Disruptus (session 1)

Objectives

Connection with the long-term outcomes:
Develop education skills (in this case, innovative methods for developing scientific mindset)
PSS support: develop confidence, team skills, and provide entertainment.
There is an increased mutual recognition and acceptance of diversity: by working as teams, and by adapting to/accepting a judge and his/her personal preferences.

Worked skills

Expected short term outcomes:
Enhanced teamwork
Enhanced creativity
Improved empathy/adaptability

Participants will be able to use the 4 basic approaches of ideating:
creating, transforming, improving, and disrupting
participants will be able to work as a team to propose ideas and build on ideas of others
participants will be able to adapt ideas to a specific audience

Prerequisites for the audience

You have the choice in either creating the set of cards yourself or do it with the participants. If done with the participants, the activity will include two sessions.
Credit: this idea comes from this video:
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWgl1KTdlYY
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtnK-2ovj08

Equipment

Post its
A box to put the ideas of objects in paper
Colour pencils or felt pens
4 tables and chairs for 5-6people per table
Maybe a prize or trophy for the winners?

If you decide to fully create the cards then:
Internet access to find images
Printer
Scissors
Laminator

Content used

If you have “Disruptus” game you can use it
Else all contents will be created in the game
Inventor skills game