Archive for July 22nd, 2010

What are the kind of typical chemicals they may encounter and how dangerous are they?

Food (PAH vs toxins)

School science classes

Fossil Fuel Combustion Pollution

Water Pollution

Wastewater (eg, sewage)

Salt water (eg, sea water(

Rain water (eg, acid rain)

Plastics

Animal Toxins

I am considering using Pictionary or Pictionary Junior as a platform for students to explore their creativity by adapting the game to teach environmental knowledge, and perhaps even in their own language. The main idea is to develop a new set of cards that streamline thought and actions related to the environment. Examples of words include “air”, “water”, “dirty”, “pollution”, “waste”, “recycle”, “plastic”, etc.

Some great exercises to delve into creativity in a playful manner. I think the “draw your neighbor” and “30 circles” exercises are fun and easy.

http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_brown_on_creativity_and_play.html

The Finger Blaster is something I could perhaps design an exercise for.

Tim Brown is the CEO of innovation and design firm IDEO, taking an approach to design that digs deeper than the surface. Having taken over from founder David E. Kelley, Tim Brown carries forward the firm’s mission of fusing design, business and social studies to come up with deeply researched, deeply understood designs and ideas — they call it “design thinking.”