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University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina Writing Center Handouts: Brainstorming

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This handout describes brainstorming as " taking advantage of your natural thinking processes by gathering your brain's energies into a 'storm.'" Learn how to use brainstorming techniques to gather ideas before you begin a project or to...
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Creative Thinking With Brainstorming

For Students 9th - 10th
Brainstorming has long been a useful tool for the development of new ideas. This article explains what brainstorming is and ways you can use it to enhance your own creative thinking skills.
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Tom Richey

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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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: A Mini World

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
As young scholars learn about the creation of biodomes, they are introduced to the steps of the engineering design process, including guidelines for brainstorming. Students learn how engineers are involved in the design and construction...
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The Second Principle: On Creativity: On Creativity an Introduction & Index

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a very informative page on the creative process, written by an educator. There are links to books, creative thinking patterns, brainstorming activities, and how to inspire creativity, to name a few.
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TryEngineering

Try Engineering: Find It With Gps!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using a GPS handheld device and online resources, students work in teams to explore the technology behind GPS, current GPS applications, and brainstorm new applications for future global use to solve society's issues.
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How Do Creative Thinking Techniques Work?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
We know that it is important to teach students to be creative thinkers. We also know there are many websites that show how to encourage the creative process. This site explains how those creative thinking techniques work.
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Write Design: Graphic Organizers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site explores what graphic organizers are and why they are such valuable instructional tools. Five main types of organizers are addressed: webs, charts, trees, chains, and sketches.

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