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.

WHAT WE ARE DOING

WHY WE ARE DOING IT

To understand what exists already for transportation and gain insight into modes of thinking about moving people and goods

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

ACTIVITY MATERIALS



Step 1

Step 2

~1hr

As a class, review the Brainstorming Process Guidelines

Think back to your Precedent Research and the Energy Research activities

Individually: Brainstorm at least 10 ideas for futuristic methods of transit for a future world.

Step 3

Step 4

Form Groups and select up to 2 ideas. Work together to sketch some of these ideas. At the end you will select one idea to further explore

Step 5

As a class: gather all your ideas on the whiteboard, clustering ideas that are similar. Get inspired by your classmates and keeping adding more ideas!

Final Project Expectations

Your design will draw inspiration from futuristic projects and go beyond them to reimagine new and transformative transportation systems powered by a sustainable source

Use tools such as sketching and AI to visualize your work, ensuring it aligns with your vision and goals.

Your prototype will fit within a 50x50 box and include interactivity/movement, such as electronics or a mechanical movement

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