Imagination station summer activity

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innovation assistance for companies whoplan to grow.

This presenta,on is confiden,al and property of:

Experts in Innovation & Creativity

Changing how & where people think

WhatThis is About

Telling the Story

01 The Needs

02 Our Objective

03 How it Works

Joining the

Mission

05 NextSteps

Traditional education teaches analytical skills - the ability to repeat predictable results.

01 The Needs

But what happens when the answer isn’t known? When imagination, not analysis, is needed to produce the new solution?

The jobs of the future are in creators: those that can use their imagination to create new products, models, services and systems.

Will our kids be ready for the jobs of tomorrow?

Puerto Rico needs to inspire the imaginative potential of our children in order to prepare them for the future.

•We need to develop innovators, creators and crea1ve problem solvers.

•Yes, schools teach kids how to do math, science and the other fundamentals of tradi1onal educa1on.

•The most important asset every child has -‐ their imagina1on.

•We want to introduce kids to the right side of their brain -‐ the part that conceptualizes things, imagines things be@er than they are, explores new possibili1es and crea1ng unique and different ideas.

To Inspire Kids to Actively Use Their Imagination

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02 Our Objective

We want kids to experience the excitement of being inventors and creators of great and innovative things and the gain the confidence that comes as a result.

A Summer Attraction Designed to Inspire Innovative Thinking Skills

C R E AT I N G A N I N N O VAT I V E S U M M E R ATTRACTION THAT WILL PROVIDE KIDS WITH A F U N A N D M E M O R A B L E H A N D S O N EXPERIENCE THAT WILL SERVE TO BOOST THEIR CONFIDENCE AND DEVELOP THEIR CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS SO REQUIRED FOR THE FUTURE...NOW.

WhatThis is About

Whatit is NotAnother

museum, entertainme

nt only attraction or

learn by seeing event.

What we want to do has not be

Everybody Wants Something in the Summer

Kids want.. to do stuff, to play, experiment, not to be in school

Camps want: a break from routine, be a part of, safe, to please the parent, good for the environment, age appropriate activity.

Parents want: safety, to be involved, affordable, value added, that builds skills beyond school, something different

Imagination Stationuna experiencia de crea,vidad, diversión y aprendizaje para inspirar niños ingeniosos

How it Works

June 1 - July 23

wednesday thursday and friday

Young Children

Ages 6 to 10 years old

Welcome to Experiential Learning

2x show/day50 persons/show=100per/day3hour shows @9-12 & 1-4

Welcome to Experiential Learning

On The Bus

The Experience will start in the Bus, with our Staff being included in last 10 minutes of bus ride and will go over “prepara,ons.”

At the door, staff will be in crazy funky lab coats and playing parts. Space will be styled very “Cat in the Hat” combined with Mad Science Lab and sounds.

At The DoorA0er the show kids and parents can go online to our FB group to find “imagina,on” experiments and ,ps for parents on how to raise imagina,ve kids.

After the Show

Critical Skills for the Future...Today.

KEY LEARNINGS/VALUES• Lateral/Divergent Thinking-‐ the use of unfiltered and free flowing imagina,on to explore new possibili,es (there is more than one right idea.)• Collabora,on: sharing ideas and inspira,on -‐ The whole greater than the sum of its parts.• Crea,on: Look at all possibili,es and learn the importance of failure and doing.

This presenta,on is confiden,al and property of: AGENDA• IMAGINE 45 HOUR• COLLABORATE/TEAMWORK 45• CREATE 1.5 HOURS

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Value based learning in 3 hoursKEY LEARNINGS/VALUES

IMAGINATION 45 MINCOLLABORATION 45 MINEXPERIMENTATION 90 MIN

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• Lateral/Divergent Thinking-‐ the use of unfiltered and free flowing imagina,on to explore new possibili,es (there is more than one right idea.)

• Teamwork: sharing ideas and inspira,on -‐ The whole greater than the sum of its parts. Working together we can accomplish much more than alone.• Assistance: The ideas of others are an opportunity to help them expand on their thinking. Some,mes the greatest role is to help others build their ideas.

• Bravery: We learn best when we dare to try something we don’t know how to do at first. Being brave enough to take ac,on.• Perseverance: Our first abempts may fail. It may be difficult at first. But if we keep at it and learn from each experiment we will succeed.

1. IMAGINATIONA Different Approach to Learning ...Let’s Try It!

"A giraffe has a long......." But what about...: set of legs, a long tongue, a long memory, a long way between it's feet and it's food. We tend to like the "one right answer" we are used to but that keepsus from seeing other possibili=es. And if we can't imagine new possibili=es we will never do or invent anything new.

2. BRAINSTORMLet’s get them to collectively come up with solutions to a problem.

How to Get a Banana to the Moon?Kids work in groups along with one of our “laboratory Assistance” to collaboratively come up with alternative, imaginative and inventive solutions to the challenge.

Lab Assistance with guide them to first come up with many ideas and then help them choose their favorite ideas that they will draw up on a large sheet of paper to present back to the rest of the groups.

All along we encourage teamwork, helping of others and dynamic and fun thinking.

3. EXPERIMENTCreate a an inventive machine that does a simple task (The Rube Goldberg Machine)

What??!?!?!?Rube Goldberg designed complicated machines to do very simple tasks.

They serve very little practical purpose but they are a way to engage kids in building and experimenting while using their imagination to solve problems. It also teaches them that they can INVENT things.

3. EXPERIMENT

HOWWorking in small groups our Lab Assistance give a box of materials to kids and invite them to create their own machine that will deliver a small ball into a cup.

Along the way they will find new ways to build their machine and experiment with alternative solutions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U78U6FXimPw

See an example here

3. EXPERIMENT

THE GRAND FINALWe unveil our own large Rube Goldberg Machine and the kids will be able to set it in motion.

The final act of our machine will be to launch a Puerto Rican astronaut to the moon where he raised the Puerto Rican Flag.

The Only missing piece is YOU.

We are looking for brands or organizations that believe a better Puerto Rico is possible if we invest in the talents of our kids.

We will work with you to incorporate your brand and message into our machine, send home materials, the FB follow up site and in all other smart kinds of ways.

So, what are you waiting for?

angie@seriouslycreative.com

OUR TEAM

An Innovator

An Event Producer

Anthropologist

Film Maker

TeacherA student

An Engineer

Psychologist Mother of Five

University Student

An Architect

innovation assistance for companies whoplan to grow.

www.seriouslycreative.com

www.seriouslycree

Thank you for your ,me. For more informa,on call: Angie 787-‐467-‐0919

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