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Lesson 1 – Curious about Creativity

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

  • Explain what creativity is.
  • Explain why it is important to think creatively.
  • Identify the differences between the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
  • List the actions of a creative person.

Lesson 2 – DESIGN BY PEOPLE AND NATURE

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

  • Understand the role of designers/design
  • Understand that creativity is an everyday skill
  • Understand the role of nature in design

Lesson 3 – Puzzling ProbleMs

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

  • Understand what a problem is.
  • Understand how to solve a problem.
  • Understand different problem solving processes

Lesson 4 – Incredible Ideas

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

  • Overcome challenges in idea generation
  • Understand the importance of natural idea generation
  • Show an awareness to fixation
  • Understand how to develop multiple ideas.

Lesson 5 – IDEA INITIATION

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

  • Understand the purpose of the Design Heuristic tool.
  • Understand how to use Design Heuristics to generate initial ideas.

Lesson 6 – Idea Transformation

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

  • Understand how the Design Heuristic cards can be used to transform initial ideas.
  • Use the design heuristic cards to transform initial ideas through an activity.
  • Transform their Superhero Designs from Lesson 5

Lesson 7 – Subcomponent Design

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

  • Understand subcomponent design.
  • Understand decomposition and recomposition.
  • Use the Design Heuristic tool to design parts of ideas or products.

Lesson 8 – MORE TOOLS FOR CREATIVE IDEAS

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

  • Understand the various tools to support idea generation.
  • Use the various tools to support idea generation.

POSTERS

Poster 1 – Solving REAL WORLD Problems

Poster 2 – Idea Initiation

Poster 3 – Idea Transformation

Poster 4 – Subcomponent Design

Poster 5 – MORE TOOLS FOR CREATIVE IDEAS