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Engage students in a hands-on innovation challenge where they work in teams to create, develop, and pitch a product, learning about intellectual property and market considerations. This easily scalable activity includes detailed guides, worksheets, and teacher support.
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Innovation Challenge Every business starts with an idea, but to be successful you need more than just a good idea. Starting from a common challenge question, students will work in groups of 3–5 to go through the steps in the engineering design and product development process - from solution brainstorming, to market and production considerations, and finally to intellectual property protection. The activity will wrap up with each group presenting a 1 - 2 minute pitch of their product and business.
Innovation Challenge • Similar module set up as all others • Detailed Educator Guide, standards aligned and class slides w/ teachers’ notes • Student worksheets and reference guides to help them work through each step • Unlimited support from the CreositySpace team. • Can be done in a single afternoon or over multiple weeks. • Easily scaled for grades 2 – 8, perfect for a school-wide activity. • No additional materials needed!
Materials and Resources • Educator Guide & Book of Ideas • Class Lesson Slides • Videos for each step • “Warm Up” activities for each step • Student handouts and worksheets • Optional Presentation Template • Presentation Score Card and Rubric • Unlimited support from the CreositySpace Team
Teacher Tips • The Cool Kid IP Challenge can take up as much or as little class time as you have to dedicate to it (minimum ~5 hours). Look through the “CS-MSP002-Activity Slides (3-5)” slide deck (either the power point slides or the pdf file) and how much time you have to dedicate to this project. • The notes section of each slide contain information/suggestions on lesson flow, additional examples, and further explanations. • Slides with a blue background in the “CS-MSP002-Activity Slides (3-5)” are intended to be shared with the students. Slides with a white background are for the teacher only. • We suggest introducing the students to the challenge in a general fashion with slide 1 from the “CS-MSP002-Activity Slides (3-5)”. If possible, allow them some time for the challenge Warm Up activity. After that continue introducing the challenge by sharing slides so that the students get a big picture idea of the activity. • We also suggest beginning each of the steps outlined in slide 4 (challenge statement, brainstorming, etc.) with a quick review of the slide that discusses the approach and goals for that specific activity. • At the very end we’ve included a set of slides that can be used as a template for the presentation if you find this appropriate for your needs. We’ve also included some example slides from past participants.