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Slideshare: Creative Brainstorming

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This slide presentation provides a background of why the process of brainstorming is important as well as elements and tools you can use to get your creative juices flowing.
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What Is Brainstorming?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Brainstorming can be a helpful tool during the creative thinking process. Learn the origins of brainstorming, what it isn't and the general guidelines associated with this technique.
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University of Richmond

University of Richmond: Brainstorming

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Richmond provides step-by-step guidelines through the prewriting brainstorming process. Recommended as a solution to writer's block. Though brief in its content, the site is factual and informative.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Writing Process: Brainstorming

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson will be used to introduce the writing process. Students will learn about the first step, brainstorming, through webbing activities. Students will also view other students' work on the Internet. Students will learn how to use...
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Tips for Test Takers: Brainstorming

For Students 3rd - 8th
This Daily Teaching Tools resource gives information on brainstorming as a test taking strategy.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Modern Day Pyramids

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the ways in which ancient technologies - six types of simple machines and combinations - are used to construct modern buildings. As they work together to solve a design problem (designing and building a modern...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Shapes of Strength

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to brainstorming and the design process in problem solving as it relates to engineering. They perform an activity to develop and understand problem solving with an emphasis on learning from history. Using only...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: A Storm of Ideas

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
The first step in writing an informational text on the topic of students' choice is helping the student choose a topic of interest. Students will brainstorm ideas that will be possible final topics.
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Going to the Movies

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an efficient brainstorming strategy. The brainstorming techniques involves a simulated trip to the movies.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Design a Flying Machine

For Teachers 5th - 7th
The purpose of this activity is for the students to draw a design for their own flying machine. They will apply their knowledge of aircraft design and the forces acting on them. The students will start with a brainstorming activity where...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Time for Design

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students are introduced to the engineering design process, focusing on the concept of brainstorming design alternatives. They learn that engineering is about designing creative ways to improve existing artifacts, technologies or...
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Finding and Selecting a Topic

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This instructional activity focuses on selecting a speech topic including the importance of choosing a good topic by considering your areas of expertise and areas of interest, brainstorming, tips for choosing a topic, and narrowing the...
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Writing Process: Selecting a Topic

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan focuses on selecting a writing topic including your approach to the assignment, understanding the assignment, purpose of the assignment, strategies for finding a topic, and how to narrow a topic to fit the scope and...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Olympic Engineering

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
The activity begins by introducing Olympics as the unit theme. The purpose of this activity is to introduce students to the techniques of engineering problem solving. Specific techniques covered in the activity include brainstorming and...
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Techniques for Creative Thinking: Yes, They Work

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A nice article that explains some of the processes that can aid in the creative thinking process. Some of the processes explained include analogical thinking, brainstorming and attribute listing.
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Other

Brain dance.com: Three Step Creative Writing Process

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This process seems very involved, but there are good ideas for getting started on your creative writing if you're stuck at the brainstorming stage.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Write a Short Story: Practice 1

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that gives students practice writing a short story in four lessons: Introduction; Before Writing-Brainstorm, Brainstorm, Brainstorm; Writing Prompts; Point of View; and Quick Tips for Writing a Timed Response.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Design and Engineering Process

For Teachers K - 1st
In this series of lessons learners employ an engineer's approach to solve problems and conduct a variety of hands-on activities. They use this strategy to identify the problem, brainstorm a solution, design a plan, build an object and...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Biomimicry: Natural Designs

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students learn about biomimicry and how engineers often imitate nature in the design of innovative new products. They demonstrate their knowledge of biomimicry by practicing brainstorming and designing a new product based on what they...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Load It Up!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students take a hands-on look at the design of bridge piers (columns). First they brainstorm types of loads that might affect a Colorado bridge. Then they determine the maximum possible load for that scenario, and calculate the...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Engineer a Coin Sorter

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students learn about the engineering design process and how it is used to engineer products for everyday use. Students individually brainstorm solutions for sorting coins and draw at least two design ideas. They work in small groups to...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: A House Is a House for Me

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students brainstorm and discuss the different types of materials used to build houses in various climates. Small models of houses are built and tested against different climates.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Habitat Mapping

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The marine environment is unique and requires technologies that can use sound to gather information since there is little light underwater. In this lesson, the middle schoolers will be shown benthic habitat images produced by GIS. These...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Let's Write About the American Flag

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will brainstorm adjectives to describe the American Flag and will write two descriptive sentences for homework. Students will also create star art to accompany their writing to show the relationship between words and pictures...

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