Case 14 of 20 · Creativity & Ideas
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🔎 Case Brief #14
🎒 You're at school and something happens that involves creative questioning.
🎯 Your mission
Beat the challenge.
⚡ The twist
The boring answer is already taken.
What you'll learn · 1 of 3
🧠 Pick any object and ask 20 questions about it.
'Why is it this shape? Who designed it? What if it were round? Could it be smaller?' Questions are the seeds of creative ideas.
Here's how to do it:
1. Look carefully at the problem. What do you see?
2.
What you'll learn · 2 of 3
Think about what you already know. Does this remind you of something?
3. Try an answer! It's totally okay to be wrong — that's how we learn.
4. Check: did it work? If not, try something else!
You're building your thinking muscles.
What you'll learn · 3 of 3
The more you practice, the stronger they get!
Key idea: Creative questioning
Think about this
🎒 You're at school and something happens that involves creative questioning. Your teacher asks the class to think about it. What do you notice? What questions pop into your head?
How a thinker does it
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👀 What Do I See?
Look at the problem about creative questioning. What do you notice?
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🤔 What Do I Know?
What do you already know that could help? Have you seen something like this before?
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💡 What's My Idea?
Think of an answer. Can you think of a second one too?
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⭐ What Did I Learn?
Check your answer. Was it right? What did you figure out? Tell someone!
Remember
- 1Master creative questioning
- 2Apply creativity & ideas in real situations
- 3Build habits of creativity & ideas
Words to know
- Idea
- A thought about something new
- Imagine
- Making pictures in your mind
Solve the case · 1 of 3
Case 1
1 of 3What is the main idea of creative questioning?
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Case 2
2 of 3How can you apply creativity & ideas in daily life?
Solve the case · 3 of 3
Case 3
3 of 3Good critical thinkers always:
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🌍 Why this matters: People use creativity ideas skills at home, at school, and at work. Every time you practice, you're getting ready for the future!
💬 Talk about it
- Can you explain creative questioning to a friend using your own words?
- What was the most interesting thing you learned today?
- Draw a picture of what you learned and show it to someone!
🏆 Try this week: Invent one thing that doesn't exist yet. Draw it.
👨👩👧 At dinner: “What's the weirdest idea you had today?”
Challenge a friend
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