Transcript Brain Sharpener

Brain Sharpener
Developing Creative Thinking and
Problem Solving Skills
Brain Storming
• By Marty Fligor
• – The Book of Topics
Brain Sharpener
Developing Creative Thinking and
Problem Solving Skills
Let’s Practice
• I will give you a subject
• We will go around the room and you will make
your contribution
• Sample…Complete the sentence….
• I promise I will ….( you fill in the blank)
• You will have 30 seconds to think, before we start
and 10 seconds in-between each person
Where would you find a
leaf or leaves?
Name things that are round
Name things that come in pairs
Give ways to put out a
dragon’s FIRE
I did not have my
homework because…
Name things that run on or
have wheels..
Name a manufactured item
for each letter of the alphabet
Try These Metal Plates in Your Head
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BG8S
ABOK4U
DNTDOM
GDAYM8
10SE
FXION8
SOLUTIONS
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Bill gates
A bouquet for you
Don’t tread on me
Good day mate
Tennessee
Affectionate
Knock to the noggin
• A man wanted to enter and exclusive club but
did not know the required passsword. He
waited by the door and listened. A club
member knocked on the door and the doorman
said, “TWELVE”. The member replied
,”SIX”. And was in. A second member came
to the door and the doorman said, “SIX”. The
member replied, ”THREE” and was let in.
The man thought he heard enough and walked
up to the door. The doorman said. “TEN” and
the man replied, “FIVE”. He was NOT let
in..what should he have said?
One Way or the Other
• Think of the many black and white things in
the world.
• Name 8 or more of them
• Remember ONLY BLACK and WHITE
Solutions
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Zebra
Oreo cookie
Piano keys
Speed limit sign
Penguin
Skunk
Newspaper
Police car
Tv shows
Movies
Prison stripes
Just say the word
What do these words have in common?
• RACECAR
• ROTOR
• EYE
• MADAM
• RADAR
Driving You Crazy
Vanity license plates spotted on the road
What do they say?
• ISD8EM
• -CSHFLW
• W84ME
• TTOZTR1
• LITIG8
• IXLR8
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I sedate them
Negative cash flow
Wait for me
Testosterone
Litigate
I accelerate
The Writing Is On The Wall
• A shop owner in the heart of Boston was having
trouble with hoodlums covering the side of his
building with graffiti. He called the authorities
for extra patrol, to no avail. He pained over the
marks right away but within a few days the
graffiti was back. The shop owner knew he
needed a creative solution to solve his graffiti
problem. What ideas do you have to help him
out.
• List 3 suggestions
Solutions
• He commissioned a mural to be
painted on the side of the building
commemorating the Boston Red Sox
2004 World Series Win, Including a
larger then life Boston Red Sox Logo.
• Not only did it stop the graffiti
problem his business increased.
The average child thinks of 60 alternatives to
any situation..the average adult thinks of 3-6
• Picture a standard household sponge
• List 20 uses for it
• 4 minutes
How many words are in your
BRAIN
• How words can you construct from the
letters in BRAIN.
• All words MUST have 3 characters or more
16 Solutions and counting
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Air
Bran
Ran
Rain
Ani
Barn
Rani
Bar
Barin
Bin
Rib
Brin
Ban
Bra
Nib
Nab
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assesses relevant information
comes to well-reasoned solutions
thinks open-mindedly
thinks about the implications
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Let’s solve a problem
Brain Sharpener
Developing Creative Thinking and
Problem Solving Skills
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Survival Scenarios
"Your plane crashed...your group
needs to choose the 12 most useful
items to survive..."
One Way or the Other
• Think of the many black and white things in
the world.
• Name 8 or more of them
• Remember ONLY BLACK and WHITE
http://wilderdom.com/games/InitiativeGames.html
Name things that have a
leaf or leaves or on them.
Knock to the noggin
• A man wanted to enter and exclusive club but
did not know the required passsword. He waited
by the door and listened. A club member
knocked on the door and the doorman said,
“TWELVE”. The member replied ,”SIX”. And
was in. A second member came to the door and
the doorman said, “SIX”. The member replied,
”THREE” and was let in. The man thought he
heard enough and walked up to the door. The
doorman said. “TEN” and the man replied,
“FIVE”.
• He was NOT let in..what should he have said?
Problem Solving Skills
A well cultivated critical thinker ?
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solving and critical thinking
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Problem Solving Skills
A well cultivated critical thinker ?
Critical Thinking Skills
A well cultivated critical thinker ?