101 Activities For Teaching Creativity And Problem Solving

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PICLed Brains Handout

To illustrate PICLed Brains, consider the problem of improving a common household

flashlight. Here are some sample ideas:

• Make a flashlight buoyant so it floats in water if dropped accidentally (from “inflate
  it”).


• Make the flashlight handle out of rubber so it can be twisted into different shapes as a
  novelty or secured to some object in order to target the light beam (from “twist it”).


• Make the flashlight transparent, like a transparent telephone (from “transparent”).


• Include a timer so the flashlight turns off automatically after a certain amount of time
  (from “time bombs”).


• Design the flashlight so that it turns on whenever pressure is applied to the handle
  (from “anticipation”).

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