

SUSPEND

JUDGEMENT

Don’t shoot down someone else’s idea.

The evaluation of ideas takes up valuable brain power which should be devoted to the creation if ideas. Therefore do not judge the ideas until after the brainstorming process. Note down all ideas.

GO FOR

QUANTITY

Aim for as many ideas as possible.

If the number of ideas at the end of the session is very large, there is a greater chance of finding a really good idea. Keep each idea short, do not describe it in detail - just capture its essence.

BUILD

ON IDEAS

Build and expand on the ideas of others.

Try and add extra thoughts to each idea. Use other people’s ideas as inspiration for your own. Creative people are also good listeners. Combine several of the suggested ideas to explore new possibilities.

BE

VISUAL

Sketch your ideas.

Nothing gets an idea across faster than drawing it. It doesn’t matter how terrible of a sketcher you are! It’s all about the idea behind your sketch.

Final Project Expectations

Your design will take ideas from the future and imagine new, cool ways to travel that use clean, green energy.

Bring your ideas to life using storyboarding tools to create a story that shows how your futuristic system works, who it helps, and how it makes travel better.

Your model should fit inside a 50x50 box and include something that moves or works, like simple electronics or a mechanical part.

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As a group: Brainstorm as many ideas as you can for each category:

1. Environment (rocky, desert, urban, aquatic, underground, space, in the air)
2. Method (pods, hyperloop, drone-based, water-based, Teleportation, vertical zipline)
3. Visual Inspiration, Think of fun shapes and design in nature (Seed pods, sea shell, eagle, turtle...)

1st

As a class: Cluster ideas that are similar. Get inspired by your classmates and keeping adding more ideas!

Mountains

Shapes

Enviroment

Method

Space

Pods

Magnetic rails

eagle

jellyfish

2nd

Mountains

Shapes

Enviroment

Method

Space

Pods

Magnetic rails

eagle

jellyfish

Form Groups and start connecting ideas from the different categories.

Example: The SkyRescue Glide is a bird-shaped train that moves on magnetic rails powered by wind. It helps rescue people quickly in the mountains using its wings and small flying drones to reach hard places.

3rd

Work together to sketch some of these ideas.

At the end you will select one idea to further explore

4th

Fill this template with your final idea and sketch of your idea as a group.

5th