Design Challenges
Trinity design challenges and templates:
5th grade Social Studies: Early Man > Future Man (accompanying teaching slideshow)
General: Redesign "personal items transport device"
(extra: carrying device examples)
"How Might We....?" idea starters from our Thought Leaders page:
Physical education
Design a new sport that utilizes _____ skills?
Design an exercise plan for injured or disabled
Bridge a gap between "sport" and "dance"?
How might we teach/learn importance of teamwork?
English
Character studies
Rewrite a play, TV sitcom for new conditions
(also see writing prompts from spencerauthor.com)
Social Studies / History
Redesign the voting experience? / Increase voter participation?
How can we use AI to make things better for humans?
Science
Future of urban farming / food systems for tomorrow
How might we develop ways to reduce waste and derive more ongoing value from products and materials?
Improve our health care system
World Language
HMW promote cultural competency despite language barriers?
HMW redesign public spaces and/or signage (airports, highways, grocery stores...) for an increasingly multi-lingual community?
HMW redesign official forms and applications to minimize confusion and make the process more pleasant?
Creative Arts
HMW transform space and create community with art?
HMW educate people about _________ through art?
HMW communicate non verbally?
Math
Design the ultimate tiny house
Design a future kitchen for efficiency
Transform the banking experience
Create a board game / product / an eco-friendly home (inclusion of math integration into project budgeting)
Help young adults make smart financial decisions?
How might we design logistics and packaging that offer convenience, better resource utilization and reduced waste and pollution?
Various
Improve the grocery shopping experience?
Design the school of the future?
Redesign the hotel experience?
Improve the cafeteria experience?
Redesign the process of learning code? (see case study)