101 Activities For Teaching Creativity And Problem Solving

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101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving.Copyright © 2005 by John Wiley &
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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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