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This lesson is an exciting conclusion to the airplanes unit that encourages students to think creatively. After a review of the concepts learned, students will design their own flying machine based on their knowledge of the forces involved in flight, the properties of available materials, and the ways in which their flying machine could benefit society. Students will also learn how the brainstorming process helps in creative thinking and inventing and that scientists and engineers use this technique to come up with new products or modify and improve exiting products.

When designing a new airplane, engineers often use inventing techniques such as brainstorming to come up with new ideas. Since engineers almost always work in teams, the ability to work together to come up with ideas and solutions is very important. Engineers share their thoughts and build upon each idea to come up with creative design solutions. Not only do engineers need to be able to apply their knowledge to solve a problem, but they also need to be able to communicate their knowledge and ideas to their team members to effectively brainstorm. Work in a group to brainstorm an idea.Describe the invention design process.List some important inventions and inventors in history.Describe how engineers use the invention process.50TeachEngineering.orgTom RutkowskiAlex ConnerGeoffrey HillMalinda Schaefer ZarskeJanet YowellInventions and Inventors: Volume One-Air and Space. Grolier Educational, 2000.http://www.uspto.gov/main/patents.htmEberle, Bob. Scamper: Creative Games and Activities for Imagination Development. Waco, Texas: Prufrock Press, 1996.Stanish, Bob. Unconventional Invention Book. Good Apple, 1988.Stanish, Bob. Sunflowering. Good Apple, 1988.S114172CInternational_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyC. Many inventions and innovations have evolved using slow and methodical processes of tests and refinements. 68S114174CInternational_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyG. Brainstorming is a group problem-solving design process in which each person in the group presents his or her ideas in an open forum. 68S11425A8ColoradoScienced. Research and critically evaluate data and information about the advantages and disadvantages of using fossil fuels and alternative energy sources66United StatesCopyright 2012 - Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulderhttp://www.teachengineering.org/policy_ipp.phphttp://www.teachengineering.org/2010-08-236Teacher